Letinsky Family History
Ruth Riesenbach's Unfinished Memoir
In her retirement years, Ruth would spend hours sorting photos and family documents creating albums and scrap-books. She also typed out her memories of childhood and early adulthood in a computer file on her laptop. Unfortunately, it appears that she never completed this document. Using handwritten notes and a partial digital document found on her laptop ("My Memoirs-12.doc"), her son Ron organized and adapted the documents to HTML format and added digitized family photos roughly corresponding to the appropriate points in narrative.
Click here to read: Ruth's Unfinished Memoir.
The Life Story of Sam Letinsky
In 1989, Ron Riesenbach (Sam's grandson) interviewed Sam who related the story of his life. This interview has been digitized and a photo slide show added. It can be watched at the link below.
In 2008, Ruth Riesenbach (Nee Letinsky) wrote two biographies; one about her father and one about her mother. She created a beautiful scrapbook with snippets of these biographies, documents and photographs. As of 2023, this scrapbook is in the home of Adrian Raizman, granddaughter.
The text and images of this scrapbook have been digitized by Ron (Sam's grandson) and available for reading here:
The Life Story of Sam Letinsky (Rachmiel Letinsky)
Sam (Rachmiel) Letinsky as a young man
The Life Story of Sophie Letinsky
In 1989, Ron Riesenbach (Sophie's grandson) interviewed Sophie who related the story of her life. This interview has been digitized and a photo slide show added. It can be watched at the link below.
Ruth Riesenbach (nee Letinsky) wrote two biographies; one about her father and one about her mother. She created a beautiful scrapbook illuminated with documents and photographs. As of 2023, this scrapbook is in the home of Adrian Raizman, granddaughter.
The text and images of this scrapbook have been digitized by Ron (Sophie's grandson) and available for viewing here.