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Papa’s World – Some memories of the past!

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Smiles – they are free. Kindness is free!

Steve – Cindy – Buck – Elaine and Sherry.

We all lived in Portville, NY.

We played volleyball with Elaine and Steve.

Today they came to visit us in our new home.

And of course, we had a scramble-

GALS VS. GUYS!

And as I remember, it was very close!

We have known Steve and Elaine for over four decades.

Our volleyball team was known as the BEACHCLUB-

A fitting name since now –

We live by two beaches.

Elane is the only one not retired, but soon will be.

These are some more memories from the past!

The 2020 PANDEMIC!

We survived.

A past memory we shall always remember!

That was the year we sold our forever home-

Moved into the kids’ for four months –

And then went to S.C –

To North Myrtle Beach in Ocean Keyes.

Here we stayed for nine months until our new home was built!

In Cameron Woods Community – Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

More memories from the past.

Ronnie Cox – actor, performer, and Hollywood star – (DELIVERANCE)

A teller of stories through song.

We were fortunate to have him stay with us!

He performed at our church –

Community Lutheran Church in Sterling, VA.

We offered to host him and another world-class performer-

Radoslav Lorkovic – He performs in concerts all over the world.

Keyboards and accordions.

We sat at the breakfast table for hours –

Ronnie is telling his life story.

This was a pleasure and a memory from the past.

On the ferry to Fort Fisher –

The three youngest grandkids.

BODE- CASSIDY and TAYLOR.

They came for a week’s visit –

Creating a Past Memory!

Steve and Elaine – two of our oldest friends –

We were there as they had children.

We played volleyball and golf together,

Friends for life.

More past memories.

2020 – Early in the PANDEMIC-

Tammy and Marcus, and the grandkids lived one mile from us.

Even though they were nearby-

Because of the PANDEMIC –

The tarp on the ground was as close as they could come to us!

Standing in the garage, talking.

A past memory we shall never forget-

PANDEMIC-2020!

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Papa’s World – 6-25-1982 – marriage!

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Papa and Sherry the day we were married.

Front row – second from left standing behind Natalia – Tammy.

The tall girl next to Tammy – Sherry’s oldest Debby.

Next to me – Debbie – her sister and her two daughters – Kristy and Bethany next to Tammy and Debby.

Nathan is being held by Debby –

Next to Sherry is her mother Barb and her father Bill.

Next to Bill is Rusty – Barb’s brother and in front of him is Ceil – his wife.

This day was the second marriage for both of us.

We had dated the previous year and a half.

We had worked together at The American Olean Tile Company –

and by chance found out we were both in divorce proceedings.

Luck in a passing comment by other co-workers –

Brought us together in a conversation we had later.

All this seems like yesterday

her mother and father are now gone as is her Aunt and Uncle.

The kids – all of them – are grown and have children of their own.

For some unknown reason – my two boys are not in this picture although –

they were in other pictures.

The years passed – marriages and grandkids came.

Here to the left is Debby and Mike and their three daughters –

Maddy – Sarah and Ella.

To the right are Tammy and Marcus with the twins Cassidy and Taylor and the only boy – Bode.

We moved during the 2020 Pandemic – having sold our Brambleon, Va. home.

Mike and Debby still live at Lake Holiday –

on 522 between Berkly Springs and Winchester, Va.

Tammy and Marcus live in Selma Plantation –

just North of Leesburg, Va.

Many trips are now made back and forth between our home and their homes.

And they also make many trips back and forth.

The three oldest grandchildren – two are out of college –

the youngest is out of H.S.

The three youngest are still in school and into all kinds of activities –

The twins will soon be 15 and Bode to be 11.

Debby and Tammy are close to their mother.

Sherry on our honeymoon in the Dominican Republic in 1982.

Papa – just after my heart attack and before my open heart surgery.

My oldest son Troy and his partner Andrea – still live in WPA where he grew up.

My youngest son Shawn and Trisha – married – still live in WPA – where he grew up.

Papa and Sherry – far left – seven years after we were married – and I had a few years before –

given up playing softball –

And we both played in a competitive volleyball league and weekend tournaments.

Today we are seniors both 75-plus years old –

living our dream life in warm climates near beaches-

and golf – close to longtime friends.

PAPA’S WORLD – 6-25-1982 – Marriage –

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ONE I LOVE –

6-25-2025!

Papa’s World – My lifetime of memories!

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We were on a dream vacation to OAHU!

We went with friends Buck and Cindy.

We rented an AIRBNB on the North Shore!

Always wanted to see the island –

and here we were!

This picture was taken by Cindy-

at lunch one day –

I guess you can see just how happy we were to be there!

A LIFETIME MEMORY! ( someday we would like to go back)!

The day our oldest grandson was married – RYAN!

He lives in Tenn. –

and although we see him seldom –

He has said he will come –

and visit us at OIB!

He always stays in touch –

and is very busy with his own life.

A LIFETIME MEMORY!

For almost 19 years-

we have had a network marketing business.

We have traveled the country.

We both believe in equality –

Loving – caring-

and helping those less fortunate.

A LIFETIME MEMORY!

Friends for years and years-

we get together every four months or so.

All are now retired.

Friends forever!

A LIFETIME MEMORY!

We were married June 25th- 1982 –

Back then I played softball –

but to participate together –

We both started playing Volleyball – CO-ED!

This was a tough league of 16 teams.

Not your backyard volleyball –

but protect yourself from getting smashed in the face.

We finally won after five years of playing-

but never quite getting there!

Top left side – Papa and Sherry.

A MEMORY OF A LIFETIME!

We called ourselves THE BEACH CLUB – our dream finally came true in 2021!

Taylor – but before this was-

She – Taylor loves horses –

and today would spend every free moment with them creating a –

MEMORY OF A LIFETIME!

Creating long-lasting memories in time –

Lake Chautauqua, N.Y.S.

With friends and here with Buck and Cindy.

A MEMORY OF A LIFETIME!

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Papa’s World – Our friends Elaine and Steve!

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The year was 1989 – we had played competitive volleyball for several years!

Here we are – Papa – Sherry –

Steve – Elaine – Debbie –

Steve – Chris and Mike.

Now this was not backyard volleyball –

this was protect yourself-

or get your face smashed!

There were 16 teams –

all had players from a two-county area.

Many – many traveled for tournaments –

across NYS and Pa.

We had a competitive team for three years –

Then in 1989 –

we finally won!

We became close friends with Steve and Elaine-

Raising our families together.

Portville, N.Y. –

is where we lived –

and they did too!

We also golfed together –

in those early days.

And they have visited us once since we moved here –

They still live in Portville.

We often played a scramble –

Sherry and Steve vs Elaine and me.

In a way,

this was even more competitive than the volleyball!

They were our first friends –

after we were married on 6-25-1982!

Hoping this summer they can schedule their vacation this year-

to come and see us.

Steve retired in November!

I believe this to be the Kane Country Course –

back home in Pa.

Close to where Sherry grew up-

in Mount Jewett, Pa.

We have many memories of them,

their children,

and our combined family.

Long-time friends –

ELAINE and STEVE!

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Papa’s World – Pictures in times gone by!

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Our good friends from back in WNY – Elaine and Steve – have visited us once – hoping they come again!

We played on a team called THE BEACH CLUB volleyball in a 16-team league!

Papa – Sherry – Steve and Elaine – rest of the team – Debby – Steve – Chris – Mike. The BEACH CLUB!

Good memories – good times and a lot of fun playing volleyball!

When we go back to PORTVILLE-OLEAN to visit – WNY – we all get together to golf – the four of us have moved to N.C. while the two stayed in WNY!

MEMORIES OF TIMES GONE BY!

Little Cassidy and her MORMOR – Sherry – walking back from the beach on Oak Island.

Cassidy found Maddy in the window on Oak Island vacation.

Cassidy and Sarah – Oak Island vacation.

Taylor and Sarah – today Sarah is 5’10” at 17 – while Taylor is 5’71/4″ at 13!

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Papa’s World – Random thoughts and memories from the past!

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Years ago we made a trip to Washinton, D.C. with a group of friends from our church – Community Lutheran Church in Sterling, Va. to see Les Miserables on stage.

What a performance and good times with friends. MEMORIES!

Before Bode came along – and her mother was staying with us – a trip to Sweet Frog in Brambleton Town Center with FIVE granddaughters and an afternoon treat.

Now – Maddy is a senior in college and Ella a sophomore in college.

Sarah is a Sophomore in H.S. and the twins are twelve years old! MEMORIES!

A random thought – SMILE!

Friends – Sherry – Cindy – Dottie – when friends come together – we sing! MEMORIES!

Me in PINK SHORTS – Playing Volleyball in our Corporate Cup competition – we had about 40 members on the team in track and field and other sporting events.and competed against the other industries in the area. MEMORIES! Sherry on the left in the white top – we played volleyball in a league for years before we retired and took up golfing!

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Papa’s World – into our lives – FRIENDS!

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Our volleyball team after I quit playing softball – Back row – next to me – Steve and in front of him next to Sherry – Elaine. This couple are some of our oldest friends – and we still stay in touch today.

We are blessed in that we have so many dear friends.

Some – for me – go back to childhood.

Sherry – Papa – PJ – and Bob!

We have been friends since first grade – Bob and I.

We played sports together – stayed at one anothers homes.

Ran the streets after dark – drank a few beers together

and still – to this day – meet up and share old memories.

They will stop in on their way back home to N.H. in May.

HUGS TO P.J. and Bob.

Fred and Lynda – Sherry!

Freddie and I go back to 7th. grade

Playing sports together – card games – there were four of us that paled around

Freddie – Bobby and Jon ( deceased)

Lynda and Fred are the oldest couple still together as our friends.

Sherry – Buck – Cindy and Papa.

We have traveled the World together –

Spain – Gibraltar – Morocco – Canada – and numerous states on the East coast and the West coast

and in between.

Always planning new adventures.

Friends as neighbors since 1987!

Papa Jim Sherry Dottie – they have been married 40 years – and I knew them both before that – Jimmy and I played softball together for two teams in the late ’70’s!

Jim – Dottie and I all grew up in the same town in Pa. called Eldred.

Jim -Sherry and I all worked together in Olean N.Y.

It has been a long and rewarding friendship all these years.

When all the kids were young – we would vacation together at the beach.

Carol and Mike John, neighbors for 12 1/2 years in WNY!

We were neighbors and they were Buck and Cindy’s friends.

We lived beside them for 12 1/2 years

We would race our ride mowers up and down the street! LOL

We would play jokes on each other.

It was a great time in our lives and the McBrides and us left the hood

shortly after they left and moved South.

The John’s own a painting corp that travels the USA

painting various structures and energy companies pipe lines.

We will spend a long weekend with them at the lake house in WNY!

The Browns and McBrides also.

Jo Paul Peterson and Sherry

Jo graduated one year behind me

Paul graduated with Sherry from Smethport.

We got to know one another through reunions

and have traveled to their home in Phoenix and them to ours before the pandemic.

We have maintained that friendship for the last ten years or so.

Here we are at the WALL in DC.

Reflections of the soul I call this.

Gerhard and Jennie – our son in laws parents

For the last 14 years or more – we have bonded with his parents.

Always visiting them when we lived in NVA.

They have come down to visit us in North Myrtle Beach.

In laws and friends – FAMILY!

Our little group get together to golf.

There are times we try to bring us all together to golf.

Wish it would happen more often.

But when it does – it is fun and guys vs. gals!

If we are not on our game – they will beat us! LOL

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Imagine – meeting old friends – memories – laughter and good times! review blessings

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There are times in you r life this happens – but there are times in your life that this is a cherished memory!

We are blessed – we have a lot of friends – some older than the others –

And when you managed to meet up –

That makes a memory that you look back on and smile!

PAPA & SHERRY

During our trip to Florida last Feb. we made a date to meet up with a couple of the oldest friends I have.

Freddie and Lynda and I go back to the ’70’s –

Fred and I graduated together so I guess that puts us back to the ’60’s!

Freddie Sherry Lynda

When I introduced Sherry to them – they hit it off and you can tell

they still do!

Fred was one of my three best friends in H.S.

CAN YOU IMAGINE – all these years and still laughing

even if years go by and not seeing each other!

Music is top of the list with these friends – singing – tipping a few drinks – and shots! LOL

We have a core group of friends – those that we try to get together with several times a year.

We all lived near each other before we all moved South.

Except Mike and Carol who still live in the old hood!

Cindy – Buck – Dottie – Mike – Sherry – Carol – Jim

Mike and Carol bought a house on the lake Chatauqua in Western New York

and invited us all for a long weekend.

They have extended the invitation once again for next Summer!

Boating – boating and more boating in their beautiful new boat

that fits all of us plus room to spare!

Cindy PAPA Sherry

Old friends – new memories – fun – laugh – CAN YOU IMAGINE!

Sherry PAPA Pam ( PJ) Bob

Bob is one of my three best friends from H.S. – he stayed at my house and me at his.

He ate dinner with us and I ate dinner with him.

We played sports together – and then – lost contact as he moved to N.H.

Later in life he remarried and we connected once more.

Now Sherry and Pam talk on the phone and we make plans of meeting up!

Which before we came South- we met up in Berkley Springs.

Pam had a misstep and injured her achilles

causing her to have surgery

So as right now – we do not know when we shall once again see them.

But friendships exist through time and miles – memories created –

CAN YOU IMAGINE!

Papa Sherry Elaine Steve

We played volleyball in a league with them during the mid ’80’s!

We golfed with them all the time!

We watched their children grow up and they ours!

We went on vacations to North Myrtle Beach together!

And they are alwys in our minds – planning to get together.

They were the first to come to D.C. to explore!

CAN YOU IMAGINE!

These are our oldest friends – we have made new friends – life is memories made and memories to be made!
CAN YOU IMAGINE!

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Papa’s World – when we were young – co-ed volleyball!

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Sherry and I were married 6-25-82 –

both 33 years old – second marriage for both of us.

I had two sons and she had two daughters.

By that time – I had played basketball for a radio station

and was currently playing softball on two teams.

We decided – I would end the softball

and we would do something together.

There was a volleyball league in our community

It had SIXTEEN TEAMS!

And it was COED!

Now – this was suppose to be REC volleyball

but it wasn’t !

It was highly competitive

and if you were not on your guard

you could end up with a broken nose from a spiked ball.

There was a opening for a team

and we were put into contact with

Steve and Elaine – and the start of decades old friendship began.

They had been regular players in several leagues

and agreed to join us and Steve and Chris.

Teachers at the H.S.

Then we were contacted by Deb and Tim –

Husband and wife

who also wanted to play – and their old team disbanded.

Along came Mike – who also was looking for a team.

And that is how “THE BEACH CLUB” co-ed volleyball team formed!

Everyone but us were former players for years

and we fit right in.

Tom Sherry Steve S. Elaine S. Deb M. Steve H. Chris H. Mike C. missing Tim M.

We played as a team for several years – and were competitive from the start.

The league had ex college players –

and players who traveled on weekends to tournaments all over Pa. & NYS.

It was a very good league – and if you did not pay attention

you could end up getting hurt.

We finished 3rd. in the upper bracket a couple times

Out of 16 teams.

and won the lower bracket!

Not bad for 40 year old players!

When we were young – we palyed volleyball

and today – time hop brings up our team picture

I wish I had more pictures to share from that time

somewhere there are pictures of Sherry & I

playing volleyball for the American Olean Tile Co.

in the Corporate cup.

But that is another story for a different time.

Now – we golf –

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