Anna was born in a sod covered dug out, (a "Soddy")in Colorado, the 9th child of Frederick and Mary Legler. In June of 1900, when Anna was but 4 or 5 weeks old the family moved by wagon train from Akron, Washington Co., Colorado, to the Glenwood City area. The wagon train was made up of many other families of Volga River Germans, some related to Fred and Mary Legler, that had been forced out of Russia in the late 1800's. Near the Minnesota boarder, some wagons left the train and headed North into the Dakota's to settle in what later became McCook County, SD.
She lived in Glenwood City the rest of her life. She worked at the Co-Op creamery, and also at the bank in Glenwood City as a book keeper. Her home was across the street from the East end of the old high school. She also owned a cabin on Bone Lake in WI, and went there many weekends during the summer. One of her hobbies was knitting. She made mittens, scarves, hats, socks, slippers and many other items which she gave as gifts to her friends and family members. She had the old spinning wheel handed down to her by her mother and often carded and spun her own wool yarn. It was a fascinating process to watch. Anna was a woman of many talents. She once built a small, 3 foot tall, wooden replica of the St. Paul's church of Glenwood. She installed lights in it and would put it out front of her house during the holiday season. Anna was a very strong willed, and strongly opinionated person. If you knew her, she had a heart of gold.
She lived in Glenwood City the rest of her life. She worked at the Co-Op creamery, and also at the bank in Glenwood City as a book keeper. Her home was across the street from the East end of the old high school. She also owned a cabin on Bone Lake in WI, and went there many weekends during the summer. One of her hobbies was knitting. She made mittens, scarves, hats, socks, slippers and many other items which she gave as gifts to her friends and family members. She had the old spinning wheel handed down to her by her mother and often carded and spun her own wool yarn. It was a fascinating process to watch. Anna was a woman of many talents. She once built a small, 3 foot tall, wooden replica of the St. Paul's church of Glenwood. She installed lights in it and would put it out front of her house during the holiday season. Anna was a very strong willed, and strongly opinionated person. If you knew her, she had a heart of gold.
Anna was born in a sod covered dug out, (a "Soddy")in Colorado, the 9th child of Frederick and Mary Legler. In June of 1900, when Anna was but 4 or 5 weeks old the family moved by wagon train from Akron, Washington Co., Colorado, to the Glenwood City area. The wagon train was made up of many other families of Volga River Germans, some related to Fred and Mary Legler, that had been forced out of Russia in the late 1800's. Near the Minnesota boarder, some wagons left the train and headed North into the Dakota's to settle in what later became McCook County, SD.
She lived in Glenwood City the rest of her life. She worked at the Co-Op creamery, and also at the bank in Glenwood City as a book keeper. Her home was across the street from the East end of the old high school. She also owned a cabin on Bone Lake in WI, and went there many weekends during the summer. One of her hobbies was knitting. She made mittens, scarves, hats, socks, slippers and many other items which she gave as gifts to her friends and family members. She had the old spinning wheel handed down to her by her mother and often carded and spun her own wool yarn. It was a fascinating process to watch. Anna was a woman of many talents. She once built a small, 3 foot tall, wooden replica of the St. Paul's church of Glenwood. She installed lights in it and would put it out front of her house during the holiday season. Anna was a very strong willed, and strongly opinionated person. If you knew her, she had a heart of gold.
She lived in Glenwood City the rest of her life. She worked at the Co-Op creamery, and also at the bank in Glenwood City as a book keeper. Her home was across the street from the East end of the old high school. She also owned a cabin on Bone Lake in WI, and went there many weekends during the summer. One of her hobbies was knitting. She made mittens, scarves, hats, socks, slippers and many other items which she gave as gifts to her friends and family members. She had the old spinning wheel handed down to her by her mother and often carded and spun her own wool yarn. It was a fascinating process to watch. Anna was a woman of many talents. She once built a small, 3 foot tall, wooden replica of the St. Paul's church of Glenwood. She installed lights in it and would put it out front of her house during the holiday season. Anna was a very strong willed, and strongly opinionated person. If you knew her, she had a heart of gold.
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