Emma Octavia Lundberg

Emma was indeed born in Sweden in a town between the 2 big lakes. She had a brother--Lewis Lundberg, my grandfather, and 2 sisters--Wilhelmina and a baby sister who died before she was 2 in Rockford, Il. (Sister is buried on the Lundberg plot in Scandinavian Cemetery, Rockford, IL. as is Emma and Grandpa Lew. Emma went to the University of Wisconsin earning a Master's degree. She worked in Hull House with Jane Addams and Emma's dear friend Katherine Lenroot whose father was a United States Senator from Wisconsin. They headed to Washington, DC where they worked in the Roosevelt administration and lived on Volta Place with Katherine and their cat. Emma was a wonderful researcher and published books including "Unto the Least of These." ) She was a tremendous researcher in the area of child welfare. She developed Parkinsons disease and moved to Hartsdale where Katherine cared for her. My family visited her there in what was called Tower House. Emma didn't recognize any of us but said she recognized my father's shirt. Her brother Lewis' wife, my grandmother whom she knew well was with us, but poor Emma just wasn't very present. Funeral services and burial in Rockford on our family plot. One day I will be buried next to her.