I always considered them my aunt & uncle - they were really just good life-long friends of my parents. Families were like that back then. As far as I can remember, I was around 16-17 years old when I finally found out that they weren't "blood" family.
Life should always be like this.
ca. 1953-54.
Uncle Milton was a really good pianist, played for the Toledo Met Orchestra and had a lotta fun playing in various taverns in the area. Talk about a varied program of music, he had it!
Mom would probably shoot me if she knew I used this picture.
Back in the "old days", Grandma Clark was an operator for the New York Central railroad. She'd take me on train trips all over Ohio and Michigan. I remember many trips we took to Holland Mich., and even more trips to Sandusky Ohio.
Boy! We had nothing but fun on these trips.
(That's right - I didn't mis-type that. My grandparents were married more than 70 years, they both lived for several years after this pic was taken.)
I really hope you have enjoyed going through this as much as I enjoyed building it. My family has always meant quite a bit to me - this little effort has been as much a labor of love as it might be anything else.
Now, this little button below is going to take you back to the beginning of the web-site, the entrance page that serves as a hub for the whole thing, from which all other sections/pages branch out. Or, y'all can just use the "ever present" directory to go do your own thing.
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