Virgil's Story

The first part of the story explains how Virgils ancestors from Europe all arrived at that small region called Woodland Indiana. Emphasis is on what was going on in that part of each ones world to cause them to migrate to this country and eventually to that spot in Indiana. Wars religious intolerance and decisions by the various kings or queens were the driving forces that caused so many to leave their homelands and look for better conditions. Life on a farm during the Great Depression and World War II is described in some detail. The emotional devastation upon learning of the deaths of two brothers in that war took a heavy toll on the Mochel Family. The second part deals with the many varied experiences of Virgil and Marian as they traveled their life-journey together up to the present time.