Mom and Dad were married August 7, 1937. They had a garden wedding at NoNo's (a cousin, an aunt? I am not sure, but her name was Ellen and I was named after her) house on the lake down by E. 201. From all accounts, it rained all day but cleared up in time for the wedding in the late afternoon. When I was a little girl and would look at pictures of their wedding, I could never understand why I wasn't there. Our family had a lot of great parties on their anniversaries--their 25th (we went to Jim's Steakhouse in downtown Cleveland and I thought it was so fancy), their 40th (the summer Tom and Ev came home from Turkey and we were just married), their 50th (at Linda's house, and Dad had just had heart surgery a month before), their 60th (we had bouillabaisse at Chautauqua) and their 65th (with all the family at Linda's).
I miss them.
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| 60th anniversary at Lake Chautauqua, 1997 |
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65th anniversary, 2002, with all their grandchildren
Brooks, Beth, Richie, Kirsten, Julia, Patrick, Jill
Tommy, Dad, Mom, Kathryn |
Hi Aunt Ellen. I'm sitting over my parents after sitting on the beach and my mom is showing me your blog. Just wanted to let you know that Courtney has become friends with the women who now lives in the house where grandma and grandpa were married and is rehabbing the garden and making it like it should be.
ReplyDeletehappy blogging.
cheers
Your favorite nephew:
Patrick