Abe Meranski at Fort Devens in Army
uniform l9l8 #798 p 26
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Three of Sophie
Meranski's brothers were drafted into United States Army about August l9l8
in World War I. When the draft notices came, their mother Thalia Goldfed
Meranski was making jelly and was so nervous she used salt instead of sugar
in making the jelly.The Armistice November 11 came before they were sent
overseas, but the eldest brother Harry got severe influenza, which probably
contributed to his death of pneumonia December l931, leaving permanent
effects. Harry and Abe were at Fort Devens near Shirley, Massachusetts, and
Abe sent a copy of this photo to his brother Ben, who was at Fort Dix, New
Jersey.It is believed one other brother besides Harry had influenza also.
Abe married Ethyle Berenson, a Hartford Neighbor, whos family w2ere
neighbors of the Meranskis on Front Street as early as l892. Abe worked at
Vandeman Plumbing and frequently acted as vaudeville Master of ceremonies
for the Hartford Young Men's Hebrew Association. A letter to Sophie from his
sister Esther recounted an enjoyable evening in April, l934, in which he was
leader.His son Ted Meranski is retired from Post Office, Miami, Beach
Florida, and has three married children Aleen Mercer in Raleigh North
Carolina, Michael Meranski in Grenanda, West Indies, and Arnold Meranski
resident in Steamboat Colorado with real estate business in Denver.Abe's
daughter Carol Jane and her husband Herb Gitlen are in Jensen Beach Florida
after years in Bloomfield, Connecticut and Newport Rhode Island. They often
winter in Puerto Vallarta on Mexican Pacific. There children are Andrea and
Geoff (Jess). |