Archive for the 'family history' Category

the end of summer.

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

I will be in Massillon for the next couple of days for my Grandpa Bob’s funeral ((who I wrote about a few blog entries ago)).  He died at the end of last week, after a long bout with Alzheimer’s.  He was a really well-known guy in Massillon.  His passing made the front page of one of the [...]

the immel circus.

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

This past weekend, I went to visit my parents in Massillon and they are in the process of going through all of my Grandpa Bob’s stuff (he is in a nursing home now). 
Grandpa Bob was a dentist, and his hobby was carving circus figures with this dental tools.  Over a fifty-year time period, he carved [...]

bob & toby.

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

I previously shared some old photos with you of my parents, Funnel’s parents, and my mom’s parents.  When I was in Massillon this weekend, I scanned some photos of my dad’s parents – Bob and Toby Immel.
My Grandpa Bob is now 88 years old.  My Grandma Toby passed away before I was born from lung cancer.   I wish [...]

bill & june.

Monday, June 30th, 2008

My Grandma June just celebrated her 86th birthday on June 27th.

My Grandpa Bill passed away 1 year ago, yesterday.

They were married for 61 years when he passed away.

dan&debbie

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Dan and Debbie are Funnel’s parents and they will be married 27 years this summer.

I’ll post wedding pictures of our grandparents sometime as well.  I’m thankful we have so many wonderful, lasting marriages in our family. 

mom&dad.

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

I love wedding photos.  I am hoping that someday when we get a house, we can have all of our relatives’ wedding photos on a wall somewhere.  Both Funnel’s and my parents have been married 25+ years.
Here are a couple of my parents’ wedding photos from their December wedding in St. Timothy’s church in Massillon.:

My mom [...]