JMA# 42626
Olive was the youngest of the five children born to Elbert and Grace. She had a half-brother by her mother's previous marriage. In 1914, when Olive was only 5-years old, her mother died. The six children were split up and lived with other family members while their father overcame his grief. By 1923, Olive was living in Oneonta, New York. In 1924 she graduated from Oneonta High School and the next year was enrolled at the New York State College for Teachers at Albany, New York. On 12 Oct 1926 at Watertown, New York, she married to Walter Schnack, a United States Marine stationed at Pearl Harbor, Territory Hawai'i. When he completed his term of service, they lived first in Oneonta, New York and then in Laurens, New York at their dairy farm . She would feed chickens, gather eggs, milk cows, and churn butter during those years while also raising children. In 1948, they bought a home in Milford, New York. It was the home that the children and grandchildren would visit often and create everlasting memories of each other, their parents, and grandparents. Olive was a favorite teacher at Milford Central School until her retirement in 1973. She and Walt enjoyed traveling in their airstream trailer during their early retirement years.
Olive was the youngest of the five children born to Elbert and Grace. She had a half-brother by her mother's previous marriage. In 1914, when Olive was only 5-years old, her mother died. The six children were split up and lived with other family members while their father overcame his grief. By 1923, Olive was living in Oneonta, New York. In 1924 she graduated from Oneonta High School and the next year was enrolled at the New York State College for Teachers at Albany, New York. On 12 Oct 1926 at Watertown, New York, she married to Walter Schnack, a United States Marine stationed at Pearl Harbor, Territory Hawai'i. When he completed his term of service, they lived first in Oneonta, New York and then in Laurens, New York at their dairy farm . She would feed chickens, gather eggs, milk cows, and churn butter during those years while also raising children. In 1948, they bought a home in Milford, New York. It was the home that the children and grandchildren would visit often and create everlasting memories of each other, their parents, and grandparents. Olive was a favorite teacher at Milford Central School until her retirement in 1973. She and Walt enjoyed traveling in their airstream trailer during their early retirement years.
JMA# 42626
Olive was the youngest of the five children born to Elbert and Grace. She had a half-brother by her mother's previous marriage. In 1914, when Olive was only 5-years old, her mother died. The six children were split up and lived with other family members while their father overcame his grief. By 1923, Olive was living in Oneonta, New York. In 1924 she graduated from Oneonta High School and the next year was enrolled at the New York State College for Teachers at Albany, New York. On 12 Oct 1926 at Watertown, New York, she married to Walter Schnack, a United States Marine stationed at Pearl Harbor, Territory Hawai'i. When he completed his term of service, they lived first in Oneonta, New York and then in Laurens, New York at their dairy farm . She would feed chickens, gather eggs, milk cows, and churn butter during those years while also raising children. In 1948, they bought a home in Milford, New York. It was the home that the children and grandchildren would visit often and create everlasting memories of each other, their parents, and grandparents. Olive was a favorite teacher at Milford Central School until her retirement in 1973. She and Walt enjoyed traveling in their airstream trailer during their early retirement years.
Olive was the youngest of the five children born to Elbert and Grace. She had a half-brother by her mother's previous marriage. In 1914, when Olive was only 5-years old, her mother died. The six children were split up and lived with other family members while their father overcame his grief. By 1923, Olive was living in Oneonta, New York. In 1924 she graduated from Oneonta High School and the next year was enrolled at the New York State College for Teachers at Albany, New York. On 12 Oct 1926 at Watertown, New York, she married to Walter Schnack, a United States Marine stationed at Pearl Harbor, Territory Hawai'i. When he completed his term of service, they lived first in Oneonta, New York and then in Laurens, New York at their dairy farm . She would feed chickens, gather eggs, milk cows, and churn butter during those years while also raising children. In 1948, they bought a home in Milford, New York. It was the home that the children and grandchildren would visit often and create everlasting memories of each other, their parents, and grandparents. Olive was a favorite teacher at Milford Central School until her retirement in 1973. She and Walt enjoyed traveling in their airstream trailer during their early retirement years.
