classmates of the young girl from Carmel who became Frank's wife. osefita, Josephine, today's lone surviving Rodriguez sibling, just celebrated her 90th birthday. 46 Jo was a bouncy inquisitive child - Cannery Row her playground. When a little girl she and her best friend Wilhemina visited with Ed Ricketts. Always welcomed, they were fascinated by the 'water babies'. Jo remembers Flora Woods bringing chicken soup to the family when Rita had gail- bladder surgery. Jo met her husband at the Monterey USO during WWII. They took-over a family farm in Colorado - her spunk making light of no electricity, no inside plumbing, and lots of hard work.47 hen the bundle of nieces and nephews began to come along, handsome, mischievous, and not-much-older-than-they Alejandro, Alex, easily slipped into the role of favorite uncle. Effortlessly, young Alex burst into song - usually Cie/ito Lindo. He was Mr. Fixit for his mom, Mr. Entertainer for the family, toy-maker for his nieces, nephews, and, later, children. There wasn't any heart Alex didn't steal or anything he didn't tackle or couldn't do.48 Jos@ Benito/Joseph Rodriguez died before the grandchildren came along. Grandchildren who would gather for Sunday dinners in the large family dining room their grandfather had added to the little Victorian. The children would come to know him through the opera music that embraced them mot the younger cousins born in the 1950s- for them the sounds of TV prevailed ©), the bullfight posters on the wall, the cypress trees that peeked through the many windows. . . and through the example of their hard-working, honest, bright, and respected parents, aunts, and uncles. Robin Rodriguez Aeschliman Pacific Grove October 2015 ENDNOTES 1 New York, Passenger Lists. 1820 -1957; National Archives and Records; Ancestry.com. Rita Riveiro emigrated from Sada, La Corufia, Spain, on board the S. S. Hudson and arrived on Ellis Island 8 July 1911. Written family narrative provides the following information: she then traveled by train to Oakland and took the ferry to San Francisco - a note of destination pinned to her dress. Jos© 8 , OCR Text: classmates of the young girl from Carmel who became Frank's wife. osefita, Josephine, today's lone surviving Rodriguez sibling, just celebrated her 90th birthday. 46 Jo was a bouncy inquisitive child - Cannery Row her playground. When a little girl she and her best friend Wilhemina visited with Ed Ricketts. Always welcomed, they were fascinated by the 'water babies'. Jo remembers Flora Woods bringing chicken soup to the family when Rita had gail- bladder surgery. Jo met her husband at the Monterey USO during WWII. They took-over a family farm in Colorado - her spunk making light of no electricity, no inside plumbing, and lots of hard work.47 hen the bundle of nieces and nephews began to come along, handsome, mischievous, and not-much-older-than-they Alejandro, Alex, easily slipped into the role of favorite uncle. Effortlessly, young Alex burst into song - usually Cie/ito Lindo. He was Mr. Fixit for his mom, Mr. Entertainer for the family, toy-maker for his nieces, nephews, and, later, children. There wasn't any heart Alex didn't steal or anything he didn't tackle or couldn't do.48 Jos@ Benito/Joseph Rodriguez died before the grandchildren came along. Grandchildren who would gather for Sunday dinners in the large family dining room their grandfather had added to the little Victorian. The children would come to know him through the opera music that embraced them mot the younger cousins born in the 1950s- for them the sounds of TV prevailed ©), the bullfight posters on the wall, the cypress trees that peeked through the many windows. . . and through the example of their hard-working, honest, bright, and respected parents, aunts, and uncles. Robin Rodriguez Aeschliman Pacific Grove October 2015 ENDNOTES 1 New York, Passenger Lists. 1820 -1957; National Archives and Records; Ancestry.com. Rita Riveiro emigrated from Sada, La Corufia, Spain, on board the S. S. Hudson and arrived on Ellis Island 8 July 1911. Written family narrative provides the following information: she then traveled by train to Oakland and took the ferry to San Francisco - a note of destination pinned to her dress. Jos© 8 , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,Q through R File names,Rodrigues,RODRIGUES_008.pdf,RODRIGUES_008.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: RODRIGUES_008.PDF, RODRIGUES_008.pdf 1 Page 1