HAPPY 120TH BIRTHDAY, GRANDMA THERESA

Today, my paternal grandmother Theresa Barbara Ann Nebgen Sherlock would be celebrating her 120th birthday.  Theresa was born on 13 November 1899 in Chicago, Illinois to Peter Joseph Nebgen and Theresa Homrich Nebgen.  She had two older sisters, Helen and Anna, and an older brother Emil. As the baby of the family, she out lived her parents and her siblings, as probably expected.  However, she lived 10 years past the death of her remaining sibling.

Theresa got married when she was 18 years old and her spouse was only 17 years old. Even back then, her parents were not amused by their elopement and made each of them live with their own parents for a few years. If they still felt that way later, they could be together.  Well, they did feel that way and they stayed together for a very long time.  We celebrated their 50th anniversary in 1968 with a weekend long celebration.  Ten years later, we celebrated their 60th anniversary with the same enthusiasm but less partying!  Two months after their 65th anniversary, my Grandpa Charlie died.

My Grandpa Charlie seemed to be larger than life so he tended to get all of the attention. Theresa, on the other hand, seemed to enjoy going along for the ride. Theresa and Charlie did have some great adventures, including their month long trip to Europe in 1961, which I like to call "Their Grand European Adventure".  They also took shorter trips to Hawaii and Mexico.

 Theresa did have a long life, living to the age of  93, dying in June of 1993.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANDMA THERESA!!