Sue's World

Remembering Grossvati, Alfred Roth

My beloved Grossvati died 15 years ago today.  I am so thankful that I knew him.  I am definitely his granddaughter.  I got my height and blue eyes from him.  And I definitely inherited behavioral traits from him.  His eyes danced when he was happy and he had a bit of kid in him and I just loved that.  I miss him but know I will see him in heaven someday. 

New Photo Albums: Kelly's 1st Birthday, And Grossmuetti

Just posted two albums.  

Kelly's first birthday:  Wow; Kelly is one year old.  How time flies!  Just added a photo album with pictures from her party.  This year it was immediate family and it was a nice, calm, intimate party.  I loved it! 

Grossmuetti's birthday in 1994:  This morning's email brought a true treasure.  Marlies Luescher sent me some photos!  I've created a photo album with them.  Enjoy!

Making Up For Lost Time

I am determined to brush up on my German skills so I can write to relatives.  With email making communication so easy, now it's a matter of remembering how to write in German without having to use translation software which is never accurate.

I've tried German language software before but it's too easy.  I need books like I would have had in school and just found four that seem to be what I'm looking for.  When I push myself, I remember a lot more than one would think but the two biggest weaknesses are remembering all of the grammar rules (so I can consistently put sentences together) and remembering the gender of nouns.  I'm confident that it won't take me too long to get back into the swing of things and that will be helpful in initiating and maintaining contact with Myrtha and Dora and various cousins. 

I Emailed A Cousin in Diepoldsau But It's Not Who You Think...

...I was on Facebook this weekend.  Until recently I only used it for work since Citysearch is in partnership and I wanted to keep my two lives separate.  But pressure mounted to let others in and vice versa so I finally started reaching out.  I was looking at groups and on a whim typed in Diepoldsau and was surprised to find a couple of groups.  One seemed generic and it was obvious it was about the town and not a sports club so I started looking at member names to see if I recognized anyone.  I did:  Roman Laesser.  He is cousin Anita's son (Anita's mom is Dora, dad's stepsister).  I wrote an email asking if he was the son of Tony and Anita and told him who I was.  I got a pretty quick reply verifying it was him, sending greetings from Aunt Dora and asking me how I found him.  Now I have to really dust off my German in order to respond to that question.  Pretty cool, eh?

Keusch Family Photo

Keusch was "Farm Grossmuetti's" (Irma Weder-Keusch) maiden name.  We called her by that nickname to distinguish her from mom's mother (Bertha Roth-Ritter).

A few trips back, dad brought me a photo taken when his mom was a child.  Today dad sent me the image file sent from his cousin, Marlies Luescher.  I'm guessing there were multiple prints of the original and that each child's family ended up with one.  I love it!

Our grandmother is the girl on the left.  Thanks, Marlies!