A photograph among those in Edie Rokus' collection of children she used to baby-sit for.

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A photograph among those in Edie Rokus' collection of children she used to baby-sit for.

Photo: Bill Snead, LoudounExtra.com

After spending many years of his life in Pennsylvania coal mines, Edie Rokus' father, Nazareno Chickerilli, opened a bar and restaurant called Chick's Place in Mildred, Pa.

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Edie Rokus lived in her hometown of Mildred, Pa., for 62 years. For all of her adult years there she worked in three factories as a seamstress. One of them produced these pajamas.

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A photograph among those in Edie Rokus' collection of children she used to baby-sit. While most of her photographs are of children playing, this photo of Ashley and Brittany Allen is more formal.

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A photograph among those in Edie Rokus' collection of Jessica, Ryan and Erin Foster.

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Edie Rokus, center, first met Tammy Swankowski, left, when she was a teenager and Rokus was working for her father doing men's clothing alterations. Rokus also attended Tammy's wedding. Rokus began baby-sitting Kara, right when she was an infant.

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Edie Rokus, center, first met Tammy Swankowski, right, when she was a teenager. Rokus began baby-sitting Kara, 17, left, when she was an infant. Rokus and the Swankowskis have been getting together for dinners and other occasions for years.

Photo: Bill Snead, LoudounExtra.com