Rose Marie Donoughe and her neighbor, Mrs. Felus (1933)

Mrs. Anne Felus (left), Rose Marie Donoughe (right)

This picture was taken in 1933 in Gallitzin, PA. According to my mother, Rose, it was Easter Sunday, and if you look close, you'll notice she's holding an Easter basket. Mrs. Felus was a neighbor, and she was about 38 years old at this time. My mom was 3 years old.

William McMahon, Jr. and Rose Marie Donoughe (1936)

William McMahon, Jr. (left), Rose Marie Donoughe (right).

Here's my mother at the age of six, with her Uncle Bill, who was about ten years old at the time. The photo was taken on May 31, 1936, on the occasion of William's First Communion, at the home of my great-grandmother, Mary McMahon, in Gallitzin, PA.

Rose Marie Donoughe (1937)

This picture of my mother was taken in 1937, when she was 7 years old. It was taken at school, in Loretto, PA. She lived a few miles away, in Wildwood Springs, and rode to and from school on a bus.