My Favorite Recipes: Meet Queenie Leinweber, Colfax

Gene and Queenie Leinweber, still smiling after 68 years together.

Queenie Hulse was born in Tennessee, and her mother wanted to name her for Queen Elizabeth II, who was born about the same time. After thinking about a little girl learning how to write the long name Elizabeth, her mom decided to name her Queenie instead.

Her father had a sister in Colfax, and when his asthma became severe, she suggested moving from humid Tennessee and his tobacco farm to drier Colfax to find relief of his symptoms. The move was a great idea, and her father soon felt better and gained back much needed weight.

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