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Rita Kayser
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My Name is Rita Kayser, I live outside of Marquand with my husband of 55 years. We have 4 sons, 3 daughter in laws and 6 granddaughters and we’re expecting our first great grandchild.
She was born in 1945 and grew up in the boot heel near Glennonville and Wilhelmina settlements which was purchased by the St. Louis Archdioceses and sold to the people as a great place to settle. Actually it was a dismal swamp.
Her parents, Ed and Lucille Larken moved to Willemena from Kentucky in 1925. She shares the story of her parents’ drive from Kentucky to Missouri.
3:00
Rita shares the difficulties of her parents and others living in the area due to flooding and crop loss.
4:15
Her parents struggled during the Great Depression but like many, they were already poor before so it didn’t matter much.