I have wondered about you since I used to see your helpful postings from time to time. We first "met" when learning we had the Wakefield/Gillett connection. Glad to hear your daughter is improving. I remember you have twins. Is Lily one of the twins. My best to you all and the day will come soon when you can do more genealogy. warmest regards Joyce Wagar of Seatt;e wagarjd@earthlink.net 425 822 3737 (home) 360 331 5926 (Whidbey Island) > [Original Message] > From: Jean Griesan <griesantomjean@msn.com> > To: <ohlawren@rootsweb.com> > Date: 5/4/2009 8:53:18 AM > Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] WWII vets in the family > > Hi Don, > L-O-N-G time, no chat. I assume that you have heard about our family > situation, either by me telling you about it, or through hearing about it > from someone else. My genealogy has been on the back burner for the past > year after my 6 year-old daughter, Lily, was hit by a car. They didn't know > if she would survive, but being the fighter that she is, she is surviving > and thriving. She is still in a wheelchair and still has a feeding tube, > but is learning to walk again, and she is eating and drinking well. She > makes a tiny bit of progress each day! I spend my days taking her to > therapy of every kind imaginable and to doctor's appointments, etc. She had > brain injuries, and that is what is causing a lot of the remaining issues. > Thankfully, her intellect and quick wit were unaffected (as far as we can > tell), and so she is still the crazy, fun kid that she always was. > Hopefully, she'll be running around like crazy in a year or two. > Anyway, I've been pestering Dan Rapp about his close relatives (who are > also my relatives) that served in WWII. You just need something like this, > right? > Bill Rapp, Lieut. Col, U.S. Army :) > > Do you want dates of birth and death (where applicable) as well? I know > that Dan's dad, Bill Rapp, and Dan's uncle, Donald Cox, both served. I'll > try to get the information out of Dan. Sometimes extracting that takes a > little patience, but it's ALWAYS worth it. > > Hugs to you today, > Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Lawcoloreman@aol.com> > To: <OHLAWREN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:05 PM > Subject: [OHLAWREN] WWII vets in the family > > > > List members, Do you have parents, ancestors or kin who served in WWII. > > Please send me their names along with their rank and service they were in > > [Army, Navy, Marines, etc]. The Lawrence Co Genealogical Society is > > planning to honor the genealogy families veterans on our float for the > > 2009 > > Ironton Memorial Day Parade. We have room for up to 64 names in 8 columns > > of 8 > > names. Last year we honored Lawrence Counties WWI causalities > > > > Don Clark, Newsletter Editor for the Lawrence Co. Gene. Soc. > > > > **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the > > web. Get the Radio Toolbar! > > (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message