My first 90 years, Leon S. Medalia, 7, 1976, My parents arrived in this wilderness in 1882 from Europe . . . My mother, at 36, was blonde, light-complected, with the traditional Orthodox head trappings concealing her natural beauty.
My first 90 years, Leon S. Medalia 11.
Father lived to the age of 89. Mother died at 72 and both are interred in Palestine, their adopted homeland.