Ket Mueller-Hesch-Suess WPA biography

Thanks to Anon for copying this for me!

Updates

Sue emailed this week to say that she'd gone to visit a Suess uncle of hers. He said, among other things, that Ket (Mueller) Hesch was the midwife in Buckman back then. If I'd ever thought about it, I just assumed the doc delivered babies...

He also said that Ket "spoke High German while Andrew spoke Austrian German. Katherine could speak both but when she got visiting with her sister(s) Andrew would just scoff that he could not understand a word of it…." lol

And, talking with Uncle Tony yesterday, I mentioned the Kulig family and how 'married-in' to the Hesch family they were. He explained that when Irene Hesch (Math and Holka's daughter) married Gene Kulig, Leo Karash became her Uncle, since his sister Margaret was Gene's mom.

In other words, think common ancestor here:

Michael Karasch was the father of Leo and Margaret, ok? And Paul Hesch was the grandfather of Irene and Fronie Hesch, who were cousins. Fronie married Leo, and Irene Married Gene.

No, that doesn't make it clearer, but it's the best I can do...lol
Irene Hesch and Eugene Kulig wedding...abt 1950?

Aunt Ket--The Later Years

These pictures were probably from the late 40s or early 50s--Katherina Mueller Hesch Suess died in 1956 at 75.

I wonder what became of that quilt? Was it for family, or to be auctioned at the church bazaar? It looks pretty intricate, and you KNOW it was all hand-done.

LOL...that must have been HER chair, huh?

Note added later:
Sue visited a Suess relative of hers, and he said that Ket was the local midwife--that she attended most all the births around Buckman. Also, "..she spoke High German while Andrew spoke Austrian German. Katherine could speak both but when she got visiting with her sister(s) Andrew would just scoff that he could not understand a word of it…."