Courtesy Kathy La Capra, here is her great grandmother’s house on the right. It is depicted with its wrap-around porch and big bay window. It was originally a 2-family house. The bottom and top were identical.

Kathy’s great grandparents lived on the bottom level. They were William H. Van Wyen (August 30, 1873 – March 31, 1942) and Jeannette (Howe) Van Wyen, (January 22, 1881 -February 13, 1973).

Kathy’s great grandmother’s brother and his family lived above. At some point, the top was divided into two apartments, and a young married couple moved into the front apartment; Kathy’s father’s sister and her husband.

Dorathea Magdalene Van Wyen, Class of 1928 (the featured lady of yesterday’s posting), needed a date to her senior Sayville High prom. Dorathea’s aunt and uncle fixed her up with her husband-to-be, Charles E. Neal.