A Family Visit

Early in 2012, Craig Funabashi and his sister, gave the turn-of-the-century Story and Clark organ back to the Bruce House, its origi­nal home. The organ was inherited by the siblings after the passing of their mother, Vangee Johnston's daughter Carline, Story & Clark stopped mak­ing pump organs decades ago and the matching information was lost. From a review of Internet ref­erences to the Story & Clark model Funabashi inherited, it appears to be a Kimball Vic­torian Parlor Organ from the late 1800s, built in Chicago. After it arrived crated up for the journey from the Los Angeles (Funabashi lives in Redondo Beach, Calif.), members of the Waitsburg Historical Society placed it against the south wall of the parlor under the watchful eye of pioneers Adolph & Petranella Hermanns, John and Preston Hays and Jane and David Roberts. Last weekend, Funabashi and his family stopped by the museum to visit the organ. They hail from Seattle, Woodinville and Redondo Beach, Calif. Pictured above are Funabashi, Steve Adams and his immediate family Anna, Lauran, Peyton, the Knee Family, Tricia, Andrew and Desivie, and the Goetz Family, Carrie, Alivia and Jacob.