Mr F Research Paper

Learning About Aging with Mr. F
Mr. F was born in the summer of 1927. Some of his earliest memories are of his mother’s stories about strangers putting money in his stroller during the Roaring 20’s. He began his life in a St. Louis suburb but then moved at a young age to a cottage with a barn in the country. His parents are West German. He remembers the cottage being drafty and cold during the winters and it had no bathroom. At school, he was the only child in the first grade. His family moved to be a bit closer to St. Louis when he was in the second grade and bought a house that only cost $3,500 with a large garden for his mother, but no air conditioning. There were clusters of neighborhoods interspersed with country and lots more children. This was his home until he graduated from high school. …show more content…
F lived here throughout the Great Depression, but as his father was never out of work, they were relatively unaffected. However, he does remember beggars coming to the door and his mother giving them scrambled eggs and a few other food items. This home is where he began his musical inclining’s. He remembers having to sing for his parent’s guests which was rather embarrassing. He moved onto accordion and then at fourteen began the piano. As he grew older, the small community turned to truck farms which brought shops to the area. Mr. F also has fond memories of visiting his grandparent’s farm as a child. When his father realized that music could be turned into a career, he became very supportive of Mr. F’s musical endeavors and even took him to a performance in St. Louis his freshman year of high school. He remembers segregation being in full swing at this point, with only one colored restaurant in town. He graduated from high school with fifty other students in the year