osephine Rykowski attended school until about the eighth grade in Granville, N.Y. Before she married, she worked in Passiac, N.J. as a sewing machine operator while she lived with her uncle there. Once married, she lived her entire life on the Durham farm, tending to the daily tasks of a farm wife. She was a good cook and liked gardening, sewing, and shopping with her sister Frances. [STACYN.GED]