Magda Beer - July 5, 1983
Life in the United States
And you've been here every since?
Yes.
And your son lives here?
Sure.
And do you have grandchildren?
No, I have--he married.
Woman: I am the lucky one, I have.
He married, he married--twelve years he been married. He's a good boy.
Is your husband still alive?
No, passed away ??? It will be two years ???
Woman: So you see that one thing you have to ??? You didn't know that.
No, I sure didn't.
Woman: Yeah my niece called me and said she want to come over and I said come over I have a lady who's here for you to talk to.
I don't know how happy you'll be about doing this.
Anyways, it's a bad day for me because tomorrow will be his birthday. And I was crying the whole afternoon. I'm working.
Where do you work?
The Kleins are wonderful.
So you work for Bernie and Emory?
Right, I was working five years in a factory. And uh, when Bernie...
Woman: ??? business school A:...called me ??? then I went there and I was working twenty-five years I retired already with my husband. When my husband passed away then they wanted to help me. Not uh, not because I needed the money. I needed ??? because they are wonderful ???
Woman: Thank you. I'm proud of them.
They are. I love them. They are very good.
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