J.L. Holtzman's first family: Sue, Ira (seated)
Ezra, Christine, Grandpa, and Earl (at table)
(Ezra Holtzman made the table in photo. Table now in home of J.L.'s granddaughter Susan. Chest of drawers made by Grandpa Holtzman, a cabinet maker before a preacher, also in Susan's home.)
Aunt Sue Hey Cherry writes: "Did you notice the table they are sitting around? It looks like the one we have in the living room. Grandma Holtzman gave it to me for a wedding gift. She said I could have it when she died. My mother brought it to Montana after grandma was gone. Lucile told me that Ezra made it for Christine."
Ira was a minister. He and his wife Rose adopted Charles. Charles had a son named Chris who played baseball for Ottawa high school.
Christine married Rufus Weber and had two children, Lucille and Earl. Lucille had no children; Earl had a boy named Tom. I remember going down to their house in Albany which stood on a hill overlooking the Mississippi River. Aunt Christine always baked cookies for us. To supplement their income (retired farmers with no social security), Uncle Rufus cracked hickory nuts and black walnuts and sold them in little plastic packages for 25 cents each. Uncle Rufus liked to fish, and we sometimes fished with him, even tenting over night once.
J.L. Holtzman's first family:
Earl, Christine (front), Ira, Sue, Ezra (middle), Grandpa and Grandma
