ROSEMARY CANDY

Rosemary Candy stands with her Aunt Julia Fecht's husband, Hugh Hogan. Very likely, the photo was taken in Villisca, Iowa.

Rosemary Candy was a very little girl when her father died of the flu in 1918. She was raised by her mother and Philip Shire, her step father. This children in this church photo may have been undergoing their First Holy Communion or the older children (including Rosemary, the rite of Confirmation. The priest is a very young Father Gavin.
Rosemary Laverne Candy was born on the 4th July of 1916. She graduated from Saint Brendan Parochial High School in 1933. In her graduating class was her cousin Marguerite Fecht. (See Marguerite’s history for picture of graduating class.) Rosemary graduated from saint Joseph's School of Nursing in Kansas City, Missouri in 1937. She joined the staff of Audrain Hospital in November of that same year. (Note: The Audrain Hospital was called the Audrain Medical Center in 1996.)

EVELYN FECHT and ROSEMARY CANDY

Rosemary Candy (left) and her cousin Evelyn Fecht. Evelyn descends from John Christopher Fecht. Rosemary Candy is the daughter of Harry Candy and Ann Fecht Candy Shire. Evelyn and Rosemary the great grand daughters of Margaret (Bost) and Jacob Fecht.

ROSEMARY CANDY

Rosemary Candy, daughter of Ann Fecht Candy Shire and Harry Candy. The Catholic priest in this photo is Father Gavin, when he was young. Rosemary is the second girl in the back row from the right. The two boys in the back (in suits) and girls with long veils are likely candidates for the Sacrament of Confirmation. The three boys in cassocks are altar boys. The four little girls in the front row with flower crowns are likely First Communion candidates. St. Brendan Church, Mexico, Missouri.