Jeanine Bertha (Schad) Ryan made her big debut on February 27, 1930, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, just in time for the Great Depression and a ride home in her dad’s brand spankin’ new Ford Model A. Jeanine grew up on a picturesque farm in Plainview, Minnesota, under the protective wing of her parents Christian and Catherine Schad and in the (usually) delightful company of her five beloved sisters Marilyn Muller, Virginia Carlson, Catherine Schaber, Suzanne Smith, and Loretta Gosse and her five beloved brothers Michael, Bernard, Christian, Thomas, and John Schad.