This was a photo of my Great-Aunt Beatrice at approx. age 92? She Was "Tillie's" oldest child. (Holding her great-grandson). She was like the family "Matriarch"! She sent EVERYONE Birthday cards, EVERY year-LITERALLY!! She arranged the annual Christmas party at "Palmer Hall", as well as the family "4th of July" picnic at Pier Marquette! She is dearly missed already.
Beatrice (Schelhas) Plichta of TX, died circa March 2013 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan United States, and was buried at St Mary's Cemetery 1915 Park Street, in Muskegon. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Beatrice "Bea" (Schelhas) Plichta.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...