Family History: Page 4

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And Along Comes Joni!

August 1957

Susan, 8 years; Joni 2 months; Nancy 6 years.

Nancy, 6; Joni, 2 months; Dad

Summer 1957
Nancy, 6 years - in front of house.
First two-wheel bicycle, red Schwin.


Christmas, 1957 Joni, 6 months	Spring 1958 Joni, 9 months, our back porch.

**June 1, 1958**
Joni's First Birthday
(She had a very bad cold.)


Joni, beginning to walk. (I think that's her "ga-gee" (pacifier) on the floor.	October 12, 1959 We're going to church to get baptized.

Joni

**Spring 1959**

Nancy, 7 years old. Going to a birthday party.	Susan, 10 years old. Easter 1959

Christmas 1958
Santa Claus used to come around the neighborhood to visit the kids in their home. This is Joni being a wuss.	Christmas morning. Joni, 1 1/2 years old.

**Easter 1960**

Joni, 2 1/2 years old.	Susan, 11 years old.

Nancy, 8 years old.

Christmas 1960
Nancy, 9 1/2 years old. Our basement, before a party.	Joni, 3 1/2 years old, being a wuss again.

Christmas 1965

Joni and Dad	Susan, Joni, Nancy

Winter 1966

Susan

	Sledding at Lincoln Park Joni and Nancy

The toboggan run.

Joni, 2nd grade.

Nancy studying in her room.

Later Years

Undergraduate School
Michigan State University

Nancy moving into Holmes Hall, fall 1969.
Received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
June 7, 1974.

Dad
Principal at Orchard Lake Middle School.

Summer 1976
16925 Madoline
Birmingham, Michigan

**Our Front Yard**
My mom always grew the best flowers in the neighborhood.

**Mom**
In our back yard.

**Susan, Mom, and Joni**
Back yard patio.

Christmas 1976
Niagara Falls and Toronto

Left: **Susan, Mom, Joni , and Nancy**
Right: **Joni**
We had a small a celebration at home before we left for Canada.

Leaving for Canada

On the day that we left there was a big snow fall, which continued as we drove into Canada.

My sisters and I drove in a second car. We remember having a very close call with a truck as we were following our folks during a terrible blizzard somewhere in Canada.

Left: Dad waving to the other car; our house is right behind him

	Niagara Falls, Canada It was FREEZING COLD! Left: Mom & Joni Bottom left: Susan & Dad Bottom right: Nancy

Mom, Joni, Dad
Michigan State University

My Dad
This is one of his school pictures.

1978-1979
Graduate School
University of Michigan

Alan and I met in our coed graduate dorm.
His room was right across the hall from my room.


Alan celebrated his birthday in the dorm on November 11, 1978.	Alan dislocated his foot and had to trudge around campus on crutches!

Hard at work studying.

April 26, 1979
Nancy received a Master of Public Health.
Alan received a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering on August 17, 1979.

Nancy and Alan's Wedding
May 5, 1979

**July 4, 1979**
Birmingham, Mi.

**July 3, 1980**
Front and back yards, Birmingham, Mi.

Around 1982
Enjoying apple cider and doughnuts...
a Michigan fall-time tradition.
Grist Mill, Parshallville, Mi.

Christmas 1983

Mom and Dad, December 1983
Alan and Nancy's House, Richmond, Virginia

These are the last pictures of my dad. He died 2 months later.

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