TOUCH ME

If I am your child... Please touch me.

Persist; find ways to meet my needs.
Your goodnight hug helps sweeten my dreams.
Your daytime touching tells me how you really feel.

If I am your teenager... Please touch me.
Don't think because I'm almost grown,
I don't need to know that you still care.
I need your loving arms; I need a tender voice.



If  I am your friend... Please touch me.
Nothing lets me know you care like a warm embrace.
A healing touch when I'm depressed assures me I am loved,
And reassures me that I'm not alone.
Yours may be the only comforting touch I get.




If I am your life's partner... Please touch me.
You may think that your passion is enough,
But only your arms hold back my fears.
I need your tender reassuring touch, To remind me
I am loved just because I am me.

If I am your grown-up child... Please touch me.
Though I may have a family of my own to hold,
I still need Mommy's and Daddy's arms when I hurt.
As a parent the view is different; I appreciate you more.

If I am your aging parent... Please touch me.
Hold my hand, sit close to me, give me strength;
And warm my tired body with your nearness.
Although my skin is worn and wrinkled, It loves to be stroked

Don't be afraid.

Please Touch Me!

~Author Unknown~

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 Mary Post Warren

Frances Rose Motzko

Frances Rose Motzko (b. 3/20/1897 Barnsville, Clay Co, Minnesota; d.10/21/1965 Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho).

Frances married Louis Charles Aulbach (b. 8/1/1900 Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas; d. 4/14/1981 Nampa, Canyon County Idaho) on October 28, 1926 in Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho.



Frances and Louis had four children,  Susan Rebecca, Louis Phillip, Nola Louise, and William Richard.

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 Mary Post Warren





John Joseph Motzko

Born February 2, 1894 John Joseph Motzko (d. 3/22/1956 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California) was the third boy and eighth child of Philipp and Mary Motzko.  Born in Barnsville, Clay County, Minnesota)

John went to St. Mary's College in Pennsylvania and Marist Seminary in Washington D.C.  While at St. Mary's he played hockey; while at Marist Seminary he played hockey and baseball.  To my knowledge and with the information I have thus far John was the only Motzko to go to college.While his original intent was to become a Catholic priest somewhere along the line he met Helen Sergeant and they married on June 15, 1925.  To my knowledge there were no children.

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 Mary Post Warren

Happy 101 Award

I found a fun surprise this morning while checking for new comments. Leslie Ann Ballou  author of Lost Family Treasures presented me with the Happy 101 award!

Along with this award I am suppose to list 10 things that make me happy and then pass the award on to 10 other bloggers.

My ten happy thoughts are:

1. My God, my faith and my church (is that 3?)
2. My husband of almost 46 years.
3. My kids and knowing they are happy.
4. Spending time with family members
5. Hooking up with long lost relatives
6. Finding living relatives I never knew I had.
7. Spending time with friends both old and new.
8. Thoughts of eternal life in Heaven
9. Reading a good book
10. Thanksgiving - our once a year family get-together

The ten bloggers that I choose to give this award to are:

1. Polychrones Press (my daughter's blog - she's the one that got me into posting my genealogy info)
2. Lucie's Legacy 
3. Random Relatives
4. Our Twig
5. We Tree
6. Family Story Keeping
7.  AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors
8. Unknown
9. Unknown
10. Unknown

Coming up with 10 was impossible for me as so many I follow have already received this award.  I checked out many new blogs and have a couple of those listed above.  This was harder than posting one of my regular posts!

Watch your comments to see if this award has been passed on to you!

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 Mary Post Warren

Thomas Anthony Motzko

I do not have much information on the seventh child of Philipp and Maria Motzko.  I'm hoping by posting this to my blog that some descendants of his can help me fill in the blanks.

Thomas Anthony Motzko (b. 12/21/1891 Avon, Stearns County, Minnesota; d. 1/10/1938 Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon ;  buried ___________).

According to his draft card dated July 6, 1917 he was age 26, single and was employed as an undertaker at Sands Funeral and Finishing Company in Victoria, B.C. (Canada).  Mason Sands was the widower of Thomas' sister, Johanna.

Married in Immaculate Heart Church, Nampa, Idaho. No info on spouse.

The above is the only information I have on  Thomas Motzko. I do have copies of an 1895 census record showing he was living at home, and a copy of an insurance policy (issued by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance) dated 1/12/1918.  Plus he does show in family photographs taken in the late 1890's. 



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 Mary Post Warren



This One's for My Kids!

All of my children had/have a great love for their grandparents...so I thought I'd take a moment to post a picture or two of their Grandmother Myrtle Warren on a day I wasn't going to write anything....no stories, no stats, just pictures today. Grandma's 90th birthday!





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 Mary Post Warren

Franz (Frank) James Motzko

FINALLY a boy joins the Philipp and Maria Motzko family.  Franz (aka Frank) James Motzko        (b. 10/1/1889; d.6/5/1965; buried Cloverdale Cemetery, Boise ID).

Frank married Martha Viola Volkmer  (b. 5/31/1899 Burlington Iowa; d. 5-28-1979 Boise ID; buried Cloverdale Cemetery, Boise ID) on August 15, 1919 in Boise.  They had one daughter Helen Bernice Motzko.

Frank joined the army in November 1918, at the recruiting office in Salt Lake City for service in the quartermaster corps as a baker. He was stationed at Camp Lewis Washington and Camp Kearny California (now Miramar Marine Air Station).

Frank bought an acreage in Marsing, Idaho and started a hardware store there. The store is still there, but is now Marsing True Value Hardware. This store was sold to the Herman (Frank's sister's (Catherine's) husband). There seems to be a little conflict between the descendants of  Frank and Catherine even to this day.

There is a Motzko Street in the Marsing city limits. Frank and his family still have roots in that area

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 Mary Post Warren