As Told by Delsa Layton
"I always had a lot of respect and admiration for my grandfather, and heard so many fine compliments of him from my mother, that I knew he was a good man. He was a very reserved persona and seldom if every played or loved his grandchildren, so because of this, I always felt rather timid around him. His work was transferred to the ACMI in Eagar. I thought he owned the store and could give me candy every time I went into the store and reminded him of that fact (I thought) as I would stand by the glass showcase pressing my nose against the glass. He would sometimes give me a sack or handful of raisins. I could get raisins at home and felt rather indignant that he would give them to me instead of candy. When I told my mother one time that I thought Grandpa LeSueur was stingy and told her why I felt that way, she smiled and said, 'When I was a little girl, Grandpa would bring us children a sack of raisins from the store and we loved them as much as candy and too, he knew they were better for us than candy.'"
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