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Four weeks until Verda’s family reunion
Plan now to gather with Verda Olsen’s family on the last Sunday of July. Margaret Cranmer has again reserved the pavilion at East Riverside Park in Belding. Grandma Olsen always valued these family…
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Tending family graves
Clinton J. “Joe” and Mary Springsteen, Dad’s uncle and aunt, faithfully tended the graves of his parents Loyal Davis “L.D.” and Agnes Springsteen in the Gunnisonville Cemetery north of Lansing, Michigan. On Joe’s…
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A few who served
Memorial Day is set aside in the Unites States to remember deceased men and women who served in our nation’s armed forces. We are grateful to those who gave years of their lives,…
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Those baffling Belgians
When I met Dedra Van Zandt nearly fifty years ago, I sensed that she was unlike anyone I had ever known. Our life together, regardless of challenges, just keeps getting better. Having grown…
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Remembering Madge
Family and friends gathered yesterday at the Cowden Lake Christian Church on Gravel Ridge Road east of Coral to celebrate the life and memory of Madge Pontius. Madge and Dude’s neighborhood country church was nearly…
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Madge Pontius, 1927-2017
Our dear Aunt Madge, Dad’s sister, passed over to eternity on Thursday. A service to celebrate her life will be held at the Cowden Lake Christian Church on Tuesday at 11am. Her parting…
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Oatka Cemetery, Smith and Springsteen families
How many of us are related to John Smith? Well, maybe not the same John Smith. My three-times-great grandparents Jacob and Margaret Springsteen brought the Smith and Springsteen families together in Monroe County,…
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John S. and Mary E. Springsteen’s family
The completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 opened the floodgates for migration from New England and western New York to Michigan Territory. The flow of settlers in the next decade led to…
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South Sidney Cemetery, Olsen Family
This article continues a series I am planning about final resting places for some of our families. Today we will visit my Grandpa Olsen’s family and some of their graves in the South…
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Remembering Dad
For the first time in my life, we enter a new year without Dad. He was released to eternal life just a few weeks ago, yet it seems like we’re now in a…
