“She Played Me For a Fool”
Beatrice “Bea” Weber was born on February 12, 1903 in Chicago to Francis Moran and Sarah O’Toole. Both Francis and Sarah were born in Dublin, Ireland, where Francis worked as a butcher and Sarah [...]
Proud to Have Helped Build the Eisenhower and the Kennedy Expressways
Ignac “Iggy” Rybar was born on September 23, 1926 in Trencin, Slovakia to Jacob Rybar and Amalia Laska. Jacob worked as an “outdoor maintenance man” and Amalia cared for their three children: [...]
“The Singing Postman”
Irving McDonald was born on April 2, 1915 in Chicago to Wesley McDonald and Lucille Rickert. Wesley was born in Pennsylvania but at some point moved to Chicago and began working as a mail [...]
She Met Her Husband at a Ball in Prague
Tereza Kadlec was born on October 4, 1897 in Olomouc, Moravia to Karel Hruska and Anna Jandacek. Tereza was the second youngest of eight children (5 girls and 3 boys), all of whom lived to be [...]