https://www.kathasoens.com/woodassemblage-portfolio daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/82ef90b4-f1d4-4ea2-9646-45c674c043cd/WoodAssemblage-17x17-CheckMyCalendar.jpg Wood Assemblage Let Me Check My Calendar, 17” x 17 x 1” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/807bff5f-cdee-4580-9baf-fb683bda3c38/WoodAssemblage-16x16-CrossPatch.jpg Wood Assemblage - Make it stand out Cross Patch, 16” x 16” x 1” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/2c99e7fc-de0c-4d69-ab80-f74a506dc59a/CrossPatch-insitu.jpg Wood Assemblage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1624633207677-JYML4GX2ZZBMUU9S9IM7/WoodAssemblage-16x16-SoBlue.jpg Wood Assemblage So Blue, 16” x 16” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1624631853326-5Y4YIN5Z9WIF4NKL4BHH/WoodAssemblage-8x8-cabinlight.jpeg Wood Assemblage Cabin in the Woods, 8” x 8” - Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1624632490223-SNQIB438CHR69DM1EC3R/WoodAssemblage-17x17-chaos.jpeg Wood Assemblage - Make it stand out My Year in Chaos, 17” x 17” - Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/2dfcb7f8-bc56-4882-974e-f6b3179c0fd8/Woodassemblage-15.5x17-FH.jpeg Wood Assemblage - Make it stand out Fun House, 17” x 15.5” - Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/ae537019-b17a-4661-a209-a8e1c57816a6/FunHouse-inSitu.jpg Wood Assemblage - Make it stand out Fun House, 17” x 15.5” - Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/98e7cea0-4713-4817-ba11-4553b64d099b/WoodAssemblage-16x16-Crosspatch2.jpg Wood Assemblage - Make it stand out Cross Patch 2, 16” x 16” x 1” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1666713143806-ZXXBXHBNPBYOTYK1C368/WoodAssemblage-8x8-citylights.jpeg Wood Assemblage - Make it stand out City Lights, 8” x 8” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1624632867883-3BRUZNEGRC8DU1FGX5PT/WoodAssemblage-encaustic-13.5x16-8Map.jpeg Wood Assemblage Forever 8, 16” x 13.5” - Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1624634048077-7JUOTEVTH63XMDW747IP/WoodAssemblage--13.5x16-Flowerpot.jpeg Wood Assemblage - Make it stand out Flower Pot, 16” x 13.5” - Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1666713063878-X81BY6YZEA9SVGK28K8V/WoodAssemblage-14.75x14.5-ToBloomington.jpeg Wood Assemblage To Bloomington, 14.75” x 14.5” - Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/3fbd4ca0-5980-48b0-ad91-f59af4f47d90/WoodAssemblage-16.5square-Z.jpg Wood Assemblage - Make it stand out The Zeds, 16.5” x 16.5” - Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1624631559470-1J97QGP3T6YR7MGPMTUO/WoodAssemblage-16x18-EEE.jpeg Wood Assemblage EEE’s, 18” x 16” - Sold https://www.kathasoens.com/home-page daily 1.0 2026-03-03 https://www.kathasoens.com/404 daily 0.75 2023-09-12 https://www.kathasoens.com/elaine-ebright-soens daily 0.75 2025-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1634247569766-6SBLLX0OJTJ4U6PORCO5/Elaine-1935-1938.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Margaret Marie (Ford) Ebright holds infant Elaine, born June 26, 1935, and Elaine at three. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1634250840711-LIQDXRH6TYKXBI2D0M7S/Elaine+at+9+mos+1936.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Elaine at 9 months (1936) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1634247342965-HT5Q0F1ZHVKI054C5JI0/Elaine+Ebright+toddler+circa1937.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Margaret Elaine Ebright, circa 1937 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/8010e836-7ea4-44ce-b2aa-837e358beb50/Elaine+Soens+-age+6-1941+%281%29.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Elaine at 6 years old (1941) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1634256296356-3KI5VVIVC4DDSNBEHF3T/Elaine+Ebright-KennywoodPark+-+1948+copy.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Elaine at Kennywood Park, 1948 13 years old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1634257218152-JDLHN7QGA06MYJD21N9X/Elaine+Ebright%2C+friend+Curt+Snodgrass%27+prom+-+1950.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Elaine was friend Curt’s date for the 1950 prom. Gown was made by Grandma Peg (an expert seamstress). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1634259789070-MVQG0ABL9ZFS4VRDOPQX/Feb.+1952+prom.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Elaine and Peezer (Walter) Nelson. She wrote that he “stood in for Ted at sorority dances.” Peg made the gown. Photo is dated February 1952. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1634260203216-J15MOGO0O3PJPHV637Z6/509+S.+Highland.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out 509 S. Highland Ave., Pittsburgh Elaine’s family home junior high and beyond. Grandma Peg rented out the top two floors for many years. It was a grand house with stained glass windows and high ceilings. It was one of five “sister” homes on the block. The house is long gone, replaced by an apartment building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1634256629796-HT9KR33M43XI7CN894OV/Elaine-1952-cheerleader.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Top row, right: Mom was proud to be a cheerleader at Peabody H.S. (1952) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1636666719585-G847MGBPAZXW7VT50OAY/Yearbook-Mom.jpg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Yearbook 1953, Peabody High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated with the winter class of January 1953, so she’d be able to marry Ted in April 1953 before he headed off for training in the Army. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1639075572826-HHA3DHVAFDDF0XHLAZKT/1953-Elaine-high-school.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Elaine’s high school graduation photo from 1953 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1636669112584-PFTM5C7HTK7GE74BXGPQ/Yearbook-Mom2.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Chuck Grodin (2nd from left) became a well-known actor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1639436767084-58CL4WOCIBKENVAN8U39/1953-prom-ElaineandTed.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Jan. 1953: Ted finally accompanies Elaine to a prom. They would be married a few months later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1634248522038-3FJVTAX0Z8N1I52PXX6I/Howard-Ebright-WWII+Australia+and+1932.jpg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out “As the Pubs are only open about an hour or two a day, I was hurrying to get my share of the beer.” Howard Ebright in Austrialia WWII (left). Photo to right is dated May 8, 1932. He enlisted in the Merchant Marines, serving in the Pacific theatre. Peg and he divorced after he came home. He later married Peg’s best friend, Myrtle. (They all remained friends.) Papa was a (mostly failed) businessman and worked at a factory in later life. Ebright is an Americanized version of the German name Elbrecht. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1634259080997-TQLIQTEF56D26X3GF1PG/Howard-Ebright+copy.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Grandma Peg met Papa Howard when he and his father were boarding at one of her family’s rental properties. Papa was raised Amish (Elaine said he was “motor Amish”) in S. Altoona, PA and was accompanied by his father, a farmer, to Pittsburgh so he could finish his high school education. He was an only child, having lost an older sister, Nora, before he was born. See note below. (Undated photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1634251723618-5CJYON8RI0A3U252KIDE/MargaretFord-1913.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Peg at 7 months old, 1913 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1634251131478-KWJJRLYVB4US729MKJ4K/Margaret-Marie-Ford-%2522Peg%2522.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Peg, circa 1934 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1639259023373-UNFJZUJ9YHZMCHDXAQ32/Fords-+-+Margaret+Marie%27s+paternal.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Ford siblings: William, Mary and John Ford are to the left of photo. Standing in the middle is Dennis Howard, William Ford’s uncle. Women to the right are cousins, the McLaughlins. William is Peg’s father. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfcc664257126cac5e2bc0/1639350414115-BW53JQC4Q0ZVAGIEQ6CB/Peg-highschool-grad-Jan+1931.jpeg Elaine Soens - Make it stand out Jan. 1931: Peg’s high school graduation yearbook