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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.
Kathy Pinna:
Donald Madden was an actor, known for 1776 (1972), The United States Steel Hour (1953) and Play of the Week (1959). He died on January 22, 1983 in Central Islip, Suffolk, New York at the age of 49.
He was an acclaimed stage actor whose major credits include the title role in Hamlet, setting a record of 113 consecutive performances; Sergius in Arms and The Man; and several seasons with the Joseph Papp Shakespeare Festival.
Donald was nominated for Broadway's 1967 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for Peter Shaffer's "Black Comedy".
"1776" (1972) was the only theatrically released film he made: He was one of the few actors in the film version of "1776" who did not portray his role on Broadway. Also, his solo song in "1776" was cut from the theatrical version and was not restored until the DVD release in 1992 and his solo song was not included on the soundtrack album.
Donald played the same character in two versions of "U.S. Steel Hour" "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals" in 1956 and 1963.
Frank X Aceves Jr:
Gus was my maternal grandfather. I am Frankie Jr. I was nine when he passed away. His daughter, Melba Joan Aceves, was my mother and she went to be with the Lord on 9/4/2018. I remember meeting my grandfather a few times when our family drove to Florida from California. Sadly, I don't remember much. I do remember my mother cried a lot when he died. As his grandson, I am 64 years old, and I am in ill health with stage IV metastatic pancreatic cancer undergoing targeted immunotherapy. I am in Danville, California. I am writing this just to provide a little family info for any family or friends who might be interested. Gus' great grandchildren, my children, are Christopher Andrew Aceves and Sofia Colleen Aceves. Christopher moved to NYC in March of 2021 to pursue his career in musical theatre and Sofia graduated from UCSB in June of 2023. She currently works in my business as a marketing coordinator. I am a financial advisor with my own private practice.
I wish I got to know my grandfather better. I have many photos of him and I have the folded flag from his military funeral. May he rest in eternal peace.
Robert Carter:
Nick was the woods boss for the Santa Cruz Lumber Company out of Boulder Creek California which is in Santa Cruz County. I moved to the SCLC property in 1974 two years after the lumber mill's closure. I was part of the new logging crew. We continued on with the logging on the property using environmentally safe and selective logging methods to produce a sustainable forest that could be harvested annually forever. Nick was retired as the woods boss but still lived on the property. Like they say "you can't keep a logger out of the woods" and Nick was proof of that. He didn't have much to do being retired and he wasn't a "sit around in the house" type of person so every day Nick would get in his red 1965 Ford F:250 pickup that SCLC let him keep after retirement and he would put on his white hard hat and proceed to drive around on the property mostly around in the areas where we were logging. Our method of logging was completely new to him and he just loved to be out in the woods watching us and I don't believe I ever saw Nick without that big smile he always wore. Nick also owned a big blue car that I think was a big Lincoln. A real funny thing happened one day. I was driving out of the property and Nick was coming in and was pulled over stopped but with the motor running while his wife was out of the car picking some flowers. So I pulled up next to Nick and was talking to him through our windows for about five minutes or so and Nick had gotten so used to talking to people through the window of his pickup as he drove around every day that when I told him I had to get going toward town he said "okay, will talk to you later" and he drove off in his Lincoln leaving his wife standing on the side of the road. His wife and I looked at each other and just started laughing. I offered her a ride but she said "oh, I think he'll be back." I waited there anyway then a few minutes later Nick comes driving back up and was his face ever red from embarrassment. I said "did you forget something Nick?" He had an ear to ear grin and I laughed half way into town. The house Nick lived in is the biggest one on the property and in the best location. It was built exclusively for Nick. I now reside in that house and have been in it for 30 years. The road that most of the remaining houses are on is named "Huhtala Lane" honoring Nick. It's a very strange feeling for me because when I first moved up to the property I was a 21 year old green horn just getting into the logging business. When I met Nick he was like the old wise one with all the knowledge. Some times it seems like that was just yesterday but realistically speaking that was 51 years ago. I'm now 72 years old and living in Nick's old house. I'm retired and I find myself constantly driving around in the woods just cutting myself fire wood and checking out what the new loggers are doing. My newest neighbor just turned 21 and is learning how to operate heavy equipment. Not only do I still think about Nick...I am Nick so to speak. I'm right where Nick was when I was 21 and just starting out. It's hard to believe how fast 50 years seemed to fly by. Anyway, if anyone that's either related to or knew Nick reads this I hope it added some insight to who Nick was and what he was all about. Rumor has it that Nick was a real tough woods boss that was hard on his crew which is probably true but away from work you couldn't have ever met a kinder or mellower person than Nick.
LEONE TURNER:
Always there - Osias, the name given at birth but always called BUDDY! My big Brother who was always there for me. I have so many memories of him - one being I was hanging out on the corner with friends and he came over to me and told me to go upstairs as he heard that a gang was coming into the neighborhood. I do not remember if I listened to him or not. I always looked up to him and how I wish he was still here! Love ya so much & miss you!!
Lizzy Canedy:
Uncle Denny - Dennis Canedy was my granduncle. Both of my grandfathers passed away before I was born, so Uncle Denny was essentially my grandfather. He spoke German, played the guitar, and was a World War 2 veteran. He had an eidetic memory and a wonderful ability to tell stories. I wish I could remember more of the stories he told me. I'm so grateful he was in my life for as long as he was, he passed away when I was 12, and I miss him dearly.
Dee Rupenhoff:
Rose and Tony Zagarino - Rose is my grandmother. She worked in Millinery before marrying Anthony Zagarino. Fun Fact: Rose and Tony had the same birthday---September 24. He was born in 1910 and she was born in 1911. They had 4 daughters. She did beautiful knitting, sewing, and crocheting. Grandpa Tony loved baseball and was handy at building and fixing things.
Karen Mullenhoff Rupert (Judith Zagarino)
Kelly Rusinack:
Frances was my next door neighbor for 11 years - In 1972, when I was 7 years old, my parents bought the house next door to Frances and Mary. We got to know them as my parents would look after some of their chores and do some errands for them. Frances was always so nice to us! Now that I'm an adult, I wish I had gotten a chance to get to know her on a more personal level. As a kid, I appreciated her stories (I was a future historian, I loved listening to older people's tales), but I had too much energy to sit still for too long. Frances was a saint for caring for Mary the rest of her life. I know we felt that, even as kids. I hope she knew that our family truly cared about them. This is going to sound absolutely silly, but in the 1970s' UFO & Big Foot scares, I had plans that, if anything happened in our neighborhood, first we'd go save Frances and Mary, and take them along with us as we escaped. They were part of our "zombie apocalypse" plans. Somewhere in my brain, I still have those plans to save the Valosiches in case of alien invasion.
Lizzy Canedy:
This is a portrait of my great-grandmother Eva Alice Canedy (nee Call). She was William Floyd Canedy's mother. I don't know much about her as my grandfather didn't know much either but she's a lovely looking woman who died far too young.
I was lucky enough to this photo negative, which itself was a copy made of the daguerreotype in the 1980s, in my family's collection. Even luckier to have a transparent media adapter attachment of a flatbed scanner. This is perhaps the first time this photo has been viewed in almost 40 years, and I'm happy to get to share it with the world.
Lizzy Canedy:
tagged Eva Alice (Call) Canedy in this photo.
Robin Gullo:
Robin Gullo - Johnny was my brother.
Joey and Johnny were both die hard Celtic fans they had season tickets.
I remember when my sister Kim and I went to Boston to visit them they gave us tickets to a Celtics game. We both said we didn’t know how we would get there?? They told us to take the train to orange line and just follow the people ? We looked at each other in confusion , but was very clear when we got off the T. There was a sea of green!!!
Thank you my brothers for making me a die hard Celtic fan.
Love and miss you all every day!❤️😘
Cheryl Kiebler:
Olga was my Great Aunt - Aunt Olga was my favorite aunt, and I loved her so much. She was Loving and Kind to all who knew her. Education was important to her, She paid for my Nursing School She wanted me to further my Education at the time I had been a CNA since the age of 15, and she wanted me to become more.
So I worked and went to school Thank you Aunt Olga for your Love and for me to pursue my career further. I miss you and Uncle Walter so much. I am Thankful that God Blessed me with such a Wonderful Aunt.
Christopher and I miss you so much We often talk about the great times we had with you. You will always be in our hearts and in Our Memories.
Your Great Niece and Nephew , Cheryl Lynn Dean Kiebler and Christopher Todd Dean
John Davis:
John J. Davis Cousin to Steven "Weeba"Mooskian - Steven was a Great Young man we were first cousins our mothers were sisters I miss Steven last time I saw Steven was Christmas eve that year prior Dec 24 he help me build my model truck then I never seen him again he always gave of his self with out asking for anything in return love and miss you Cuz gone to soon