between his sons Carloman and Pepin. The latter became the first of the Carolingians, the family of Charles Martel, to become king. Charles’s grandson, Charlemagne, extended the Frankish realms to include much of the West, and became the first emperor in the West since the fall ...
Pepin went to be with the Lord on Sept. 26, 2011, at the age of 93 after battling with a short illness. A longtime resident of Park Ridge, Sophie spent her later years in Arlington Heights sharing her life with her daughter, Helen Anderson and her family. She was born in Berlin, N...