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    1. Re: [GFO] KRAEFT's in Columbia Co.
    2. K Jacobs
    3. Hi Janice, Thank you for the reply. I think you have helped me solve the KRAEFT mystery. A few years ago, I was visiting my grandmother. She mentioned a box of family memorabilia upstairs that did not belong to our family. She said that an elderly bachelor had died some years ago in Vernonia. Some women in the community went into the house to clean it out after his death. They saved his family memorabilia, but did not know of any relatives he might have in the area. For some reason, they asked my grandparents to store the box of memorabilia for them until they could make contact with his family. The women never came back to get the box. I went upstairs and found the box of which she spoke. Going on the names of people on pictures and papers in the box, I searched the Portland phone book and found one woman in Oregon City by the same last name. I called her and determined that she was a family member. She came to my house and picked up the box of memorabilia. I don't remember the surname related to that box, but it sounds to me as though the bachelor was Elmer Kraeft and the woman in Oregon City was Evelyn Kraeft. Apparently, this picture became separated from the box. Thanks again, Kena Jacobs

    01/07/2005 01:09:34