Mary Eugenia Staley, Staley, Washington, circa 1894 - 506be93ead0b5ed11827429662789dfb

Early photo of Mary Eugenia Staley as a child. She was the oldest child of Lindsey Christian Staley and Emily Jane (née Cooper) Staley and an aunt to Molly Benscoter. She played the piano and taught lessons. As a young woman, she had a job playing piano for silent movies at the Cordova theater in Pullman, Washington where she met her husband Peter William Struppler. Note: for purposes of identification, married names of single girls are included, when known, even though they were not married at the time of the photo. Names: Struppler, Mary Eugenia (née Staley), 1891-1920