It is with great sadness that we report that longtime volunteer, researcher, and exuberant StLGS member/supporter, Dr. Doris Eschbach, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, 1 November 2017. Doris was passionate about her German heritage, traveling with us numerous times on our annual research trip to Salt Lake City and to Europe with her family. She volunteered at the Family History Conference each year, came to every meeting she could, was an ardent participant in the German Special Interest Group, and attended classes and workshops regularly. Doris had been a teacher and university professor before her retirement and then pursued her interest in and devotion to genealogy, traveling, and her family. All of us who knew her will miss her bright smile, her bubbly personality, and her unfailing enthusiasm for the things she loved.
We extend our deepest sympathy to Doris's husband, Leonard, her children, grandchildren, and great-granddaughter.
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For Those with an Interest in Steamboats . . .
The Bridgeton Historical Society invites you to hear Porsche Schlapper, the new curator of the Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library located in the Mercantile Library at UMSL, give a talk on "Traveling by Steamboats on the Mississippi."
Tuesday, 14 November from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
Bridgeton Recreation Center, 4201 Fee Fee Road, Bridgeton, Missouri
The talk is free and needs no pre-registration. For directions to the venue, click here.
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