My Favorite Recipes: Meet Jerine Grey, Endicott, and Mary Ann Wigen, Colfax

Mary Ann Wigen and Jerine Grey with items Jerine brought home from their trip to Russia. The stacking dolls are traditionally Russian, and the little berry figurines are common.

Hundreds, if not thousands, of Whitman County residents are descendants of the Volga Deutsch. While many immigrants came directly from Germany to the United States, the Volga Deutsch made a long trip, with more than a century spent on the Volga River region of Russia. Jerine Grey and Mary Ann Wigen are two such local citizens.

Jerine grew up on the family farm near Endicott and went to Endicott High School. She married...