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Appendix: Personal Biography
Appendix: Personal Biography of Lorna Grabe — printed pp. 68–69. Every printed page has its own permanent link.
Zybach, Bob 1990. Lorna Grabe. Family History and Story of the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation, Benton County, Oregon. Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #01, 2nd Printing. Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 67 pp. w/appendix and index.
p. 47 = printed page 47 of the original book; the link on each page number is a permanent address you can send to anyone.
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- #1 Lorna Grabe
- Narrator
- Lorna Grabe
- Printed pages
- pp. 68–69
- Accessioned
- From Bob Zybach’s upload, 23 August 2026
APPENDIX: PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY
Lorna Grabe: I was born on a farm in Iowa, attended country school for nine years, graduated from Iowa City High Scool, and then attended Iowa State College, studying textiles and clothing. In my early years I helped with farm work, milking cows, gathering eggs, driving horses on the hay wagon, hand shelling ear corn, etc. We made clover leaf chains, dug for crawdads at our creek, climbed in the hayloft, and hung May baskets for fun. I attended Sunday School and 4-H Club during my childhood.
Lorna Grabe: I taught in a one room rural school for two years and a small town school one year.
Lorna Grabe: At college I met Don Grabe. We married and had three children.
Lorna Grabe: We moved out West in 1968 to Oregon. We now live on a wooded acreage in the beautiful Soap Creek Valley with our collie dog and two horses. Many birds and flowers add distinctive charm to this hillside homesite.
Lorna Grabe: I have studied art for many years at LBCC (Linn-Benton Community College) and have done watercolors and calligraphy. I have also studied Spanish, Portuguese, and piano.
Lorna Grabe: Living a short distance from the old Soap Creek School #32, I became interested in historical restoration, and have helped collect old photos, histories, early school text books, slates, and desks since 1974. Saving this precious heirloom (the school, its grounds, and contents) for future generations is an important goal in my life.
Lorna Grabe: Lorna Grabe
Soap Creek Valley
May, 1990
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- As printed
- Zybach, Bob 1990. Lorna Grabe. Family History and Story of the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation, Benton County, Oregon. Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #01, 2nd Printing. Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 67 pp. w/appendix and index.
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- Grabe 1990. Appendix: Personal Biography, pp. 68–69. America's School Trust Library, The Zybach Collection. https://schooltrusts.org/collections/zybach/soap-creek/m01-grabe/appendix-personal-biography/ (accessed 2026).
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- Grabe 1990, p. 68 — Monograph #01:68
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