by onelegacy | Sep 14, 2017 | News & Notes
A while back, I had the pleasure of presenting to the Marine Historical Society in Marine, IL. Hosted by society president Shirley Dietz, it was an engaging event with a great group of members dedicated to saving memories shared by families in the neighborhood,...
by onelegacy | Aug 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
I was born in 1921 in Reno IL. We lived in the country, not to from Greenvile IL. I was one of 6 children. We had several dairy cows and quite a few acres of land. My brothers helped milk the cows. During the depression it was pretty rough but we got through it. I...
by onelegacy | Aug 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
I live in the north Venice area near Madison Il. My parents lived in a house about four houses down. My daddy worked for Brewer Motor Company in Granite City, Il. He worked on cars there. My mother was home bound. She stayed at home because she had four children and I...
by onelegacy | Aug 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Doloris Firkus – Edwardsville IL (Born 1927) I always wanted to do something in hospitals so I went and studied to be a lab technician. I did my internship in St Louis and that’s where I met my husband who was from Wisconsin. He went to school for radiology. We had 4...
by onelegacy | Aug 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’m from Erie, Pennsylvania but now live at The Highland Home in Highland IL. I was going to say my advice would have been show a strong work ethic, but there’s a flaw with that. If you look at things as they start and as they end I guess I would say the most...