MONROE - A painting of a picture that once hung on Margaret Sickinger's living room wall now hangs at Turner Hall.
The painting was presented Wednesday to Turner Hall general manager Kurt Kline by Sickinger's daughter, Nancy Franz. Franz and her sister, Laura Laeser, and brother, David, presented the painting in memory of their mother. Laeser lives in California and David Sickinger lives in Freeport. They were not able to attend the presentation.
"We feel it's a culmination of our mother's life," Franz said.
Sickinger, who died Aug. 7, 2007, at the age of 86, never forgot her family's heritage.
Her father was a cheesemaker who moved to the United States in 1914.
The mountain scene was a favorite of Sickinger's, her daughter said. It depicts the mountains of Switzerland and includes a cheese factory. It was always a reminder of her father's home near Bern.
Sickinger grew up on a cheese factory listening to her father talk about his home in Switzerland and the family's Swiss heritage.
Franz said her mother took part in Turner Hall activities as a child and was a member of the New World Swiss Club. The club supports Swiss Heritage and is open to anyone.
The picture was one that her children and grandchildren had seen many times as they visited their mother. They thought that giving the painting to Turner Hall was a good way to remember their mother's dedication to Turner Hall.
The painting was presented Wednesday to Turner Hall general manager Kurt Kline by Sickinger's daughter, Nancy Franz. Franz and her sister, Laura Laeser, and brother, David, presented the painting in memory of their mother. Laeser lives in California and David Sickinger lives in Freeport. They were not able to attend the presentation.
"We feel it's a culmination of our mother's life," Franz said.
Sickinger, who died Aug. 7, 2007, at the age of 86, never forgot her family's heritage.
Her father was a cheesemaker who moved to the United States in 1914.
The mountain scene was a favorite of Sickinger's, her daughter said. It depicts the mountains of Switzerland and includes a cheese factory. It was always a reminder of her father's home near Bern.
Sickinger grew up on a cheese factory listening to her father talk about his home in Switzerland and the family's Swiss heritage.
Franz said her mother took part in Turner Hall activities as a child and was a member of the New World Swiss Club. The club supports Swiss Heritage and is open to anyone.
The picture was one that her children and grandchildren had seen many times as they visited their mother. They thought that giving the painting to Turner Hall was a good way to remember their mother's dedication to Turner Hall.