There was a Centennial Parade in Wyandotte in 1954. They had soldiers from past wars marching in the Parade. The earliest war than the next and so on. In this Parade the soldiers not many but were in their blues and grays it was the civil war heroes. Mom told me it would be the last year and I said why? Mom said they are so old now. Mom was right next year they were not there. Our cousin Mark played in the school band and was in the Parade .

I remember one year when it was after Christmas and everyone was crying when we came through the front door of the house on Perry Place. Our Mom went to her Mom and said is it true? Grandma said I’m afraid so, but he died in his sleep. Dad held onto Mom and they both sat down on the crouch it was the first time I saw our Dad cry, you see our Dad loved Grandfather Graf so much. That was the year everyone in the family brought plots out at Michigan Memorial Park except Uncle Joe his wife was expecting a baby.

Now Uncle Harry and Aunt Louise had been looking for a home in the suburbs, they found one but they didn’t have the down payment. Grandma Graf asked to take a look at it too. Uncle Harry said that the bedroom with the private bathroom would be her room if she wanted to come with them. Grandma Graf sold her home and more than enough for the down payment for the Trenton house. Now that is how the Trenton house came about.