tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919249352761386087.post866986049527812808..comments2023-03-22T11:46:43.759-04:00Comments on August Legacy: Sister Rebecca Albert (1908-1996)Craig Siulinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791633844406998266noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919249352761386087.post-5594923486666170132010-08-02T10:41:00.987-04:002010-08-02T10:41:00.987-04:00I only have vague memories of Aunt Rebecca, but I ...I only have vague memories of Aunt Rebecca, but I remember as a very young child having to show respect to her because she was a devout nun. My mother and I visited her when she lived on Brown Street in Westbrook and I remember wondering how a nun could live on her own in a house and not in a convent...Although I can't recall any conversation we had, I do remember feeling that she was very kind and also quick witted for an 'old lady'. Thanks for sharing Craig! ~ JillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919249352761386087.post-21273855380355178812010-08-01T22:00:09.268-04:002010-08-01T22:00:09.268-04:00I remember her most while visiting her at Memere &...I remember her most while visiting her at Memere & Pepere's at the beach. She was there visiting them. I remember being kind of in awe of her because of her always wearing her "habit". But, I also remember a time when she was NOT wearing it and was in regular clothes without anything on her head etc...she had very thin, strait, gray hair....I do remember her talent as an artist and have a few paintings that she helped my mother do, who also had a talent for oil painting. Aunt Rebecca also put together a big collage type picture of my mother, multiple different pictures through Lorraine's childhood etc. She made this for Memere & Pepere after my mother died in 1970. Maybe I can take a picture of the picture and attach it to this post somehow? I'll have to work on that at some point. Thanks Craig for posting the awesome picture of her! DianeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16351116695674210152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919249352761386087.post-85491893350787672852010-08-01T16:09:31.039-04:002010-08-01T16:09:31.039-04:00Aunt Rebecca used to teach school in Manchester an...Aunt Rebecca used to teach school in Manchester and I remember her telling me what she would say to students in class who were not paying attention: "Go sit on the other side of the room and catch flies~!"<br />I also remember her nudging me to consider being a nun. She'd ask me if I had heard the calling yet.Pauline (Albert) Siulinskinoreply@blogger.com