About

Al and Esther Bojanower met and were married in Portland, Oregon at the beginning of the Great Depression; Esther a teacher and Al an engineer. They lived frugally through the years and were eventually transferred to southern California in the late 1930’s. Al started a successful business after WWII named Machinery Service Company, while Esther raised their two children; Audrey and Paul. Despite their growing success in family and business, both Al and Esther yearned to return to their roots in the Willamette Valley.