| A large Meranski family reunion occured spring l948 at the home of Sophie's youngest sister Rebekah and her husband Dr. Isadore Geetter, when their second son Albert born l935 had his bar-mitzvah. Dr. Geetter had visited the Barretts briefly in January l945, when Admiral William Furlong made it possible for him briefly to come ashore to Waikiki from the ship on which he was traveleing to medical duty in Navy Reserve in Samar, Philippines. The Barretts stopped in Hartford about August 12, l947 en route to Boston after touring the west, and on this occassion they saw Sophie's sister Esther, her sister-in-law Sadie Taylor Meranski, her sister-in-law Ethyle Berenson Meranski and her daughter Carol Jane, and Dr. and Mrs. Geetter and their five children, David, Albert, Thalia, Harold, and Suzy. On this occasion, Sophie's sister Bertha and her husband Sam Pollack came east from Cincinnati, where they moved in l946, and Sophie's young brother Peter (Israel Peter) and his wife Jen came from Baltimore. Pete had been in Georgia and France in United States Army as doctor l942-l946 while his wife Jen educated their daughter Deborah, born deaf l935. They later had a son Danny born l951. The Barretts played Michigan rummy with the youngest Geetter son Harold, in the upstairs "rumpus room" of their large new home, where Esther Merasnki lived with her sister, brother-in-law, and the five children. Dr. Geetter grew tomatoes, pears, lilacs, and a varied garden. He trained as an anesthesiologist, - became an administrator at New Britain General Hospital where his family lived until he was drafted in Navy l944 - then family relocated to Fern St. and he became administrator of Mount Sinai Hospital in Hartford. |
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