Mom's Death/The Depression

At that time Mom became very ill and was put in the hospital where it was discovered she had terminal cancer. She was brought home and Rose quit her job in order to take care of her. After a few months she died in 1931.
Shortly after that, Mary and Ed Renz and children moved in with us. This was about the bottom of the depression. Many of the banks were going bankrupt and many people were forced to use the barter system to trade or buy anything. The economy was in a terrible mess. Everyone had their own ideas about what was wrong and what should be done about it, but of course nothing was done about it, and we just had to wait and hope that it would correct itself, which it eventually did. But, for many people, it was much worse than it was for us.