This section is dedicated to Beverly Mae (Frieberg) Pfaff (December 26 1931-October 21 1997), Judy's mother, Ted's wife. She was a very special person to all who knew her. She started life whole, but was stricken with polio at the age of 17 and was forced to spend 9 months in The Children's Hospital of Oakland. She learned to live with it, not allowing it to limit her. She attended college, worked for a time on her own, met and married Ted, raised a family. She filled and surrounded the family home with plants and flowers, and became a prolific artist. She carved and crafted leather, taught for the local 4-H group, knitted, crocheted, and did needle-point. She grew african violets from seed, got them blooming, and sold them to the nursery in town.
As a result of this disease we hardly think about anymore, she was partially paralyzed, being born right-handed then having to learn how to cope left-handed. Still, she managed all this, more than most people ever do with their lives. She spent much of her life fighting back various forms of illnesses, Post-Polio Syndrome among them. She will be sorely missed. As Ted says, she's FREE AT LAST...
Bev in approximately 1974
Bev with Ted in early seventies.