Verda Olsen’s great big family will be gathering again for a pot-luck reunion on the last Sunday afternoon in July. As we have for many years now, we’ll be under the gazebo at…

Our memorial service for Mom, Lois Joan Springsteen, brought people from many walks of life: family, Montcalm Community College, quilting, church, and a wide circle of friends. Mom liked lists, so it was…

We celebrated Mom’s 90th birthday on January 1 with a rose bowl, a nod to her long-time desire to go to the game in Pasadena. Two months ago we celebrated my birthday with…

Happy new year, Mom!

Aden Loyal Springsteen and Goldie Verda Case were married one hundred years ago today on her nineteenth birthday. They were married at her family home in Titus.

Members of Verda Case Springsteen Olsen’s family shared a bit of time together again on Sunday at our annual family reunion in Belding. We missed many who have been among us in the…

Aden and Verda Springsteen’s oldest child, John L.D., died at the age of fourteen after a farming accident. I was tempted to title this article Johnny, we hardly knew ye, which is probably…

Verda Case Springsteen Olsen started an annual gathering of the clan in the 1950s if not before. This year, for the first time, none of her sons and daughters are with us in…

Loyal Davis Springsteen and Katherine Agatha Keck were married March 2, 1892 at her parents’ home south of Gunnisonville in Clinton County, Michigan. The daughter of immigrants, she was always called by her…

Ninety-two years and eight days; that was the span of Dad’s life in this realm. He left us a year ago, but he will always be in our hearts. Eddie Springsteen, Aden and…