Edward Rasch, Sr. and family
Ed Rasch, at the age of about 98, his daughter Julia Buffler, her son James, and his son Mark. Photo was taken around 1949.
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Received from Mark Buffler on March 4, 1996: "The photo was taken sometime during the summer/fall of 1949. There is no record of the exact date. The house in the rear of the picture is Ed Rasch's house. I remember the house well. It was a rather large, grand looking, two storey house topped with a tower. The inside contained lots of rich oak wood. There was a beautiful, ornately carved staircase leading to the second level. A large porch wrapped completely around the house. I used to climb up into the tower to look over the distant countryside. The house was lit with gas. Not natural gas but with carbide gas from a generator in the rear of the house. At some point the gas lights gave way to electricity. Water came from a well house. There was also a large barn which is out of sight on the right side of the picture. The house was located in St. Florian near the intersection of the main highway and the church road. My Aunt Teresa lived alone in the house until her death. I remember visiting her often. She made the best lemonade I have ever tasted. The house was vacant until the late seventies when it was torn down to make way for another house owned by a doctor." |
This photo was received from Julia [McIngvale] Stout in August, 1995