Oscar and Dorothy Von Burg
Uncle Oscar Von Burg and Aunt Dorothy Von Burg nee Mosblech were my grandparents’ closest friends. Grandma Ellis thiab phauj Dorothy nyob vivncaus cais rau cov muaj hnub nyoog los txog rau lub xyoo thiab ib nrab hnub. Yawg Ellis thiab Oscar tus txiv hlob los ua phooj ywg zoo thaum lawv nyob yos tus vivncaus. Neither Uncle Oscar nor Grandpa danced, li ntawd, lawv yuav escort Grandma thiab phauj Dorothy rau lub Casa Loma Ballroom. Thaum seev cev nrog tus vivncaus, Yawg thiab dab laug Oscar zaum nraum hais lus. Lawv yuav ua phooj ywg zoo thiab tua tsiaj los nuv ntses buddies.
Txiv ntxawm Oscar, uas yug rau lub ob hlis ntuj 24, 1915, sib yuav phauj Dorothy saum ntuj 29, 1937. Phauj Dorothy nyob ib nyuag hnub nyoog Oscar txiv ntxawm thaum nws yug los rau lub yim hli ntuj 20, 1914. Lawv tau nyob nrog niam txiv dab laug Oscar, Yakhauj thiab Margaret Von Burg, ob peb xyoos tom qab nkawd sib yuav.
Oscar Von Burg nrog ib tug loj mos
Dab laug Oscar ua hauj lwm rau lub tuam txhab kev mov, qhov twg kuv xav tias nws nws thiaj li mus ua ib tug vice president. Kuv paub tias nws tau patented tej cuab yeej siv kho mob ib daim thiab nyiaj npaj cov nyiaj txog thaum nws laus. Nws hais rau yawg tias yuav saib xyuas cov nyiaj ntawm lub patent cov phauj Dorothy ntev tom qab nws ploj mus. Dab laug Oscar tsis paub li cas prophetic cov lus yuav tau.
Phauj Dorothy hlub ua phaib. Kuv nco ntsoov hais tias nws yog ib txwm dressed immaculately. Ib yam li Grandma, Kuv tsis ntseeg tias nws puas ua luam dej, tiam sis nws hlub caij lawv pontoon nkoj. Nws thiab Grandma tham li xwb txhua hnub. Yog ib yam uas peb xav tau zoo yog tias phauj Dorothy muaj ib intercom uas nyob rau hauv lawv lub tsev los ntawm cov tiaj ua si Suson, uas pub lawv tham sib nyob ntau qhov chaw hauv tsev.
Tus txiv ntxawm Oscar txiv Yakhauj tau nyob nrog lawv. Yakhauj tau ib tug kws ua vajtse koom heev. Nws los ua kuv cov vivncaus thiab kuv ib chav replica tawm hauv cov ntoo uas twb tseem nyob nws yeej mob nees nkaum xyoo tom qab. Ntawm tej taw tes, Yakhauj tau txiav caj dab thiab yuav tsuas hais lus uas siv ib qho ntawm qhov hauv pab uas nws mus muab nws lub caj dab mus qhib nws suab chords.
Oscar dab laug thiab cov niam hlob Dorothy yuav tsev pas dej ntawm cov pas dej Tishomingo. Yawg Ellis yuav ib lub pas dej ntau ob peb xyoo tom qab. Thaum twg txiv ntxawm Oscar retired, lawv ua tau kev yuav pab tau koj siv ntau lub sij hawm ntawm lub pas dej ua ke. Hmoov tsis, Oscar tus txiv hlob tuag poob nthav rau lub rau hli ntuj 19, 1978 thaum lub hnub nyoog mos dhau ntawm 63. Grandma hais yog thawj zaug uas nws pom kuv yawg quaj. Yawg tej zaum ua hauj lwm ob xyoos ntxiv vim yog tus txiv ntxawm Oscar untimely tuag.
Grandma thiab yawg tseem ua tej yam uas nrog niam hlob Dorothy ntawm lub pas dej. Aunt Dorothy would occasionally play cards but most often Grandma and Aunt Dorothy would sit and chat. Thaum Grandma Ellis tso los tseg 1991, Yawg Ellis yuav nqa Dorothy niam hlob thiab niam hlob Betty, txiv lwm cov vivncaus ib Grandma, kom lawv tus kws kho mob teem.
Phauj Dorothy yuav dim dab laug Oscar ntawm yuav luag 21 xyoo raws nraim li nws kis rau lub rau hli ntuj 23, 1999 tom 84 xyoo. Nkawd ob leeg poob hauj lwm mus so tom Mount vam cia tojntxas. Yawg twb tag los tseem muaj sia nyob tus neeg ntawm tus hwm txaus. Nws tso tseg nyob rau hauv 2001.
Oscar dab laug thiab cov niam hlob Dorothy Von Burg dua tab sis tsis tsis nco qab lawm.
