Saturday, March 26, 2005
Dear Anne and Lorraine: I was very sorry to read of your brother's death in today's paper. What a dear brother you had and what great neighbors you were to our family as we grew up on 92 West Street. I have such very dear memories of your mother and father and family - your hard working father as janitor of the church and your mother raising chickens and eggs and my mother talking with your mother as she hung out the wash on Saturdays. What a great time we grew up in - everyone loved one another and we all knew each other and cared for one another. I want you to know that I recall all of you with very, very fond memories. Your mother and father built a good family and legacy and the ethic of working hard for a living and worshiping God and trusting in him for success in life. We all felt like that on West Street in the 40's, 50's, didn't we? The Kapa family on the other side of us were such good neighbors and the Sobjiecs on your side, also, and across the street and all around us in that neighborhood. You must have seen a lot of changes through the years. What I remember about your brothers was that they were always working on a car in the driveway when they came out of the service. There was always some car that needed work and boy, were they ever at it. I was sorry that I went by one day and saw the church was closed up. How sad. To think that all of those founders of the church have gone now. How old were your parents when they died? I will try to get to the funeral on MOnday and look forward to seeing you. What a loving, extended family came from the original nucleus, your mother and father - what a gang of a family that is listed in the paper. Please accept my deep sympathy in the loss of your dear brother. Sincerely, Sophie
