Journal - Who is the oldest family member of your family you have ever met? What do you know about your family history? Have your parents ever told you anything thing about your family history? Do you know what kind of heritage you have? Explain as much as you can about your family and any history you have knowledge of.
The oldest family member I have ever met is most definitely my grandmother, Virginia Paulsen. Before her death, she was at least 98 years old, but suffered from dementia in the last ten years of her life. Her mentality slowly withered away until she couldn't even remember how to eat. The majority of my family hails from Mennonites. My grandfather, Delbert Fast, migrated to the city life because he didn't find the regular Mennonite lifestyle (which didn't consist of any recreational technologies, such as television or radio). He moved to Kansas, where he got a job as a busboy in a diner and started dating the proprietor's daughter, Mary Jane Koehn, who eventually became his wife. The Koehns also heiled from Mennonite heritage, but were not as devout as the Fasts. Delbert and Jane had two sons, Scott and Jason, the former which is my father. Scott married Lori Paulsen in 1991, and they had me in 1995. My sister, Madysen, was born in 1998. Lori was the youngest daughter of Wayne and Julie Paulsen, who in contrast to my other grandparents were natural born city folk. Aside from my mom, they had another daughter named Lisa. It's safe to say she and my mom don't get along. At all.
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