Grandparents

Elsie & Fritz Kroeger on the roof of their home in San Diego; date and photographer unknown but probably 1950ish. Scanned from a photo, obviously; one of my mother's keepsakes.

Since Mom's parents lived a couple thousand miles from Michigan I didn't see them often; the only time I visited San Diego was in the mid-1950s. Can't say I remember much about the house, or the visit; just a few episodes, mostly from the long train trip, remain in my memory.

Google's Streetview shows that the house is still standing, which I find surprising. When Grandma passed away in 1988 my parents expected the house to be replaced soon after it was sold, as its neighbors had been. Obviously that didn't happen.

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A slightly-related story: On my first day as a State of Michigan employee, we new hires got a tour of the Secretary of State Building (that's the DMV, for those of you who aren't from Michigan). The call center's supervisor wanted to demonstrate something, and asked for an out-of-state address. I volunteered 1948 Felspar in San Diego; he came up with my grandmother's name.

I'm really not sure how that address got embedded in my memory, but there it is.