Ode to Aunt Marion

Aunt Marion would have been 86 today. Marion Gertrude Sprick Broberg was born Aug. 22, 1922 in Lake City, Minn. She's the mother of cousins Dan and Sam, of course, and grandma to Marty, Nick, Tyler, Alex and Zachary. Her birthday gives us a chance to reprise some of our fav snapshots of her. For more really cool photos of her, simply type "Marion" into the search box at the top of the blog and presto, you'll get an all-Marion blog.

With older sister Anna in the 1920s.

With her family at the farm near West Albany, Minn. Top row: Adelaide, Marion, LeRoy, Alverna, Vi, Anna, Ed and Annette. Bottom row: Florence, Elmer and Kate.

Atop the Eiffel Tower in Paris in the late 1940s or early 1950s.

Mugging it up with siblings Adelaide, Annette and Ed before Anna's wedding.

With Wally, Sammy, Danny, and impeccably hatted nephew ChrisMiller!ChrisMiller! during a visit to the Millers at Fort Detrick, Md., in the 1960s.