DEDICATION
My aunt Irene
Steppe started and encouraged me in family research. She prepared this souvenir
quilt block for me, adding the dogwood blossom, cardinal, and notes. And she
provided the thought that gives a purpose to this album.
“Goodness makes History
real when it actually lets you see the names of loved ones be shown in the
accounts. It makes one realize how short time really is and how far we
are advanced from them but yet not much different. With all your resource
come alive it is like actually living through some of the same ordeals seemingly…“
Irene Steppe in e-mail to Bailey
Steppe, September 2000.