[T1S1] birth in Lithuania; exile in Russia for seven years during WWI; return to Lithuania; parents' background; immigration to Pittsburgh, PA in 1922; religious observance in the home; education, McKelvey School, Schenley High School, and audit courses at the University of Pittsburgh; husband's background; residence in the Hill District of Pittsburgh; early recollections of Pittsburgh; musical studies; performance of traditional texts to original melodies; the use of music as therapy; her service to Western Psychiatric Hospital and Riverview Center; her siblings; home remedies in Europe; her work with myotherapy and reflexology.