Agnes Louise (Middleton) Ryan Geise

Agnes Louis Middleton was my great-grandmother. Agnes was more commonly known as Peg. Peg was born 29 Jul 1907 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana to Joseph G. Middleton & Clara Veronica Sack. She was first married to Stanley LeClair Ryan, divorced and married again to Elmer J. Geise.

There are only a handful of known pictures of her so this is a treasured photo of mine.

Agnes passed away on 6 Apr 1952 in Angola, Stueben County, Indiana.

Catherine Louise (Ryan) Gatchell

Catherine Louise (Ryan) Gatchell was born on 11 May 1925 in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan to Agnes Louise Middleton & Stanley LeClair Ryan. She passed away on 11 Nov 2008 in Columbia City, Whitney County, Indiana.

Catherine known to her friends as Kate lived in Michigan, Indiana & Florida. She was known for her wonderful cooking and soups. She worked in Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana for many years and was the cook that made all soups at the hospital.

Here's one entry from her hand written recipe book:

Spagetti and meat sauce

3 boxes spagetti
20 cans spaghetti sauce
130#(pounds) ground beef

Garlic
Salt
White pepper
1 box dryed onions
Rosemary
Oragano

Obviously this is a hospital meal recipe with 130 pounds of ground beef?!