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My Family Calendar This Week

Birthdays

Happy birthday this week to Beth Garris, Abigal Buckley, Dennis O’Flaherty, and Angele Sammons! This Saturday (Valentine’s Day) would also have been Uncle Tom (Still)’s birthday. He is my Godfather, mom’s brother, and Beth’s father. May God grant you all Many Years.
 
Valentine's Day
 
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!
 

Memory Eternal

Today is the second anniversary of the passing of Naomi “Aunt Nonnie” O’Flaherty Catanese. She was born in 1934 to Dennis and Naomi Souder O’Flaherty. She was the oldest of six children. She married Dominic Catanese, to whom she had five children. She passed on 8 February 2013. That’s her brother Dennis mentioned above in the birthday session.

Monday is the 113th anniversary of my 3x great grandfather Chrispin Pierson VanHorn’s passing. He was born 21 September 1839 to George Washington and Jane Dudbridge VanHorn. He was the oldest of seven children. He married Maria Rice, with whom he fathered six children. He was a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle (KGE), an organization I have found little about. He passed on 9 February 1902. 

Sophia Petro passed 28 years ago come Tuesday. She is my Uncle Nick’s sister-in-law. She sister, Ann, married Uncle Nick. Sophia was born 22 June 1925 and passed in 1987. 

George W. VanHorn passed on Saturday, 14 February 1851. He was only three months old. He was a brother to Chrispin mentioned above. 

 

My Family Calendar This Week will be a weekly feature. If you have suggestions on how to improve this feature please feel free to leave a comment below. 
© Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015
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  1. Diane Gould HallFebruary 14, 2015 at 12:48 AM

    Jeanne. You have come up with two great topics for blog posts. This one about the family calendar and the other one about "on this day." Good work. Should myself or another blogger wish to use the topics would you be alright with that, as long as we give you credit and share a link to your blog?
    Thanks,
    Diane

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