![]() ![]() Why the family was originally brought together was largely due to one man. ![]() Cousins were friends, attended camp together, double-dated and visited each other at college. What made each Bar Mitzvah and wedding an occasion to remember was the attendance of every family member at every affair, in every city inhabited by Pecks. ![]() A typical Saturday night at either Suburban or Lakeside Country Club included all the Pecks - and all others marveled at this incredibly close-knit family. ![]() In both cities, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law served on synagogue and Jewish community Boards together, families traveled together, everyone vacationed together. Uncles worked together, played tennis and cards together, aunts cooked and played canasta or mah jongg together. That special closeness continued and expanded to include spouses and children. What is remarkable in the history of our family is the fact that although impoverished, without influence and without a father, the brothers and sisters remained close for so many years. Lubah, Morris, Julius, Willie, Earl, Rose, Zelda and Paul were children when their young father, Samuel, was killed in a terrible construction accident. Eva and Samuel and their children, came to Baltimore, Maryland, where Eva's sister and brothers, the Dorman family, had previously settled. The beginning for the Peck Family in America was similar to that of tens of thousands of other immigrants who fled from Russia at the turn of the century. ![]()
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