http://allmybranches.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/mother-amore/ My Foray into My Midwestern Roots Tue, 07 May 2013 16:02:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://allmybranches.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/mother-amore/#comment-2195 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:17:53 +0000 http://allmybranches.wordpress.com/?p=2021#comment-2195 [...] My dad’s sister, Marie, was active in her church and it became her life’s calling. She traveled from Coshocton, Ohio to New York to attend the Salvation Army College in the Bronx. My Aunt Marie served the Salvation Army, rising to the position of Major before her death at the age of 101 in 2010. While she didn’t become an officer in the church, my great-grandmother, Mary Angelina (Werts) Amore, believed that helping and taking care of those less fortunate was her calling – especially late in life. I wrote about this in an earlier post – “Mother” Amore. [...]

]]> http://allmybranches.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/mother-amore/#comment-1247 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:40:50 +0000 http://allmybranches.wordpress.com/?p=2021#comment-1247 I love stories of women like this. I have a great great grandmother known as “Sister Rosa”, a house mother at the Sunshine Mission for Destitute Women & Girls down on what today is known as “Skid Row” in Los Angeles. They are so inspiring! Thanks for sharing… I need to share my Rosa soon

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