My cousin, Diann Apfelbeck, forwarded the
Staeheli info to me yesterday. I was so thrilled to see all the Staeheli
family history. My mother was Johanna (Hannah) Romang, daughter of
Johanna Staeheli and Gottfried Romang. My grandmother stayed in Wisconsin
when the rest of her family went on to Washington because she met and fell in
love with my grandfather, Gottfried Romang. I remember Aunt Walda and
Daphne coming to visit us in the 50’s when we were living in Milwaukee.
In fact, Aunt Walda sent me a stuffed koala bear when she returned to
Tasmania. I still have the bear.
My husband, John Lax, my children, Jolie and
Jason, my mom, and my Aunt Mildred, who married Gottfried, another son of
Johanna and Gottfried Romang, all visited our relatives in Seattle and Spokane
in the early 80’s right after Mt. St. Helens erupted. One of our
favorite remembrances of that trip was visiting Virginia and Rock because Rock
took some of us up in his plane for ride over the Seattle area. We truly
enjoyed meeting many of our relatives while on that vacation.
John and I have resided in Houston since
1986. Our two children are married and we now have four grandchildren who
are all Texans! If you ever get to Texas, please stop and visit!
Judy Lax
8531 Star Hollow Lane
Houston, TX 77095
281-856-8431
