Can love last 100 years?
This is a repost of a love note from Nov. 18, 1910, sent from my grandfather to my grandmother. It was originally posted exactly 100 years after Josef wrote it. Funny thing about love. We know it when we [...]
Father of the Year
Dad and I at the Palmer House “Father of the Year” banquet, June 12, 1962 When I was in eighth grade, our English teacher, Mrs. Hall, asked all the students in class to write an essay on why [...]
Swindlers through the ages
Samuel Ebner, Lisi Gartz’s dad The best defense is an offense, and that was as true in the past as it is today. A century ago, a deceitful notary took advantage of my grandfather’s absence to wrongfully sell [...]
Facing Death—A Memorial Day Tribute
Lt. Frank Ebner Gartz DOB 1924 This Memorial Day, I’m remembering two relatives who each served in one of the two world wars. World War II My dad’s younger brother, Frank Ebner Gartz, was a navigator in the [...]
A May Wedding, 1916
Wedding—May 16, 1916 Louise and John Koroschetz, Chicago, IL Did they meet at one of the German concerts Louise Woschkeruscha was fond of attending on her weekends off from the dressmaking shop that created Parisian fashions right here [...]