Irene Marie Sawayda

I remember Irene as our big sister and serving as our `mother´ at times when Mom was too busy with her everyday chores. We youngest seven siblings were at home after seven of our 14 siblings had already left. On the farm when we were very young, Irene´s chore on Saturdays was to open two folding chairs and place a galvanized tub on the chairs, fill it with hot water heated in pails on the old cook stove and give us our weekly bath. At that time, we had no bathroom, only a sink in the old...