Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Fay Laro Alfred
Date:
1999
Interviewer:
Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-;Addlestone, Marlene Alfred
Interviewee:
Alfred, Fay Laro, 1915-2003
Description:
Fay Laro Alfred, born in Poland in 1915 during World War I, was just two weeks old when her family fled the fighting. Ultimately, they settled in Michigan where Fay’s parents started a scrap metal business. She recalls stories about her relatives in the Old Country and describes growing up Jewish in small-town Michigan and meeting her husband, Clement Alfred, (Zipperstein), a dentist. Her daughter, Marlene Addlestone, is an interviewer.