MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER MARIJA BABAROVICH 1863 – 1953
On August 8, 1953 my maternal grandmother, Marija Babarovich died in Anacortes, Washington at age 90. That was the year I graduated from high school at Anacortes. She was born September 21, 1863 in Splitska, Brac, Croatia. She died on August 8, 1953. She was a woman of great courage, faith and personal sacrifice. Her husband, my grandfather, Peter, had died the year I was was born in Anacortes and I never knew him. She never remarried. I remember her…