God Bless Anastasia

Dear Hearts,

August 10th is the birthday of our great-grandmother, Anastasia Raftice Conick: daughter of Edmund Raftice and Margaret Bolger Raftice; wife of James Conick; and mother of Alice, Eleanor and Anna (our grandmother we called Booma/Mom). She was born in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in 1857 and died in Chicago on September 13, 1923. Big Sully was just a little over a year and a half old.

Anastasia married James, an Irish immigrant who worked as a detective in Chicago, in 1884. She was a tough woman having to keep Grandpa Connick in line, and ran an efficient household. Anastasia was a classic Irish beauty.

Thank you for watching over us Anastasia.

God bless us and keep us and save us from harm.

Love, Patty