I am Emily Jane, fifth daughter of Emil and Lila Heydenreich, born February
  20, 1932. I arrived weighing 3 1/2 pounds. I was told Mother gave me the name
  Emily Jane, after a heroine from a story in Capers Weekly.
     My childhood memories are precious and vivid. I remember having my tonsils
  removed at the age of three, along with sister Georgia and Lucille, by Doctor
  Grigsby.
     I attended grade school at Sunflower School, District 34; I was the only
  child in my grade, except on year.
     Going to high school was a terrifying experience at first. Having never
  had classmates in my grade, I knew only one other girl, Gretta Cavin from
  Isabel. The building looked so big and scary, but I soon found friends. I
  found a job as a waitress at Roesslers' Cafe and later at Lyle's Cafe and
  then worked at the Sweet Shop for Bud Rodgers. 
     I recall hot windy summers, hanging bushel baskets of clothes on the line
  (since we were a large family), canning, the smell of rendering lard, and 
  cold mornings when we dressed under the bed covers. When it was really cold
  Momma would warm bricks in the oven, wrap them in newspaper and put them at
  the foot of our beds for warmth. Our home was always a warm one, full of
  love and laughter.
     I always loved Christmas and recall when Mother always told us Santa
  wouldn't come unless we cleaned the house; so we washed cupboards, cleaned
  our drawers, etc. so that he would arrive. I remember pulling taffy and
  decorating the tree Daddy cut and brought in. We'd pop popcorn, string it
  and make paper bells to decorate the tree. Daddy taught us to play cards but
  was very strict.
     After graduating from  high school in 1950, I bacame a telephone operator
  in Topeka. Later I moved to Colorado and then for a short time to California.
  I returned to Colorado and married Gerald D. Morris of Wichita, Kansas. We
  had two children, Gerald D., Jr. and Susan Carol.
     After our marriage dissolved, I returned with the children to Wichita in
  1962, where I was employed by City Blue Print. I married DeWane Ewert of 
  Marion, Kansas in 1970. We still reside in Wichita where DeWane is a State
  Farm Insurance agent and I am secretary at the Messiah Baptist Church.
     My parents and three brothers are gone to join the Lord, but with me
  always are my memoires and the blessings of the Lord
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 173 
     Submitted by:Emily Jane Heydenreich Ewart