Below is the lovely woman, Gina Marie McCall (Thoma)that I have spent 29 happy years with. (We recently had our 26th wedding anniversary, but I actually met her on 2/6/78). This picture was from around 2001

Above is a picture of my Meade 12.5" Dobsonian reflecting telescope. I am behind the scope with my daughter Melinda. A closer picture of Melinda is below. Here she is with around 75 or her more than 100 beanie babies from her collection. (Probably close to 200 now including Beanie Buddies (4/99)

Below is a picture of Melinda with her grandfather (Christmas '98) He died in February of 2002, so Melinda has one remaining grandparent

Here is she again with her grandmother (my mom)

My mom is in the photo below.

Below is a picture of the some of the crew of the USS Witek DD-848 in 1948. My father, who is probably about 19 in this picture, is in the back row 2nd to last person on the right.

On 7/2/2000 I was back in Erie to attend my nephews graduation party, here are a few pictures from that event. The first is my sister Louise, Dorothy Brown (family friend), and my nephew Joe.

While in Erie, we made a trip to Niagra Falls with my cousin Judy from Utah, who I hadn't seen in 25 years. She is below with 2 of her kids, Jeremy and Tricia.

Here we are in Disneyland Summer 2002

This is a more recent picture (2007) of my family. Shown is my Mom and Gina in the front, My sister Louise, Amanda (My nephew Joe's fiance), and Melinda.

Speaking of Joe, her is a recent picture of him near Basra

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