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Kathy Pinna:
Richard Joye Baker was born on October 5th, 1863 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Benjamin Baker (1819 - 1867) and Ann (Joye) Baker (1837 - 1866) and he had a brother, Benjamin Baker.
Richard Baker married Honora (Curtis) Baker (1863 - 1921) on May 21st, 1884 in South Melbourne, Australia and they had children Annie Joye (Baker) Griffith, Adelaide Catherine (Baker) Noyes, Albert Otway Baker, Queenie Norah Cliffy (Baker) Graham, Ernest Frank Baker, Arthur Valentine Baker, Beryl Floris Doreen (Baker) Cameron and Richard Joye Benjamin Baker.
In 1923, Richard married Beryl Floris Doreen (Baker) Cameron and they were married until he died.
He belonged to Masonic Lodge Dromana.
Pam Marks:
Ever the student, Frank was always thirsty for knowledge. He would look at anything - physical or situational - and figure out how it works, and what could be done better. He saw a future of where things were headed having been involved with the first concepts of credit cards, to using steel instead of wood for home building.
He lied about his age to join the Navy in World War 2 (See Frank Kroetch: Military Service for more details.) and lost hearing in one ear because he was a "spotter" for the guns on the USS Killen. (Another note from Kathy: I remember he was a spotter on the big guns - the Killen was a destroyer - because of a story he told. The US had just developed a plane that looked a LOT like the Japanese planes. So when he saw the new US plane above them, he told them to move the gun to hit the plane. He narrowly realized that it was our plane and had them move the gun just in time. He was almost responsible for shooting down one of our own - and he was embarrassed by that.) A few years after the war he married Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch (from 1949 through July 1968) and they had and raised two daughters Kathleen Rae (Kroetch) Pinna and Pam (Kroetch) Marks in San Jose (Willow Glen), Cupertino California (where he was a councilman), Seattle, Washington (the University District) and Saratoga CA.
In 1965, Frank met Carol (Antonsen) Kroetch who had a 5 year old child, John Hugh Kroetch. He and Carol married in December of 1968 and they were married until his death in 2001. He had two families for some time - one living in Saratoga CA and the other in Carmel, CA (although the only legal family until 1968 was the Saratoga family)
He lived in Washington state for the last three decades of his life and travelled to California frequently to be with his daughters and grandchildren and to pursue business deals.
He was the patriarch of his family and passed away suddenly sitting in his chair. (Note from Kathy: I was never told the actual events by Carol. What I 'heard" secondhand: Dad had driven from Bellingham (in the northern end of Washington state) to Olympia (the southern end of Washington state) that day. He had been feeling ill for some time. When he got home, he had eaten dinner and after dinner, he sat in "his" chair. He then asked Carol for a cookie. She went to the kitchen and returned with the cookie - and Dad had already suffered a cardiac event. Carol called emergency services but they were unable to revive him. Several hours later, I received a telephone call from a man who identified himself as the fire captain for Bellingham. He told me that Dad had died but declined to give me any details. I never heard more than that.
Gloria MCGUIGAN:
Hilda was my incredible mother. She was born in obscurity on October 24, 1927 in the back country of Yara Cuba. She fled Cuba in April 1961 and due to an error on he documentation, they mistook 1927 for 1921. As a result, her legal documents all showed her birth year as 1921 instead of 1927. I wanted to tell the world about a woman that knew more hardships and challenges than most people but she was the proverbial coffee bean. When put through hot water, it changes the water into something wonderful instead of letting the hot water change it. She was loved and loved many people and my only regret is that while I was her caregiver until she passed away and made sure she had the best quality of life possible, her funeral service had a very low attendance. This has really hurt me because I feel like I failed her. She was born in obscurity and her "celebration of life" service was for all intents and purposes obscure as well. I found this website and wanted to share this with everyone then my mother's spirit spoke to me. "In the end, what matters is that those who truly love us are present to say goodbye."
George Dunne:
A true patriot - Helen Irene Dunne Heinz was one of 13 children born to an Army family at Fort Riley in Kansas. She along with her older brother ( my father ) and younger sister were sent to live with their maternal grandmother in New Jersey to ease the strain on the family. She attended nursing school in New Jersey and was a roommate with a woman who eventually became my mother. Helen served as an enlisted officer along with her surgeon husband in the Korean campaign's MASH units. She was a stunningly beautiful woman and as our family rumors have it, she was the prototype for the character of Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on the TV show M.A.S.H.
Thomas Crockett:
My grandmother - Grandma Marie was my only grandparent still alive when I was a kid. She was ahead of her time and was always ahead in technology and culture. She was always very busy. Even when she went into the nursing home, she had you stay a lil while and then she had cards with the girls, hair apt or bingo. She had 4 children and was an amazing grandmother to me.
She always collected crackers n other candies n give them to us but sometimes they were a bit stale but we loved it anyway
Wendy Geiss:
Angelo A. Zollo was my Grandfather - My founders memories of my grandpa were him coming out to our house with my grandma and taking me for a ride to show them how to get to the original Entennmans Bakery factory! He so loved us three grandkids. I was devastated when he passed. I was only 19 years old. I still miss him and my grandma terribly.
Michael Terredanio:
John was my father's brother I only stayed with him for a little while in his home and Pearl City but I never forgot him he's one of the kindest people I've ever met in my life can you remind me of my father - He had the coolest smile just always laid back never to worry about nothing a good beautiful wife that cherish them in his later days I was fortunate enough to call him family never forget your it was a pleasure knowing you
Kathy Pinna:
Raymond Harold Bovee was born on February 23rd, 1923 in Middletown, New York to Harold Marcus Bovee (1902 - 1924) and Emma B. Caskey (1906 - 1954) and he had half-siblings Thelma and Charles Raiola, and one more half sister.
Raymond Bovee married Louise May Harper (1925 - 2008) and they had two sons and seven daughters.
Bill Shannon:
The love of my life. - Dean was my love for years we both young and full of life crazy about each other .we went on dates to concerts hanging out with friends Dean was a lot of fun we was in love..after we broke up I use to think about him and really miss him.i still do Dean you will never be for gotten you have and always will be the love of my life....love jamie
Theresa Hines:
Amanda was my stepmother. - My stepmother taught me how to make wonton, introduced me to "thousand-year-old duck eggs', and gave me a yellow satin chongsum. We moved to Miami Beach from El Paso, and I remember spending days at the beach where guys would try to flirt with us because she was so pretty and looked so young they thought we were friends rather than mother and daughter! I wish I'd had more time with her, and knew more about her family in Hong Kong.
Dan Dovey:
Jody is my 2nd Cousin and we were both born on the same day and year. - I've been researching my grandmother, Anna Helen Labuda, and her ancestry with focus on her parents' descendants. I discovered Jody and was excited to see that we share the same birthdate along with my twin brother. So Anna Helen's parents, Andrew Labuda and Anna Vilcek, had three new great-grandchildren all born on the same day!
Rosemarie Sweeny:
Aunt Aida - My Aunt Aida was the wife of my Uncle John, my mother’s younger brother, the brother of my Uncles Jim and Paul. The daughter-in-law of my Grandparents, Concetta Maria and Carmelo Bivona. She was the mother of my cousins Eleana Bivona and John Bivona Jr.
She was a beautiful and wise woman. I always cherish that she told me, “Every heart knows its own sorrows.” I realized that we aren’t the only one to know and feel what touches our hearts.