My Aunt Winifred 'Winnie' (Nathan) and Uncle Maurice Rippe on an excursion in the Grand Canyon in 1915. They lived in Brooklyn, New York. Maurice was a lawyer at Frutkin, Waldie and Rippe in Manhattan. Winnie went to Hunter College in New York City and was a teacher. Winnie and Maurice had two children, Edith Louise (Weber) and Benjamin 'Ben' Nathan Rippe.

In 1917 after the U.S. entered into the war, Maurice was appointed by the President as an Associate Member of the Legal Advisory Board of New York City.

Ben studied and graduated from Harvard Law School and served in the Army with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) between 1942 and 1945. He joined his father's law firm after the war.

Edith Louise is the mother of Ann (Weber) Benson and Andy and Stephen William Weber. Ann wrote about her mother recently:

My mom went to Sargent College which is now part of Boston University. She later taught ballroom dancing at the Arthur Murray studio and danced with Arthur Murray. She had her own dance studio in the 1950s and could teach anyone to dance! My mom was very graceful.

Edith did considerable Christian Science church work in Boston and was instrumental in getting the reading room situated outside of the church building. Having it on a busy public street was ideal and the better location.

She and her brother Ben loved our house in Vermont, where my brother Andy and I spent our summers for many years. Andy adored Peacham, Vermont.

Also below is a beautiful double portrait of Winnie and Maurice from 1927.