Ellen Bergren Werry

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Ellen Bergren Werry is the daughter of Al Werry, who was once Palo Alto's oldest living resident. She was born at the Werry home, 419 Waverley Ave. She worked at several downtown Palo Alto stores after graduating from Palo Alto High School in 1934.

[edit] Memories

Bergren's various memories were printed during the Palo Alto Centennial in 1994.

"My first job was at Walster's, a kind of clothing store, a general store on University. That was during the Depression--maybe 1936 or '37--and I was trying to help out my father. I made $13 a week and worked six days a week. I remember having to work on Saturdays when the football games were on (at Stanford) and feeling that it wasn't fair that I had to work when everyone else was at the game. They would drive by, honking their horns. But mostly I didn't mind working. I did what I had to do."