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DescriptionMy Friends by Naida Muriel Freudenberg (1915-1998) in the Jersey Journal on March 12, 1932.png	English: My Friends by Naida Muriel Freudenberg (1915-1998) in the Jersey Journal on March 12, 1932
Date	12 March 1932
Source	Jersey Journal on March 12, 1932
Author	Naida Muriel Freudenberg  (1915–1998)      Alternative names Naida Van Deusen; Naida Muriel Freudenberg (1915-1998); Naida M. Freudenberg Description American writer and housewife Date of birth/death 3 January 1915  16 November 1998  Location of birth/death Jersey City Andover Authority file : Q48751399 creator QS:P170,Q48751399

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My Friends
Naida M. Freudenberg 9 Claremont Avenue, Jersey City. Age 15 [sic]

• A is for Alice (Schneider) blue eyed and fair,
• B is for Bertha (Lattin) with never a care.
• C for Concetta (Sorrentino) who's devoted to home,
• D for Doris (Lyons) who dreads being alone.
• E is for Edith (Depen) bedecked with her jewels,
• F is for Florence (Freudenberg) whom everyone fools.
• G for Geraldine (Winblad) eyes big and brown,
• H for Helen (Freudenberg) who has love as a crown.
• I is for Isabel (Matera) demure and shy,
• J is for Jenny (Jahnsen) who relishes pie.
• K for Katherine (Bradbee) with smile so delicious,
• L for Lillian (Brown) my editor, always capricious.
• M is for Mother, so sweet so quaint,
• N is for Norma (Carlsen) who loves the word, "ain't".
• O for Olga (Hesse) meek and mild,
• P for Paulina (Preus) loved by every child.
• R is for Ruth (Backe) a pal fine and true,
• S is for Sally (Freudenberg) who never feels blue.

Notes[edit]

She was 17 years old at the time of the writing and corrected the age in her copy she kept in her scrapbook.

People[edit]

• Alice Violetta Schneider (1913-2002), her cousin.
• Bertha Christina Nelson (1905-1980), wife of Theodore Roosevelt Lattin (1901-1980).
• Florence Catherine Skinner (1901-1986), wife of Eugene Freudenberg Sr. (1900-1956).
• Helen Eloise Freudenberg (1928-1989), her sister.
• Geraldine Marie Winblad (1928-2011), her cousin.
• Ruthe Edith Backe (1915-?), her best friend and bridesmaid.
• Selma Louise Freudenberg (1921-2009), her sister.
• Maria Elizabeth Winblad (1895-1987), her mother.
• Paulina Preus, the daughter of the Lutheran minister.

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