Descendants of Depression-Era Rural Classmates Finally Meet

     

    Over 75 years ago, their parents attended Vokes School — a tiny one-room schoolhouse in District 13 near Park Rapids and Nevis, Minnesota; there were 15 students from 7 families in grades 1 through 12 in the class, taught by Miss Eula Edum, 19, a first-year teacher with one year of education past high…

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    New Memoir Details Effects of Alzheimer’s on Family

     

    Daughter Recounts Time Spent Caring for Parents with Alzheimer’s in Heartfelt New Book
    STERLING, Va., May 26, 2009 — In her new collection of memoirs, “36 Days Apart: A memoir of a daughter, her parents and the Beast named – Alzheimer’s: A story of Life, Love and Death…

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