She was my great-grandmother, and I was named after her. Her name was Lizzie Theresa Spiegel. My parents were going to name me Theresa after her, but my father asked my mother what they were going to call me. She responded "Terry"; so my father said, "Then just call her 'Terry.'" His middle name was Barbe after her last name.

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