READING, Pa. (AP) - April 6, 2009
Three of Updike's four children returned to Berks County on
Sunday to spread the ashes and visit Reading, Shillington and the
Plowville family homestead. That's a 39-acre farm in Robeson owned
by /*Updike*/'s second cousin, Emerson Gundy, and Gundy's wife,
Marlene.
The farm became the author's home at age 13 when his parents,
Wesley and Linda Updike, moved there from Shillington.
Elizabeth Updike Cobblah, a 53-year-old middle school art
teacher from Maynard, Mass., is the oldest Updike child. She noted
that her parents took the family to Berks County every summer on
extended vacations to visit their grandparents.
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Information from: Reading Eagle, http://www.readingeagle.com/
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