Sunday, April 17, 2011

Paul's Treasure Trove

While I was visiting dad in Spokane this past week we enjoyed meeting Paul Staeheli, son of Glenn Staeheli who was the son of Paul and Erma Staeheli.  Paul came to dad's house on Wednesday, April 13 and we sorted through two large boxes of photos, documents and letters which Paul recovered from the home of Pauline Staeheli, daughter of Paul and Erma. 
Pauline is in an assisted living arrangement for Alzheimer's patients and trusted neighbors are disposing of her property.  Fortunately for us, Pauline was a collector of family history and artifacts, some of which Paul has passed on to me. 
I now have a box of Staeheli information to publish on the Staeheli website.  As we read through some letters and other documents we came to understand more about how Staeheli's settled first in Wisconsin then in Addy, Washington.  I am grateful to Pauline and Paul for saving and sharing this valuable collection of Staeheli history.

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