NAMPA — Voices overlapped inside the Crandall house as four generations of women recounted stories from the past century, stemming back to Norway.
Matriarch Alice Crandall celebrated her 100th birthday on Oct. 11, surrounded by dozens of her descendants. Grandchildren flew in from London, while others drove in from Washington, all under one roof for the first time in a while.
On Monday, two of Crandall’s daughters, one granddaughter and one great granddaughter recalled stories about the family’s Norwegian roots, sitting in the living room of her home on the west side of Nampa. The eldest of them is Crandall’s first-born daughter Judy Kelley, who is 79…