My one surviving uncle, by marriage, on my father's side just celebrated his 100th birthday.
The photo below was from June 1946 when John married my Dad's youngest sister, Ada Reba, youngest of 9 children.
My paternal grandparents are on the left, Omar, age 61 and Ada, 60. I don't know the ages of Uncle John's parents, but they look older than my grandparents. Her dress may indicate she was Old Order Mennonite, but I don't know for sure.
My grandmother was dead before this couple celebrated 10 years of marriage. I remember my mother crying when she got the phone call that Grandma had died. It was a very long distance call from Lancaster, PA to Dumaguete, Philippine Islands in 1954. I was just 3 years old. I have no recollection of this grandmother as we left the US to travel overseas when I was going on 2.
I haven't seen my Uncle John since 2013 when my mother died. I send him a Christmas card every year and did send a 100th birthday card in January.
8 comments:
Ancient history - literally!
...your family have good genes.
It's so nice to have these old photos to treasure!
Nice to have the old pictures. Happy 100 to uncle John
Cathy
Even if an Uncle by marriage, it's always so amazing to be related to those who live so long. Congratulations to Uncle John.
I also have a grandmother that i don’t recall. Like yours, she died when I was 2.
Interesting about the looooong distance phone call. That really would have been a big deal back then. Wow, 100! My mom is 96. I wouldn’t be surprised if she made it to a century also.
History is so important. Your family history sounds very interesting. Sorry about your uncle.
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