May 26, 1923 – June 22, 2024 My paternal grandmother lived a long and amazing life. Mary Schevchik was born on May 26, 1923 in Donora, Pennsylvania. She entered school during the Great Depression and left home at 18 to search for wartime employment in California. She became welder in the navy shipyards. It wasContinueContinue reading “In Loving Memory of Mary Torres”
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Hundreds Celebrate ‘Rosie the Riveter’ at Richmond Waterfront Festival – CBS San Francisco
Former World War II shipyard worker Mary Torres, 96, jumped to her feet and waved as hundreds of people cheered at the Rosie Rally Home Front Festival in Richmond Saturday. — Read on sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/08/10/rosie-rally-2019-richmond/