Rose Ratner was a dynamo
According to all accounts, Rose was a dynamo who did everything around the house. She was an excellent cook, Stan remembers her matzoh brei, Sandy her brisket with ginger snaps in the sauce.
She did all the cleaning and sewing. She made all the dresses for the girls and kept a pickle barrel in the back of the house.
She was active until the end of her life in 1947.