| Marguerite Emerich came to live at 119 Columbia Ave. Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania when she was 2 years old. She would live here with her uncles, William and Leon, who were still living in the home of her grandfather, her grandfather, William Holzer and his wife Ellen Degler, who Marguerite called Nana. Marguerite would often talk of her childhood recalling the many happy times she had growing up in the Holzer household. Besides the two uncles living in the house Marguerite recalled various borders from time to time and she reaped the benefits of being a happy child in the company of many adoring adults. |
| Growing up in the "city" meant a life somewhat different from that of the surrounding farm children. A close friend of Marguerite's wrote to her daughters at the time of Marguerite's passing: "I, Vivian, became friends with your Mother in grade school. She was a year younger than I. But we would walk back and forth to school together. I lived on a farm and she lived in town - Orwigsburg. So then we went our seperate ways. Me to work on the farm and she more often than not, to play." |
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| Marguerite went to the Orwigsburg schools until she graduated from Orwigsburg High School. She kept in touch with many of her classmates as the years went by. Her daughter, Arlean remembers the Christmas cards Marguerite would recieve from Marguerite's first grade teacher year after year. Many people have collections of "things" but Marguerite collected friends. This was very evident at the time of Marguerite's passing with the number of letters her daughter's recieved from friends their mother met over the years including a girl she met on a camping trip when Marguerite was 12. |
| Marguerite played the piano, loved to sing and enjoyed performing in high school productions (see below). She went to St. John's Reformed Church in Orwigsburg. Her daughter Bonnie recalls attending Bible School at St. Johns during one of her and her mother's visits to Nana in Orwigsburg. She remembers entering through the big red doors of the church, which I believe remain red to this day. Marguerite's faith was evident throughout her life. It remained strong despite the tragedies in her life including losing her father at such an early age, rarely seeing her mother and the death of her first born, a son, born while her husband was in the Phillipines. Her faith has inspired her daughters throughout their lives. One of the many gifts this one of a kind lady bestowed on them. |
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