Marie Zieres's Letter
At the bottom of Gena Branscombe's letter she wrote, “My loving thoughts go out to you –I never forget you. Noone should mind being older, life is just better and better.” The letter’s envelope is post marked May 23, 1968, has 6 cents of stamps on it and is addressed to Mrs. Marie Zieres. Over the thirteen years of writing my blog, Music Meets Drama , I have written about Gena Branscombe’s prolific letter writing three times. A number of her original letters to friends, colleagues and former Branscombe Choral members have become a part of my Gena collection. In June 2008 Dan and I drove to Jamestown, NY to meet Marie Zieres, a former Branscombe Choral member. Just weeks before our visit with Mrs. Zieres, the Branscombe Choral scrapbooks had come into my possession. In their protective boxes, the scrapbooks also made the trip to meet Mrs. Zieres. Before our arrival she had brought out her remembrances of being a Choral me...