Maria Augustine (Augustin in some old records) Sprick, grandmother of Pam, Chris, Cathy and their cousins. Remember the bread she used to bake? And the way she'd always say, "Oh, that way," when she fully took something in?
Grandma lived to be almost 100, and stayed sharp till the end. She used to say sadly of her friends who were still alive but maybe not fully cognizant, "He [or she] is dead, but he [or she] hasn't laid down yet."
She spoke English with a little German syntax, as in, "Throw the cow over the fence some hay." The German words she most loved and that we remember her best for are, "Alle Augen warten..." All you cousins out there better remember that prayer, or we're going to have to have a little talk.
Maria Augustine (Augustin in some old records) Sprick, grandmother of Pam, Chris, Cathy and their cousins. Remember the bread she used to bake? And the way she'd always say, "Oh, that way," when she fully took something in?
Grandma lived to be almost 100, and stayed sharp till the end. She used to say sadly of her friends who were still alive but maybe not fully cognizant, "He [or she] is dead, but he [or she] hasn't laid down yet."
She spoke English with a little German syntax, as in, "Throw the cow over the fence some hay." The German words she most loved and that we remember her best for are, "Alle Augen warten..." All you cousins out there better remember that prayer, or we're going to have to have a little talk.
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