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Lizzie Kunde
My name is Lizzie Kunde and I am the newest member of the AncientFaces Support team!
See more info about me here: Lizzie - Community Support and I look forward to getting to know our wonderful members. Feel free to reach out with any questions, happy to help :)
My mom's side of the family is Swedish (and still lives in Sweden) and she instilled in me lots of Swedish heritage and traditions which has made me who I am today. My dad's side of the family is German and Irish and the most likely the side of the family I get all my freckles from. Family is so important, and welcome everyone to discover more about them, their history, and share about their loved ones who make up the history of who we are!
My mom's side of the family is Swedish (and still lives in Sweden) and she instilled in me lots of Swedish heritage and traditions which has made me who I am today. My dad's side of the family is German and Irish and the most likely the side of the family I get all my freckles from. Family is so important, and welcome everyone to discover more about them, their history, and share about their loved ones who make up the history of who we are!
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I want to build a place where my son can meet his great-grandparents. My grandmother Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch always wanted to meet her great-grandchildren, but she died just a handful of years before my son's birth.
So while she didn't have the opportunity to meet him, at least he will be able to know her.
For more information about what we're building see About AncientFaces. For information on the folks who build and support the community see Daniel - Founder & Creator.
My father's side is full blood Sicilian and my mother's side is a combination of Welsh, Scottish, German and a few other European cultures. One of my more colorful (ahem black sheep) family members came over on the Mayflower. He was among the first to be hanged in the New World for a criminal offense he made while onboard the ship.
My father's side is full blood Sicilian and my mother's side is a combination of Welsh, Scottish, German and a few other European cultures. One of my more colorful (ahem black sheep) family members came over on the Mayflower. He was among the first to be hanged in the New World for a criminal offense he made while onboard the ship.
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Yes, I knew her. I met her in 1987. I was pregnant then and met her at a bookstore in Portland while I was looking for MCC Church. I met Marty with her then partner Betty Ann Hale at MCC one Sunday and we talked for a while. I told them about my living situation and that the couple I was staying with were quite homophobic. They agreed I should leave. I was driven to the house where I picked up my belongings and Marty and Betty Ann drove me to their house on SE Salmon St.
That was May 1987. I stayed in their home until October 1987 when they drove me to Providence Hospital where I gave birth to my beautiful daughter at 11:21 PM on the 5th. I wanted her more than anything in the world but I was not able to raise her on my own because of my economic situation at the time. I let Marty and Betty Ann “adopt” her. This I feel was the biggest mistake of my life. I never should have done this. I still regret it.
I begged them to not burden her with a long name and they did it anyway. Had I raised my lovely daughter, her name would have been Sakura, which is Japanese for “cherry blossom.” I still love my daughter very much and wish I could find her. My name was Sabrina Matthews then. I changed it to Karen Tyrell. I am also not a christian, but more of a Buddhist.
Marty Lostheart
Marty Lostheart
Everything I already said about Flossie are the things I want remembered about her. She was always inviting me to her home and I never felt unwelcome there. She had quite a collection of vinyl LPs. She loved music. Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty.
We had a mutual friend whose relatives lived in Washington State. Flossie drove us there in her Lincoln Continental. If I had died that day, I would have died happy and felt as if I were entering the afterlife floating above the clouds, the ride was that enjoyable. She was careful with petrol and used the cruise control for most of the drive there and back.
One year for Yule, she gave me a check for $50.00. I nearly fainted. She told me to use it for anything I wanted or needed. A very generous soul. We need more people like her on Earth. I still think of her often and miss her greatly.
Flossie Cabble
Flossie Cabble
Flossie M Cabble of Portland, Multnomah County, OR was born on June 30, 1922 in Oklahoma, and died at age 79 years old on August 26, 2001 at At home. SE Rodney, in Portland, Oregon USA.
Beverlee Workman Bixby of Portland, Multnomah County, OR was born on November 22, 1926, and died at age 76 years old on August 8, 2003. Beverlee Bixby was buried at Willamette National Cemetery
Section O Site 2893 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland.
I met Beverlee in February of 1983. We lived across the street from one another on 87th and Wygant. I remember her great kindness to animals. She'd take in stray cats whenever she had room for them. The woman I was staying with and I took in a lost older dog. My cat was afraid of them and ran to Bev's house for refuge. She took him in and renamed him TC, for Top Cat. She said that's how he always acted because every morning he'd stand at her back door and swat the other cats on the back legs to get them going outside.
I remember wonderful discussions with her about spiritual matters. Some of her beliefs sounded Buddhist, especially when she spoke of the impermanence in life of everything and that nothing lasted forever. She reminded me of a female Buddha. She was always quick with a smile and a laugh. I just now saw that she was in the military. The Army during WW II and that she attained the rank of Sergeant. Those were things I don't recall her ever having spoken about. That might explain some of her beliefs about life.
After she mentioned liking Chinese Oolong tea, I went to one of my favorite Asian shops and bought her a box of it. When I gave her the box with 100 tea bags in it, she was so surprised. Bev quietly said: "All of this.....for me?" She sounded like a shy child who'd received something priceless. It probably took her a small eternity to drink all of it. If she ever did finish the box.
She collected dolls and she said she'd made some of them. She played the piano. There was one in her home. She played it often.
I recall after her husband Bix passed, Bev related to me some things that were happening in her house. She said she sometimes could hear his footsteps at night and she could occasionally smell his tobacco. She felt he was still there. I didn't think that was at all odd and told her so. I told her that he was letting her know he was still around and was watching out for her.
I gave her some plants once. She related to me that the Aloe Vera plant was doing especially well and she was surprised to see it was growing rather large.
My cat Squeaky was very fond of her and used to visit her everyday. She called Bev "Ya-Ya" because it was something Bev often said. Instead of saying "Yes, Yes," Bev would say "Ya Ya."
After we moved to a new neighborhood, one of the new neighbors across the fence from us was cruel and shot Squeaky in one of her back legs with a pellet gun. Harold admitted it. She was also not doing very well physically. I'd taken Squeaky to several veterinarians to see why she was having problems and wasn't getting anywhere with any of them. After I told Bev these things, she was upset and recommended her vet, Dr. Henry Dykehouse at the Argay Animal Hospital. Her concern for Squeaky was terrific and honest. As it was for all animals. She reminded me of Betty White that way. Bev would have been a wonderful veterinarian.
I still think of her often and miss her very much.
Beverlee Bixby
Beverlee Bixby
Marty E Lostheart of Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon United States was born on August 12, 1950, and died at age 57 years old on May 14, 2008.
Sometime in the mid to late 1990s I was having difficulty in the environment I was living in. I knew Ruth was a coworker of the woman whose house I was staying in and I also had heard she was a talented psychic. I felt compelled to call her. I was very careful about how I introduced myself to her and told her I had heard of her abilities. Once the ice was broken, the conversation eased on both our parts. I told her of the difficulty I was having living in her coworker's house and about the things which were happening there with her and her family members.
Ruth immediately sensed they were the wrong people for me to associate with and that I needed to leave quickly, even if it meant walking out the door with only the clothes on my back. She said I should walk out the door, shake the dust off of my shoes and not look back behind me. I knew everything she said was correct. I made the attempt twice to leave, once in 2000, and the second time in 2003. The second time, I had help from other people and knew my departure was permanent.
I knew I would be leaving the state at some point to get away from them. This I did in early December 2009. I have been much happier since living here. I am free. In 2013, I found I had cancer. I actually knew about it a year earlier because of how I felt and a medical person told me. But, it wasn't until 2013 when I had more extensive tests that I received the diagnosis of terminal metastatic lung carcinoma. It's in both lungs now and is spreading to other areas. I also found out recently that I have an enlarged heart. I know given the way I feel physically I don't have a lot of time left.
I was thinking about Ruth recently and remembered her kindness and generosity of spirit during our conversation. She not only reached out to me when I most needed it, the lady helped me to save my life. I remember making a phone call sometime in 2000 to Ruth because I wanted to thank her for her help. I ended up speaking with her daughter who told me her mother had passed in May. I was saddened to hear that. I am still grateful for what she did. She is still missed.
Ruth Childs
Ruth Childs
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