Sherry’s mother and father – Barb and Bill – and her two sisters – Bonnie and Debbie.

Barb was always laughing – smiling – a beautiful woman – constantly cleaning – everything in its place.

Bill made furniture in his spare time and wholly remodeled their home – always fixing things –

He was like a second father – my father passed away when I was 19.

He taught me how to stain without any impurities in the finish and he was a great finish carpenter.

Barb was the rock in the church – leading the way for Sherry in later life.

Mary as she was known to everyone – would honk their horns whenever they passed the house on North Main Street in Eldred, Pa.

People would pull over to come to the porch to talk to her – my sister’s friends and my two brother’s friends

and my friends – even after we had moved out and away – always came by to talk to her.

All my life growing up our home was open to all of them.

She was almost 98 when she passed away – and had her memory and was still walking with help.

My older brother Roger – made the trip to our home and later to Winchester, Va. to Debby’s home where this picture was taken in the backyard.

Growing up he was ten years older than me.

He was my hero – leaving to go to college when I was 8 years old and later into the Navy.

He lived out his remaining years in The Villages, Florida – where we would come down to be with him in the winter.

He wanted us to move down there with him – he had bought his plane tickets shortly before he passed away to come back and stay with us for a while.

A 4 or 6 handicapper in golf – he tried to coach me but it was like showing an old dog new tricks! LOL

My sister Donna – Papa – Mary – Bill – Roger – my sister – mother – brother-in-law, and brother.

I am the only one left – my younger brother Mike passed away a long time before this picture.

This was on my mother’s front porch where everyone would stop to talk to her –

She was also known throughout town for her homemade baked goods –

Taking baked goods to the doctors and dentists.

Small – good-humored and smiles but also feisty!

Each and every one of them was like this – miss them all – memories of the early years!

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