Call from Cousin Nora

Nora called to wish mom happy birthday. After their conversation I had a few minutes to chat with her. She is sending me a cassette recording of Granny Cosme. She and Rogelio (her husband) sat her down one day and she shared some of her memories. I promised to have it copied onto CDs for the rest of the family. The chat was very interesting. She shared that quite some time ago she went on a search for her grandfather's burial site. He isn't buried in Presidio, he is buried in Ojinaga, Mexico. Mom always said that he was killed in Mexico and that they wouldn't let Cosme bring his body to the US and that he was buried under a tree by the Rio Grande River. Now I learn that he is in Ojinaga. Nora relates that there is some discrepancy in the spelling of Velasco, but she found him anyway. She doubts that Mexico refused to let Cosme bring him over, it probably was more a matter of money and what she would have had to pay. Nora was told that Jose (grandfather) was named Velasco because his real father's name would have caused trouble of some sort and something about the Germans would have killed him and would have tried to trace his father. I told her about Hospital Sanson and it was news to her. Will the real story please come forth?

I promised to share whatever stories I've learned from mom with her at a later time since mom was angry that I was on the phone. She definitely does not like me to talk on the phone.