Quote Originally Posted by turkeycall View Post
I don't think she was overweight, but not skinny by any means. In 1957 - maybe 60, 63 years old.

Her speaking German AND Russian - was she an immigrant from Russia, along the Volga River near Saratov?


In 1913, my paternal grandparents came from the little village of Kind [[Bashkakova ?), near Saratov, along the Volga. Because they grew sugar beets along the Volga, they ended up at first in Deckerville [[Sanilac County) working the vast sugar beet fields on the Gough farm. They finally ended up in Port Huron where my father was born in 1919.

My Grandmother WAS born in Russia, have to ask exactly where, she was married to a German man named Heinrich, my grandfather.
I understand he was serving in the Russian army during WWI, but not really sure about this fact.
They probably came the US in the 20's.

As for the lunch lady, she might have been Margarite Windemuth according to my sister.