Gretta Hahn Trainer (the Bottlewasher) published several poems in magazines prior to her newspaper work. In 1963, when her husband died, she returned to the University of Wisconsin for a master’s d...view moreGretta Hahn Trainer (the Bottlewasher) published several poems in magazines prior to her newspaper work. In 1963, when her husband died, she returned to the University of Wisconsin for a master’s degree in English literature and taught the subject in Wisconsin and California. Gretta died in 1991.
Kay Trainer Reilly has had 16 letters to the editor published in New York City newspapers since 1981. When she became a widow in 1999, she moved from Manhattan to Rhinebeck, New York, where three more published in a local newspaper. She enjoys playing the piano and painting watercolors.view less