I was finally able to ask Val Erde at Colouring the Past to colorize another photo from my collection.
I had a portrait of my paternal grandmother’s mother, Margarethe Wendel Klein, but it was in pretty bad shape.
I put it together like this for Val:
Using this photograph and researching from a “snapshot” I posted before.
Val was able to do a wonderful job with this damaged photo–both in sepia and in color.
RIP MARGARETHE WENDEL KLEIN
BIRTH 25 JUNE 1869 • Budesheim, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
DEATH 24 MAY 1932 • Elmhurst, Du Page, Illinois, United States
The Family Kalamazoo 