ED Block © Mt Olive Lutheran Church (prepared by Annie Jarrell)

Ed is from another Lutheran Church but is in Pastor Bolhken's care at" The Grove Assisted Living*   Forest Grove, OR 97119 * Linda Arnold is the contact at the Grove and has been very supportive of the Pastor's and other Mt. Olive Member's visits.   Ed is 97 years old, quite handsome, and very alert. He was born June 28, 1904 in St. Joe, Michigan. Ed studied at the Seminary at Ft. Wayne, Indiana for 3 years, but decided that was not his calling. He went to a Military school and then graduated from Purdue in 1927, [and furthered his education] at Lafayette, Indiana.  His role in the working world was as an investigator. He lived in Germany two years and loved it. He did not care for France nor Italy. Per ED, The French and Italians were not industrious people (besides Paris is 35% syphilitic). He feels that Holland people are very bad tempered but He loves Germany and also Switzerland. His parents migrated from Germany in 1900 and settled in St. Joe, Michigan. He met his wife when she was 13 years old and married her when he was a senior at Purdue in 1926. His wife was a registered nurse and died two years ago on April 2. They have 2 sons, JR., a retired attorney in Portland and Bob, a retire Boeing engineer in Seattle. Their daughter was a flight attendant and the light of their life. She died at age 57. Something unusual in Ed's life is that his wife's bed "was the only one he ever slept in," [70+ year] something that is certainly admirable. © Mt Olive Lutheran Church (prepared by Annie Jarrell)