Catherine "Kate" was the oldest of eight children, born in Algiers, Louisiana, descended from the Charles Woolverton line of England, Long Island and New Jersey. She was rather small in stature, just over 5 feet tall and slender her entire life.
She married at age eighteen to Eustace "Bobby" Voegtlin and started a family almost immediately, the first two children being born only a year apart. The home she lived in was built by her father-in-law and equipped with indoor water and a flush toilet - amenities that country folks did not have back then.
She was not the classic southern cook as she avoided fried foods. Her preferred methods of cooking were par boiling or baking. A few recipes survived to her children and grandchildren.
Rice water also served as starch for the ironing during the depression when everything was recycled. Bones from meats were boiled down, clothes were mended and re-mended, and barterring was the standard of living.
After Eustace's death Kate discovered dating, dancing and traveling. Her favorite beaus were the ones "with wheels". She never remarried, but made many friends through seniors' clubs.
Diabetes affected her eyes in later life and before her death she lived with her oldest daughter.
She married at age eighteen to Eustace "Bobby" Voegtlin and started a family almost immediately, the first two children being born only a year apart. The home she lived in was built by her father-in-law and equipped with indoor water and a flush toilet - amenities that country folks did not have back then.
She was not the classic southern cook as she avoided fried foods. Her preferred methods of cooking were par boiling or baking. A few recipes survived to her children and grandchildren.
Rice water also served as starch for the ironing during the depression when everything was recycled. Bones from meats were boiled down, clothes were mended and re-mended, and barterring was the standard of living.
After Eustace's death Kate discovered dating, dancing and traveling. Her favorite beaus were the ones "with wheels". She never remarried, but made many friends through seniors' clubs.
Diabetes affected her eyes in later life and before her death she lived with her oldest daughter.
Catherine "Kate" was the oldest of eight children, born in Algiers, Louisiana, descended from the Charles Woolverton line of England, Long Island and New Jersey. She was rather small in stature, just over 5 feet tall and slender her entire life.
She married at age eighteen to Eustace "Bobby" Voegtlin and started a family almost immediately, the first two children being born only a year apart. The home she lived in was built by her father-in-law and equipped with indoor water and a flush toilet - amenities that country folks did not have back then.
She was not the classic southern cook as she avoided fried foods. Her preferred methods of cooking were par boiling or baking. A few recipes survived to her children and grandchildren.
Rice water also served as starch for the ironing during the depression when everything was recycled. Bones from meats were boiled down, clothes were mended and re-mended, and barterring was the standard of living.
After Eustace's death Kate discovered dating, dancing and traveling. Her favorite beaus were the ones "with wheels". She never remarried, but made many friends through seniors' clubs.
Diabetes affected her eyes in later life and before her death she lived with her oldest daughter.
She married at age eighteen to Eustace "Bobby" Voegtlin and started a family almost immediately, the first two children being born only a year apart. The home she lived in was built by her father-in-law and equipped with indoor water and a flush toilet - amenities that country folks did not have back then.
She was not the classic southern cook as she avoided fried foods. Her preferred methods of cooking were par boiling or baking. A few recipes survived to her children and grandchildren.
Rice water also served as starch for the ironing during the depression when everything was recycled. Bones from meats were boiled down, clothes were mended and re-mended, and barterring was the standard of living.
After Eustace's death Kate discovered dating, dancing and traveling. Her favorite beaus were the ones "with wheels". She never remarried, but made many friends through seniors' clubs.
Diabetes affected her eyes in later life and before her death she lived with her oldest daughter.
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