I'm from England, but lived the majority of my life in the US. I've traveled the world as part of corporate America, and have enjoyed interacting and learning from other cultures. As you can tell -- I'm not a writer, but I do have many fond memories. Ever since I was a child, I've felt that cemeteries should be respected as repositories of lives, in some cases lived long before we are born. The stories deserve to be told and remembered, but in most cases, the mute stones don't tell them. I resolved to try to use whatever skills I had to tell the world about my older brother, who wasn't famous but meant the world to me.
I live here in CT with my fantastic wife -- my successful children and my two cute grandchildren live locally.

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I want to build a place where my son can meet his great-grandparents. My grandmother Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch always wanted to meet her great-grandchildren, but she died just a handful of years before my son's birth. So while she didn't have the opportunity to meet him, at least he will be able to know her. For more information about what we're building see About AncientFaces. For information on the folks who build and support the community see Daniel - Founder & Creator.
My father's side is full blood Sicilian and my mother's side is a combination of Welsh, Scottish, German and a few other European cultures. One of my more colorful (ahem black sheep) family members came over on the Mayflower. He was among the first to be hanged in the New World for a criminal offense he made while onboard the ship.

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Hi Stephen, Thank you for sharing your memories of Paul. It’s given me new perspectives about the life of a close friend from so many years ago. As you know, Paul and I were best friends at Lenox Avenue Elementary School. We met in 3rd grade in 1966. I can place the date because I’ll never forget going to your house for a play date, and Paul was excited to tell me we were going to watch the Monkees on TV. I expected to see primates but was delightfully introduced to the pop band! You might say Paul introduced me to Rock and Roll at a young age! Paul and I became fast friends due to a broad range of common interests. We both loved art (although Paul was much more talented), loved science fiction (our imaginations were captivated by the space program and the robot on the TV show Lost in Space), and making up stories and adventure games on the playground. One of our favorite past times on the playground was designing machines using sticks to draw in the dirt. We knew for example the Lost in Space robot was an actor in a robot suit. We were convinced we could build a similar suit and spent days at lunch break drawing plans to build our own robot suits. Ultimately realizing it was beyond our capability, we turned our attention to drawing plans for a rocket ship. We read about them in the library, but again, we didn’t quite have the technology! Perhaps our most creative and useful invention was our own sign language. We created hand signs for letters and punctuation and for a few common phrases like “come here” and “erase/start over”! We could sign messages across the playground or classroom as fast as 'kids' can text today. On one occasion, we were interrupted while messaging across the classroom by our Teacher. Mrs. Jenkins asked us if we wanted to let the class in on our “conversation.” A bit mortified, we resolved to limit signing to more appropriate venues. In retrospect, I think the teacher probably found it funny and a little bit impressive! Paul and I never had a dull or idle moment, from creative projects and riding bikes, to telling scary stories inside your pitch-black garage until we were so scared we bolted out into the sunlight! I think you may recall a few of the games we played as well. Paul and I went separate ways in High School. But he was my earliest and most influential friend. He was brilliant, creative, and exciting to be around. I regret that the world lost a wonderful man way too early. But I think of him often and know he touched my life and others in a wonderful and enduring way. Seth

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This account is shared by Community Support (Kathy Pinna & Daniel Pinna & Lizzie Kunde) so we can quickly answer any questions you might have. Please reach out and message us here if you have any questions, feedback, requests to merge biographies, or just want to say hi!
2020 marks 20 years since the inception of AncientFaces. We are the same team who began this community so long ago. Over the years it feels, at least to us, that our family has expanded to include so many. Thank you!

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