Dusty's birthday party, 1957. What a neighborhood crew. My early good friend Bruce Voght
sitting on the left front. He died of cancer way too young. Lived in Kansas, lost touch. bumped into
him a few times when we were both back in town. He was a good athlete but took up smoking.
1956 Tom, Steve, Patty, Sandy McCoullough, Tommy LaRue, Dusty, Petie LaRue.
Tommy later left town, lived in New Orleans, and other places - died also of cancer. Well
loved & respected - many came all the way from New Orleans for his funeral.
Steve, Dusty, Patty, Tom 1956 that could be a Saturday Evening Post on that shelf.
Some of our dogs: Lady, a collie that we think one of the neighbors poisoned. Nanny told me to go
down the basement and check on Lady because she thought she heard her scratching during the night.
She was laying there cold... I hugged her and cried.
Our neighbor Willard gave us these dogs. He kept Sparkplug, on the right and we kept Freckles. Once
they bound in the house and tasted some fruit cake fresh out of the oven. Nanny got so mad she made them
eat the whole thing, or so she claimed. I think I see the Willie's Jeep in the driveway.
Nanny, Steve and Freckles. He took to chasing porcupines, biting them and returning with a mouth full of
quills. The vet said, ty him up because he's going to want revenge. We were careless and sure enough, he
came back again, even worse. We took him to the police station. They had a 55 gal. drum converted to a gas
chamber. They'd hook up their exhaust pipe to it. I watched Freckles trustingly jump in, look quizzickly at
a dead cat and look at us as the door closed. Stayed with me all these years. The glue residue there is from
being in one of my photo books. I had added baloons with silly dialogue.
not sure which sibling Nanny is fussing over here.
1961 Papa with Dawn Marie & Marcia
1960 Nanny with Marcia, Dawn & Stever
Joey Midle, Marcia, Steve with his big catch, Jeffrey Midle, Dawn Marie
holding Michele Midle and Debbie Rivard.
Jim Fries & Papa at Huff's retirement party. 2/5/1977
Cyndia, Nanny, Tom, visiting aunt Tynne. 1982
Nanny in the kitchen with Cyndia & Tom, 1982
Tom & Nanny drawing together, 2003
Maureen, Thelma (Papa's sister), Nanny & Tom, August 1986
1982 Gina, Jennifer, Nanny, Ronnie
Kallio & Nanny, 1991 The door to the deck one summer day. We were living in Milwaukee while Cyndia took
her grueling Montessori training, 1991-2.
Tommy Lee (Lisa & Tom's daughter) and Nanny, 2004
Nanny with "the boys", Joe Welch's twins Joey & Jacob, 2000
Ray Nevela, Papa, Nanny, Gus and Phil Midle. Murt's (Ron Midle) dad (Patty's first husband). at Dawn & Dale's
wedding 1978. Phil was a George Wallace democrat, a real curmugeon.
Kallio reunion in Chatham, 1998. Patrick, Patty, Nanny, Tom and Leslie Kallio (Nanny's youngest brother).
Patty Lynn and Nanny, arriving.
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