Memories of my Mom’s 2 sisters, Ruth and Grace. They were both much older than my mother. My maternal grandmother died before I was born, so they were as close…
I wish to honor my great aunt, Freda Steube, who is interred in the Abbey. Though I never knew her, she lived quite a life. Freda married John Bryan, a…
This is how I want to remember my husband. Collecting, restoring, and enjoying vintage motorbikes. There is a trunk full of photos of Garrett serving his military duty in Japan…
Grandma Loebbaka’s house always smelled of homemade bread. During the Depression, her kids sold the bread on the street corners to help support the family. Later in life, she sold…
A World War I veteran, my grandfather, Carey Overshiner was a charter member, past commander and past quartermaster of William Britton Post 6817, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a member…
Like me, my mother could not tell a joke. But she could tease and tell wonderful stories! My mom, aunts and uncles alternated weekends taking care of their infirm mother…
I didn’t get to know my grandparents because I was born after they were gone. But feel I know my grandfather from the stories I heard. Grandpa was a engineer…
My grandmother died when I was 9 y.o. She could be stern and made me behave…so she wasn’t my favorite. What I didn’t or couldn’t understand at the time was…