MY DAD,
EDWARD JULIUS ANGRICK WAS BORN OCT. 27, 1907. HE WAS BAPTIZED NOV. 3,
1907 AT SACRED HEART CHURCH. HE ALSO ATTENDED SCHOOL AT SACRED HEART.
HIS PARENTS WERE JULIUS JOSEPH ANGRICK AND ANNA SEEGERS ANGRICK.
GRANDPARENTS WERE PETER ANGRICK AND GERTRUDE RESKI ANGRICK BOTH BORN IN
GERMANY. JULIUS CAME TO AMERICA WITH HIS MOTHER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IN
1889.
DAD WAS A VERY HANDSOME MAN. A STRONG MAN UNTIL THE EARLY TWENTIES, HIS
HEALTH STARTED GOING DOWN.
AT THAT TIME JOBS WERE HARD TO GET, SO HE HAD MANY, HE WORKED AS A
FACTORY WORKER, A CEMENT TRUCK DRIVER, A STEEL WORKER, A TRUCK DRIVER FOR
A BAG COMANY, AND ALSO A TAXI DRIVER.
HE MARRIED ELIZABETH P. EDEN APRIL 1927. THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN
MARGUERITTE BORN AUG.13. 1928, EDWARD H. BORN APRIL 12, 1930, ANNA L BORN
AUG. 23, 1931 HAROLD E. BORN OCT. 3, 1933, ELIZABETH M. BORN JUNE 19,
1938 AND GERALDINE S. BORN SEPT. 14, 1939.
THREE OF HIS CHILDREN HAVE PASSED AWAY, MARGUERITTE DIED JAN. 19, 1987 AT
AGE 58. ANNA L DIED APRIL 1992 AT AGE 60. EDWARD H, DIED NOV. 2, 2001 AT
AGE 71.
PEOPLE SAID ED WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THAT POT OF GOLD BUT HE NEVER FOUND
IT, BUT I PRAY HE HAS NOW , WITH THE LORD.
HE HAD A BIG HEART. HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH, BUT IF HE HEARD THAT SOMEONE
NEEDED SOMETHING, HE WOULD GATHER UP WHAT WE HAD AND GIVE IT TO THEM.
HE ALWAYS HAD A BIG MYSTERIOUS SMILE. OUR MOTHER SAID SHE LOVED HIS
SMILE. I HEARD PEOPLE SAY IT WAS LIKE HIS FATHER JULIUS'S SMILE.
DAD AND MOM WERE MARRIED 30 YEARS BEFORE HE DIED. THEY NOW HAVE 14 GRAND
CHILDREN, 28 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND 21 GREAT-GREAT- GRANDCHILDREN . OUR
MOTHER DIED FEB. 7, 1977 AGE 65.
by daughter, ELIZABETH M. ANGRICK RUTTER
Edward Julius was baptized November 3, 1907 at Sacred Heart Church. The
priest was Serpahine Lapiere, OFM. His sponsors were Andrew Angrick and
Sophie Angrick.
Edward's confirmation was April 25, 1915 at Sacred Heart Church. The
Bishop was Joseph Chartrand. His sponsor was Anthony Kriech and his
confirmation name was Joseph.