Note by her Son, Ronald J Repking.
When Ida was still a small child, a cellar was added to the farmhouse where she was born. The hand prints of each of the five Lustig Girls were set in the cement in the new cellar, only the girls are there as the boys had not came along yet, as a matter of fact, the cellar was dug out from under the house that was already there. The sand stone rocks were hauled back from the Embarass River, a few miles east of the house. The oldest parts of the house date back to the 1850s when Cooney Schumaker built it, such as the bedroom where all but one of the children was born and the same room where Ida's Brother, Edward Lustig died. That being said, by 2006, the old house and the old granary were the only 2 things left here from the old days as the big red barn which was built by Victor Lustig was torn down a few years ago. It's not really an operational farm anymore as they have no livestock anymore, but the current owner, Michael Lustig and his Son, Andrew, still grow crops.
Ida went to high school in Dieterich, Illinois. She stayed with her Aunt, Mary (Petry) Deters, while attending high school. She was an excellent student. Her 1921-1922 report card contained the following:
Subject No of Minutes Grade
weeks per week
English 36 200 95
Algebra 36 200 95
Geometry 18 200 95
Phys Geo 18 200 95
History 36 200 95
She kept a copy of the 1921 Yearbook, the year she was a freshman. The high School at that time had only three class levels: Freshman, Junior and Senior. She was mentioned several times in the book and underlined each mention.
She was a member of the Modern Progressive Literary Society. The comment after her name was: Ida Lustig - "Talks little and says much."
In the Senior Class Will: To Gettie, Agnes, Ardella, Esther, Ida, Elsie and Martha, an all day sucker to be divided evenly among them.
Freshman Class Alphabet: O is for others, Agnes, Ida and Elsie
"A Clipping From the Snob Critic" Can You Imagine: Ida a vamp?
Upon graduation, Ida was awarded a scholarship to Illinois University. She did not attend but married instead.
While living in Dieterich, Mary Petry Deters gave Ida a medal of St Anne. On one side is the enthroned St Anne (Jesus' grandmother: she's Mary's mom) holding the Christ child. The other side has St Anne de Beaupres Church, which is the Canadian Cathedral that was dedicated in her name and holds a relic from her finger in the altar.
My Mother, Ida, always wore the medal pined to the left strap of her slip, over her heart. As a child, I remember seeing it on frequent occasions. Like all women of her era, Mother always wore a slip under her dress.
Her Daughter Mildred Repking gave the medal to her Granddaughter, Cynthia Repking. After Aunt Millie gave it to her, Cynthia pinned it to the ring bearer pillow for most of our family weddings.
Ida met her husband Frank when he dated her sister Florence. He soon turned his attention to Ida and took her to several dances at a hall located midway between Dieterich and Montrose, Illinois. After they were married, they moved to Montrose where Frank operated a garage and filling station.
Ida's favorite pastime was playing the piano. In 1926, she bought a "Cable" Piano on which she played several times a week. Her two daughters, Mildred and Sharon, learned to play on it too. After her death, the piano was given to her son Ronald. Two of his daughters, Cynthia and Karen, as well as his son, James, played on it frequently. After they moved to their own homes, they would play it when they returned for a visit. Eventually, the piano was given to his Son, James.
When Ida was still a small child, a cellar was added to the farmhouse where she was born. The hand prints of each of the five Lustig Girls were set in the cement in the new cellar, only the girls are there as the boys had not came along yet, as a matter of fact, the cellar was dug out from under the house that was already there. The sand stone rocks were hauled back from the Embarass River, a few miles east of the house. The oldest parts of the house date back to the 1850s when Cooney Schumaker built it, such as the bedroom where all but one of the children was born and the same room where Ida's Brother, Edward Lustig died. That being said, by 2006, the old house and the old granary were the only 2 things left here from the old days as the big red barn which was built by Victor Lustig was torn down a few years ago. It's not really an operational farm anymore as they have no livestock anymore, but the current owner, Michael Lustig and his Son, Andrew, still grow crops.
Ida went to high school in Dieterich, Illinois. She stayed with her Aunt, Mary (Petry) Deters, while attending high school. She was an excellent student. Her 1921-1922 report card contained the following:
Subject No of Minutes Grade
weeks per week
English 36 200 95
Algebra 36 200 95
Geometry 18 200 95
Phys Geo 18 200 95
History 36 200 95
She kept a copy of the 1921 Yearbook, the year she was a freshman. The high School at that time had only three class levels: Freshman, Junior and Senior. She was mentioned several times in the book and underlined each mention.
She was a member of the Modern Progressive Literary Society. The comment after her name was: Ida Lustig - "Talks little and says much."
In the Senior Class Will: To Gettie, Agnes, Ardella, Esther, Ida, Elsie and Martha, an all day sucker to be divided evenly among them.
Freshman Class Alphabet: O is for others, Agnes, Ida and Elsie
"A Clipping From the Snob Critic" Can You Imagine: Ida a vamp?
Upon graduation, Ida was awarded a scholarship to Illinois University. She did not attend but married instead.
While living in Dieterich, Mary Petry Deters gave Ida a medal of St Anne. On one side is the enthroned St Anne (Jesus' grandmother: she's Mary's mom) holding the Christ child. The other side has St Anne de Beaupres Church, which is the Canadian Cathedral that was dedicated in her name and holds a relic from her finger in the altar.
My Mother, Ida, always wore the medal pined to the left strap of her slip, over her heart. As a child, I remember seeing it on frequent occasions. Like all women of her era, Mother always wore a slip under her dress.
Her Daughter Mildred Repking gave the medal to her Granddaughter, Cynthia Repking. After Aunt Millie gave it to her, Cynthia pinned it to the ring bearer pillow for most of our family weddings.
Ida met her husband Frank when he dated her sister Florence. He soon turned his attention to Ida and took her to several dances at a hall located midway between Dieterich and Montrose, Illinois. After they were married, they moved to Montrose where Frank operated a garage and filling station.
Ida's favorite pastime was playing the piano. In 1926, she bought a "Cable" Piano on which she played several times a week. Her two daughters, Mildred and Sharon, learned to play on it too. After her death, the piano was given to her son Ronald. Two of his daughters, Cynthia and Karen, as well as his son, James, played on it frequently. After they moved to their own homes, they would play it when they returned for a visit. Eventually, the piano was given to his Son, James.
Note by her Son, Ronald J Repking.
When Ida was still a small child, a cellar was added to the farmhouse where she was born. The hand prints of each of the five Lustig Girls were set in the cement in the new cellar, only the girls are there as the boys had not came along yet, as a matter of fact, the cellar was dug out from under the house that was already there. The sand stone rocks were hauled back from the Embarass River, a few miles east of the house. The oldest parts of the house date back to the 1850s when Cooney Schumaker built it, such as the bedroom where all but one of the children was born and the same room where Ida's Brother, Edward Lustig died. That being said, by 2006, the old house and the old granary were the only 2 things left here from the old days as the big red barn which was built by Victor Lustig was torn down a few years ago. It's not really an operational farm anymore as they have no livestock anymore, but the current owner, Michael Lustig and his Son, Andrew, still grow crops.
Ida went to high school in Dieterich, Illinois. She stayed with her Aunt, Mary (Petry) Deters, while attending high school. She was an excellent student. Her 1921-1922 report card contained the following:
Subject No of Minutes Grade
weeks per week
English 36 200 95
Algebra 36 200 95
Geometry 18 200 95
Phys Geo 18 200 95
History 36 200 95
She kept a copy of the 1921 Yearbook, the year she was a freshman. The high School at that time had only three class levels: Freshman, Junior and Senior. She was mentioned several times in the book and underlined each mention.
She was a member of the Modern Progressive Literary Society. The comment after her name was: Ida Lustig - "Talks little and says much."
In the Senior Class Will: To Gettie, Agnes, Ardella, Esther, Ida, Elsie and Martha, an all day sucker to be divided evenly among them.
Freshman Class Alphabet: O is for others, Agnes, Ida and Elsie
"A Clipping From the Snob Critic" Can You Imagine: Ida a vamp?
Upon graduation, Ida was awarded a scholarship to Illinois University. She did not attend but married instead.
While living in Dieterich, Mary Petry Deters gave Ida a medal of St Anne. On one side is the enthroned St Anne (Jesus' grandmother: she's Mary's mom) holding the Christ child. The other side has St Anne de Beaupres Church, which is the Canadian Cathedral that was dedicated in her name and holds a relic from her finger in the altar.
My Mother, Ida, always wore the medal pined to the left strap of her slip, over her heart. As a child, I remember seeing it on frequent occasions. Like all women of her era, Mother always wore a slip under her dress.
Her Daughter Mildred Repking gave the medal to her Granddaughter, Cynthia Repking. After Aunt Millie gave it to her, Cynthia pinned it to the ring bearer pillow for most of our family weddings.
Ida met her husband Frank when he dated her sister Florence. He soon turned his attention to Ida and took her to several dances at a hall located midway between Dieterich and Montrose, Illinois. After they were married, they moved to Montrose where Frank operated a garage and filling station.
Ida's favorite pastime was playing the piano. In 1926, she bought a "Cable" Piano on which she played several times a week. Her two daughters, Mildred and Sharon, learned to play on it too. After her death, the piano was given to her son Ronald. Two of his daughters, Cynthia and Karen, as well as his son, James, played on it frequently. After they moved to their own homes, they would play it when they returned for a visit. Eventually, the piano was given to his Son, James.
When Ida was still a small child, a cellar was added to the farmhouse where she was born. The hand prints of each of the five Lustig Girls were set in the cement in the new cellar, only the girls are there as the boys had not came along yet, as a matter of fact, the cellar was dug out from under the house that was already there. The sand stone rocks were hauled back from the Embarass River, a few miles east of the house. The oldest parts of the house date back to the 1850s when Cooney Schumaker built it, such as the bedroom where all but one of the children was born and the same room where Ida's Brother, Edward Lustig died. That being said, by 2006, the old house and the old granary were the only 2 things left here from the old days as the big red barn which was built by Victor Lustig was torn down a few years ago. It's not really an operational farm anymore as they have no livestock anymore, but the current owner, Michael Lustig and his Son, Andrew, still grow crops.
Ida went to high school in Dieterich, Illinois. She stayed with her Aunt, Mary (Petry) Deters, while attending high school. She was an excellent student. Her 1921-1922 report card contained the following:
Subject No of Minutes Grade
weeks per week
English 36 200 95
Algebra 36 200 95
Geometry 18 200 95
Phys Geo 18 200 95
History 36 200 95
She kept a copy of the 1921 Yearbook, the year she was a freshman. The high School at that time had only three class levels: Freshman, Junior and Senior. She was mentioned several times in the book and underlined each mention.
She was a member of the Modern Progressive Literary Society. The comment after her name was: Ida Lustig - "Talks little and says much."
In the Senior Class Will: To Gettie, Agnes, Ardella, Esther, Ida, Elsie and Martha, an all day sucker to be divided evenly among them.
Freshman Class Alphabet: O is for others, Agnes, Ida and Elsie
"A Clipping From the Snob Critic" Can You Imagine: Ida a vamp?
Upon graduation, Ida was awarded a scholarship to Illinois University. She did not attend but married instead.
While living in Dieterich, Mary Petry Deters gave Ida a medal of St Anne. On one side is the enthroned St Anne (Jesus' grandmother: she's Mary's mom) holding the Christ child. The other side has St Anne de Beaupres Church, which is the Canadian Cathedral that was dedicated in her name and holds a relic from her finger in the altar.
My Mother, Ida, always wore the medal pined to the left strap of her slip, over her heart. As a child, I remember seeing it on frequent occasions. Like all women of her era, Mother always wore a slip under her dress.
Her Daughter Mildred Repking gave the medal to her Granddaughter, Cynthia Repking. After Aunt Millie gave it to her, Cynthia pinned it to the ring bearer pillow for most of our family weddings.
Ida met her husband Frank when he dated her sister Florence. He soon turned his attention to Ida and took her to several dances at a hall located midway between Dieterich and Montrose, Illinois. After they were married, they moved to Montrose where Frank operated a garage and filling station.
Ida's favorite pastime was playing the piano. In 1926, she bought a "Cable" Piano on which she played several times a week. Her two daughters, Mildred and Sharon, learned to play on it too. After her death, the piano was given to her son Ronald. Two of his daughters, Cynthia and Karen, as well as his son, James, played on it frequently. After they moved to their own homes, they would play it when they returned for a visit. Eventually, the piano was given to his Son, James.
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