Stanley and Katherine Rajkowicz

Stanley and Katherine Rajkowicz
Stanley and Katherine (Kras) Rajkowicz and family (circa 1905)

Sunday, September 21, 2014

May 28, 1944 - A Letter from PFC Dan Ugran, USMC


I thought when I wrote this post that I had actually found "The Ugran Letter" my Mom had talked about over the years.
 
I was wrong, and I am still pondering why - after all these years - my wife found this letter in an old GAR yearbook the night before we were taking my Mom & her sister Helen to their Kent Lane homestead - the house they were born in over 80 years ago - for one last visit before it was sold.
 
Without further adieu, here's a letter written by PFC Dan Ugran, USMC - over 70 years ago.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Below: My Mom reading the "Ugran Letter" in the kitchen on Kent Lane.
 
 
More in the days ahead.
  

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Leaving & Living On


As best we can tell from the various Q&A sessions we've had with my Mom and her siblings, the rose bush in the pic above and below was planted at least 50 years ago. The hostas in the background - still flourishing - are even older...perhaps 80+ years. 




More than likely within the next 30 days, this property will be sold...outside the family.
 
The rose bush, a few pots of the hostas, perhaps a few lily of the valley plants, and a lifetime of good memories will leave that 40' x 100' lot and live on elsewhere.
 
We will send a few pics before we lock the door one last time and give the keys to someone else.
 
P.S.: Here's a pic of my Mom taken in 1953, when she was 21. You can see the hostas to the left and the 80+ year old privet hedges to the right.