“The children in our family were: Hubert Jacob Straubhaar, born July 18, 1900; John Joseph Straubhaar, born November 4, 1902; Vera Ida Straubhaar, born June 22, 1909; Maggie and Martha Straubhaar died in infancy; and Mable Straubhaar who was born December 21, 1913. We were all born in Montpelier, Idaho.
“Our sisters Vera and Mable were several years younger than Hubert and I. Vera was very bright and read everything available. She could have been a very fine teacher but when she was a teenager she became ill with infantile paralysis which crippled her left arm and leg. Mable was just six when our mother died.
“My sister Vera had to come to live with us in 1938. She had had a crippling illness when she was young but she was very intelligent and loved to read and she helped the kids with their schoolwork. She knew the correct spelling of any word and the definition. She lived with us until it came to the point where Beatrice couldn’t care for her physically so she went to live at Lasher’s Nursing Home on Caldwell Boulevard. She died January 3, 1975. Hubert died (?). He and his wife Anna were living in San Bruno, California at the time. My step-sister Pearl died November 21, 1958 and my step-mother Fidelia died November 1, 1973. My sister Mable lives in California. My step-sisters and my step-brother Ernest live in the Burley area. We don’t get together too often but I often think of them.”
-John Joseph Straubhaar
Excerpt from Straubhaar Family History, July 1990
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