THE FOURTH GENERATION

Children of #1-1 Mary Dorothy & Dan Crossan

• None

Children of #1-2 Rita Muller

• None

Children of #2-1 Clement & Madeline Lucke

• #2-1-1 Diane
• #2-1-2 Peter
• #2-1-3 Paul
• #2-1-4 Cecilia

Children of #2-2 Agnes & Ed Wilson

• #2-2-1 Mary Agnes
• #2-2-2 Ruth Ann
• #2-2-3 Kathleen

Children of #2-3 Cecilia Lucke

• None

Children of #2-4 Gertrude & Larry Keeley

• #2-4-1 Larry
• #2-4-2 Ken
• #2-4-3 Donald

Children of #3-1 Mary Josephine (Mae) Lucke

• None

Children of #3-2 Edward Lucke

• #3-2-1 Patricia

Children of #3-3 Leo Francis Lucke

• None

Children of #4-1 Margaret Mary Lang

• None

Children of #4-2 & 3 Twins Lang

• None

Children of #5-1 Virginia & Bob Hoerning

• #5-1-1 Bobby
• #5-1-2 Richie
• #5-1-3 Bruce

Children of #5-2 Joe & Peggy Bond

• #5-2-1 Patricia
• $5-2-2 Barbara
• #5-2-3 Susan

Children of #5-3 Ken & Dolores Bond

• #5-3-1 Nora
• #5-3-2 Kevin
• #5-3-3 Cathy

Grandchildren of #6 Lucy Lucke

• None

Children of #7-1 Dorothy & Frank Gucker

• #7-1-1 Steve
• #7-1-2 Dar
• #7-1-3 Paul
• #7-1-4 Joe
• #7-1-5 Jim
• #7-1-6 Carl
• #7-1-7 Teresa

Children of #8-1 Bill & Kay Lucke

• #8-1-1 Karen

Children of #8-2 Harry Lucke

• None

Children of #8-3 Patricia Lucke

• None

Children of #8-4 Bob & Billie Jean Lucke

• #8-4-1 Patricia
• #8-4-2 Susan
• #8-4-3 Kevin

Grandchildren of #9 Joe & Beatrice Lucke

• None

Children of #10-1 Edwin & Nancy Magee

• #10-1-1 Nancy
• #10-1-2 Edwin
• #10-1-3 Dan
• #10-1-4 Margaret Mary
• #10-1-5 Brian
• #10-1-6 Richard
• #10-1-7 Patrick

Children of #10-2 Bob & Anne Magee

• #10-2-1 Bob
• #10-2-2-Joe
• #10-2-3 Patricia
• #10-2-4 Maura
• #10-2-5 Margaret Mary (Peggy)
• #10-2-5 Jim
• #10-2-7 Annmarie
• #10-2-8 Kathleen
• #10-2-9 Eileen
• #10-2-10 Elizabeth

Children of #10-3 Betty & John Connelly

• #10-3-1 Michael
• #10-3-2 Anne
• #10-3-3 Thomas
• #10-3-4 Jim
• #10-3-5 Kevin
• #10-3-6 John
• #10-3-7 Brian

Children of #10-4 Jim & Patricia Magee

• #10-4-1 Jim
• #10-4-2 Bob

Children of #11-1 Bob Campbell

• None

Child of #11-2 Terese (Lloyd) Campbell & Vincent Porter

• #11-2-1 Joe

Grandchildren of #12 Caspar Lucke

• None

Children of #13-1 Jackie & Frank LaCava

• #13-1-1 Ann Marie
• #13-1-2 Helen
• #13-1-3 Francine
• #13-1-4 Frank
• #13-1-5 John

Children of #13-2 Bob Lucke

• None

Children of #13-3 Gerard Lucke

• None

Children of #13-4 John & Rita Lucke

• #13-4-1 Laura
• #13-4-2 James
• #13-4-3 Allison
• #13-4-4 Amy

Children of #13-5 Jim Lucke

• None

 

We’ve traced our roots back to Caspar and Mary Elizabeth Lucke (The First generation); they had 13 children (The Second Generation) who had 31 children (The Third Generation).  The 31 produced 57 children (The Fourth Generation.)  Here we are beginning to recount the stories of the 57.

#1 Mary’s “branch” didn’t produce any grandchildren.

#2 Frank (Francis Peter) & Mary Margaret (Cramer) Lucke had 4 children: Clement, Agnes, Cecilia and Gertrude.  Cecilia died as an infant.  The others married and gave birth to 10 children.

2-1 Clement Francis Lucke b. 23-May-1911 d. 1-Aug-1983

m. 22-Oct-1938 Madeline Catherine Brewi b. 02-Jun-1913 d. 10-Mar-1970

2-1-1 Diane Mary Lucke b. 7-Sep-1939

m. 20-Apr-1963 William Michael Erhard b. 30-May-1938 d. 13-Sep-2010

2-1-2 Peter Francis Lucke b. 23-Sep-1941

m. 11-Jul-1964 Lucille F Jacobs b. 5-Aug-1943

2-1-3 Paul Clement Lucke b. 14-Dec-1942

m. 20-Feb-1965 Helen Renzy b. 21-Aug-1943

2-1-4 Cecilia Anne Lucke b. 15-Nov-1947

m. 24-Aug-1974 Daniel Guerand b. 24-Dec-1948

2-2 Agnes Mary Lucke b. 10-Feb-1913 d. 11-Apr-1996

m. 15-Nov-1941 Edward A Wilson b. 14-Nov-1904 d. 1-Mar-1967

2-2-1 Mary Agnes Wilson b. 10-Nov-1942

m. 20-Aug-1966 Peter Thomas Jubo b. 19-Aug-1942 d. 15-Jul-2008

m. 26-Dec-1986 John J Dorney b. 12-Feb-1935 d. 12-Dec-2012

2-2-2 Ruth Ann Wilson b. 28-Oct-1944

m. 16-Aug-1969 Michael J Donovan b. 21-Oct-1944

2-2-3 Kathleen Victoria Wilson b. 17-Sep-1947

m. 21-Aug-1982 Howard D Scofield b. 20-Dec-1947

2-3 Cecilia Anna Lucke b. 14-Mar-1915 d. 6/Jul/16

2-4 Gertrude Elizabeth Lucke b. 25-Dec-1918 d. 28-Dec-2007

m. 7-Jun-1941 Lawrence Joseph Keeley b. 18-Jan-1916 d. 7-Feb-1970

2-4-1 Lawrence Francis Keeley b. 13-Jun-1943

m. 23-Sep-1967 Frances Ann Foley b. 8-Dec-1940

2-4-2 Kenneth Robert Keeley b. 2-Jun-1947

m. 2-May-1970 Carole Sandelmann b. 24-Apr-1948

2-4-3 Donald Edward Keeley b. 1-Nov-1950

m. Charlotte Lorraine Reynolds b. 16-Apr-1950

Grandchildren of #2 Frank at a Reunion in 2013

Don Keeley, Diane Lucke Erhard, Mary Agnes Wilson Dorney, Larry Keeley, Ruth Ann Wilson Donovan, (spouse Michael Donovan), Kathy Wilson Scofield, Ken Keeley, Cecilia Guerand.  Missing from this picture are Peter and Paul Lucke.

1941  Gertrude & Larry Keeley

1951  1955

1998 – Ken, Gertrude, Larry, Don Keeley

#2 Frank Mamie Lucke‘s first child was Clement Francis Lucke who married Madeline Catherine Brewi.  They lived in Brooklyn (with many summers spent in Breezy Point at the former Brewi Bungalow) and had 4 children: Diane Mary, born 7-Sep-1939, Peter Francis born 23-Sep-1941, Paul Clement born 14-Dec-1942 and Cecilia Ann born 15-Nov-1947.

Nicole, Michael, Emily, Lucille, Peter F

Peter B, Jessica, Jennifer, Christine

Peter Francis Lucke, USMC

Peter Francis Lucke died 12/20/18 at age 77 in Louisville CO. Pete was the grandson of #2 Frank.

      Pete was a kind and generous man who worked hard to provide for his family. He loved his boys most of all. His love of football was always present especially when football season began. Nothing ever got in the way when the NY GIANTS were playing. How Sunday’s were so chaotic getting ready to pack up the lunch and treats to bring to the game. Who would go this time, whose turn was it, how cold was it, so many layers to put on. Getting there in time to tailgate. But he and they (his sons) loved it. His love of the Marine Corp was always there too. He would watch Marine movies with his boys on TV. Even though he was in the Reserves he was devoted to the Corp. I always enjoyed it when he would stand in their doorway and yell “get outta them racks”. Reminiscent of how he got woken up in boot camp. We as a family would spend hours on the beach swimming, playing, searching for treasures from the sea. Life was simple and good. We had fun just playing together. Hide and seek in the dark without flashlights. This was always a favorite game for us. Pete taught his sons to be honest boys and to grow up to be good honest and kind men and to love God, work hard and take care of their families. –Lucille Lucke (Pete’s Wife)

      Dad was a very caring person. He also was one of the hardest working. He worked for the NYC Sanitation Department for over 20 years. Talk about a hard job! And, he was one of the most quiet guys you could find. A man of few words. I remember specifically, one time picking me up from Stony Brook University, on the way home, he shared something with me. As he was driving, he handed me a badge. I opened it up and it was from the Sanitation Department. It had written on it “District Superintendent.” I knew instantaneously what it was and what it meant to him. He had been studying and preparing for the written exam, which seemed like an eternity, in order to obtain this promotion. I couldn’t be more proud of him in that moment. It was also a realization that a child could be proud of an accomplishment of a parent. A gift he gave to me.

      I know that he was in the Marine Corp, but he got out when I was only two. So, I only experienced what he learned from them and what he indirectly shared with me. Integrity. Discipline. Character. Loyalty. Fidelity. I’m sure there are a few more words to describe what I carry inside of me that I learned from him that I will never realize. We won’t talk about getting out of them racks at the crack of dawn. LOL.

      I have to mention the New York Giants. Dad took me to my first game at the “old and original” Yankee Stadium. Then, Shea Stadium. I think we skipped the two years that they played at Yale. And, finally, the Meadowlands for 30+ years. I lost track of how many games we went together. Needless to say, I am a life long Giants fan because of dad. I have a tattoo to prove it too!

      I’m also happy that my two daughters, Jessie and Jenny, got to experience having a grandfather living nearby. He loved taking them sleigh riding on many Colorado winter days. We still have the sleds he gave them as children! Before we all moved to Colorado, we spent many summer weekends in Rockaway at the beach.

      As with anything in life, there are always the ups and downs. I will always remember the good times with my dad. I am the man, husband, and father today because of him. Semper Fi, Dad!! -Peter B Lucke (son)

       One of the last things my dad said was: When the angel of death calls my name, I will not be afraid, I will stand up and say, here I am. My dad was always there for me. I could rely on my dad for anything. A true gift in life, to have that rock that you know will always be there. My dad loved the beach in Rockaway. He called it his little slice of heaven. We spent most of my childhood on the beach. Even in Colorado, my dad had mostly beach decorations around the house. My dad loved sports, especially the NY Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. My dad loved the fact that he was a Marine and served his country. My dad was very frugal but also very generous. He loved to go to sales and find bargains which he would generously hand out to the people he loved. I miss my dad. -Mike Lucke (son)

      Peter Lucke was my ‘city’ cousin and I was his ‘country’ cousin. He and his brother Paul would spend time up in the country during the summer enjoying all it had to offer. We Wilson Girls (Mary Agnes, Ruth Ann and Kathy) in turn enjoyed every moment of our visits to their home in Sheepshead Bay. As years went on, keeping in touch was via mail. My last conversation with Peter was during his battle with esophageal cancer. My stepson Paul endured the same cancer prior to Peter having it so I put them in touch with each other to share their journeys. I fondly remember surprise notes from Peter in the mail regarding family which always alluded to our city and country ‘fame’. –Country Cousin Mary Agnes Wilson Dorney

      Peter was one of our “City” cousins who we (the Wilson girls) as growing up in the “Country” always looked forward to visiting in Brooklyn and in Rockaway at the beach.  The years kept us apart physically; however I remember him as a very kind individual.  May he rest in peace. – Kathleen Scofield

I have so many wonderful memories of my mother, Cecilia Guerand that they all couldn’t possibly fit within this newsletter.  I will share a few of my favorites!  As a child I always looked forward to when my mom would blow dry my hair every morning before school, the feeling of excitement I felt when she let me wear her favorite pair of 14k gold hoop earrings to school when I first got my ears pierced, spending the day visiting my mom at school when she was a kindergarten teacher, and traveling in the car with her to visit Rockaway; we used to stop and stay overnight in the Poconos because we could never make the full trip (however now we breeze right there).  I’ll never forget the taste of my mom’s peanut butter and jelly sandwiches when spending the day at the beach,  seeing my mom at all of my running races starting from high school track meets, college competitions, and now continuing to support me during all of my marathons.  She is always at the finish line waving, shouting my name and never misses me cross the line.  She tells me she always has a sense when I will be coming down the homestretch and then she looks and can see my run form from miles away.  She and Aunt Diane came to see me run the Boston Marathon for the first time in 2011!  It was an amazing experience and so great to have them both there.  These memories are treasures.  I love you mom!

-Contributed by Karen Guerand

One story that sticks about my mother that my brothers, sister and I laugh about is her uncanny ability to make herself seen in a large crowd. When I was a kid, I remember hearing my brother and sister joke with her about seeing her do this “great big wave” to them at one of our school events. I used to laugh along with them but had no idea just how funny this wave was. I believe the first time I saw it was at my 1st Holy Communion. I was at the front of the church lined up for pictures, standing there (probably thinking ‘when will this be over’) and glancing out at the crowd of parents taking pictures. I wasn’t paying close attention to anything going on, but, just happened to notice this one, seemingly long arm waving over and over and over in a large arch over my Ma’s head. I remember looking in her direction but not realizing the wave belonged to her. The wave continued until she made sure I realized it was her. Throughout the rest of the ceremony, every time I looked in her direction, she would wave a little wave that would make me laugh. This famous wave continued throughout my life. Every time she came to see me at a school event, or any event, the second I would look in her direction the wave would start. I am sure at some point in my life I thought this was embarrassing (who wants their Mom waving to them in front of all their friends) but I can’t remember that feeling lasting too long.

–Contributed by Matthew Guerand

 

Aunt Cecilia: The traveler. It always seemed that she was off around the world visiting far-flung places. The cool aunt with the Beetle. The aunt that my cousins called by her first name because she was the youngest of the four Lucke children and was not married. The teacher. The fun loving aunt. If there was anyone I wanted to be like it was my Aunt Cecilia. She blew out of New York City and so did I!

-Contributed by Peter B Lucke

      Being a country girl and thinking back on my Lucke Cousins Diane, Peter, Paul and Cecilia, I remember how exciting it was to visit them in the ‘big city’! We would travel by car through the country roads and then, all of a sudden there were so many buildings and so much traffic. Such a difference in living!  We would visit them at their Breezy Point bungalow in the summer and what I remember most was the outdoor shower. What fun that was! And then there was their apartment in SheepsheadBay where there were elevators in the building which were quite exciting to see and so much fun to ride. What adventures we had inside and outside!! Aunt Madeline and Uncle Clement were always attentive to our needs.  When we were teenagers, Peter and Paul would come up to the country during the summers for a few weeks on their own and it was always a good time having our city cousins join us in country fun. Weddings and funerals would connect us over the years. During the past few years, catching up at our recent Cousin Gatherings has brought back so many fond memories. What has been interesting to me about those memories is that everyone has different ones they remembered most and how upon hearing them, they would float back into my mind to enjoy once again.

-Contributed by Mary Agnes Wilson Dorney

      I remember visiting Knapp Street in SheepsheadBay with Uncle Clement and Aunt Madeline. Riding the elevator was a real treat for my sisters and I –we didn’t have anything like that in the country. On one of my visits I got locked in the bathroom and either Peter or Paul had to climb through a window somehow to help me out. Another time Diane and her friend took Cecilia and me to Coney Island and we went on the Cyclone roller coaster. It stopped at one point pretty high up and Cecilia kept crying “get me off this thing”!!!!! Visits to the Breezy Point bungalow were also lots of fun.  During my last 2 years of college at Molloy in RockvilleCenter, my friend and I rented an apartment on the water in Long Beach, Long Island. We had to be out in early May so Diane and Bill, who lived in Oceanside at the time, offered us a room for the couple of weeks we had left of classes. In exchange we did some babysitting for little Billy and Michael. We were fed very well and were very grateful for Diane and Bill’s kindness and hospitality.

-Contributed by Ruth Ann Donovan

      When I was young, my family lived in Shohola, PA. That was about 100 miles from NYC. Several summers, Peter and Paul came up to the “country” to spend some time with us. They stayed in the cottage on our property. They were more my brother Larry’s age, so I didn’t spend much time with them, but I remembered thinking of them as my older urban sophisticated cousins.

-Contributed by Ken Keeley

2-4-1 LAWRENCE FRANCIS KEELEY

 

I was born in Brooklyn at Midway Hospital on June 13, 1943, the first of three sons born to Gertrude Elizabeth Lucke Keeley and Lawrence Joseph Keeley.  I married Frances Ann Foley on September 23, 1967.  We have two children, Michael Lawrence Keeley born on May 18, 1970 and Robin Linde Keeley born on August 23, 1975.

At that time the family lived at 839 East 48^th Street in Brooklyn.  We subsequently moved to 823 East 46^th Street. A second son Kenneth Robert was also born in Brooklyn in 1947.  In 1949 we moved to Barryville, NY where Gertrude’s sister Agnes Lucke Wilson and her husband and three daughters lived.  Donald Edward the third son was born while the family lived there.  Our first home in Barryville was on Cemetery Hill Road on top of a mountain and somewhat isolated.  We later moved to another home in the main part of the town and lived a few houses away from Agnes’ family.  On June 19, 1953 our parent’s purchased a home in Shohola, Pa. where I lived until leaving for college in Albany, NY in 1961 after graduating from Eldred Central School.

In Albany I graduated from the AlbanyBusinessCollege and subsequently earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the College of Saint Rose in Albany.  After graduating from AlbanyBusinessCollege I went to work with the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance as a Field Auditor and worked for that agency for almost 38 years retiring as the Director of one of the four Bureaus that comprised the Department’s Audit Division.

In July of 1964 I joined the New York Army National Guard and retired in the fall of 1984 as the First Sergeant of an Aviation Unit in Albany.  Before marrying Fran I continued to live in the City of Albany,  We bought our first home in Ballston Spa, NY (outside the better known Saratoga Springs) and lived there until 1975.  My brothers will always remember a snow storm in Ballston Spa.  Fran and I had gone to NYC to visit her parents while my brothers stayed with our mother, who was staying with us because our Dad was in the hospital in Albany.  While Fran and I were in NYC, the Northeast was buried in a huge snow storm.  As much snow as NYC received (everything including the NYS Thruway was closed) that did not compare to the amount of snow in Ballston Spa.  They had never shoveled so much snow before and probably since that December 1969 storm.  The snow banks on the side of the driveway were taller than they were!

When Fran and I needed a larger home, we moved to Clifton Park, NY and had two different homes there.  In May of 2011 we moved to Frederick, Md. to be nearer to our children and grandchildren who live outside of Washington, D.C.

 

1967 – Fran & Larry’s Wedding Ken, Larry & Gertrude, Fran & Larry, Don

2012 – Fran & Larry, Michael & Elizabeth with Patrick, Sean, Katharine & Michael and Robin

MEMORIES

       Shohola, PA and Barryville, NY are two small towns that are separated by the Delaware River (that also divides the states of NY and PA).  The Keeley family lived in Shohola and my mother’s sister, Agnes Wilson, and her family lived in Barryville, NY.  Growing up the Keeley boys and the Wilson girls were very close;we went to the same school, attended the same church and participated in the same events. My brothers and I could and did go everywhere by foot or by bicycle.  So during my years at home, even though the families lived in separate towns, the distance between Gertrude’s and Agnes’s families was probably no more than 3 or 4 city blocks. Though we were cousins and lived in different homes and towns, our lives were constantly intertwined.

One of my memories is one Christmas Day, when Agnes and her family were having dinner at our home.  My brothers and I each had a set of Lionel Trains.  The tracks for each of the three sets were permanently mounted on plywood (If you have ever had a set you know that tracks keep coming apart!).  We used to race each other to see which train was fastest.  On Christmas day, when we went to use the trains, we discovered that our father and Uncle had taken over and were using the trains.

As children we played in the Shohola Glen, and in the mountains surrounding the village, swam in the Delaware River and in the Shohola Creek where a pool formed and you could jump in from the cliffs that surrounded it.  In the Glen we found all of these old foundations and never knew what they were from.  In later years we found out that the Shohola Glen was a very popular summer vacation spot in the early 1900’s for New York City residents looking to get out of the summer heat.  Vacationers rode the Erie Railroad to Shohola and vacationed in the Glen.  To me it was just a place to explore in the summer and go ice skating in the winter.

Our Cousins Peter and Paul (my mother’s brother Clement’s sons) would come up and spend some time with our family in the summer.  We used to sleep out in the cottage that was attached to one of the garages.

I used to visit with Clement’s family in their home in SheepsheadBay and at their cottage in the Rockaways.  I remember exploring the marshy areas near their home with Peter and Paul and the fun of having the ocean right in their back yard at the beach.  On weekend mornings in Sheepshead Bay Clement used to go to the bakery near their home.  I loved to go with him.  I now suspect Uncle Clement’s children had been there so many times it was old hat to them but it sure fascinated me.  We had nothing like that in Shohola.  One other time they took me to Coney Island, another new adventure.

My parents would also send me down to visit my grandparents (#2 Frank and Mamie Lucke) in Woodhaven, NY.  Part of those memories includes the elevated subway train and all of the shops with their displays on the street as people walked from the stations back to their home.  I don’t remember the address but they lived on the top floor of a two family home there.  There was one event that had all of us cousins at that house.  I don’t remember the event (it could have been an anniversary party) but I do remember Grandpa sitting in a corner chair and asking the grandchildren if they wanted a whisker burn.  He made that offer in later years as well.  He always seemed to have some beard on his face.

Fran and I raised our family in Clifton Park NY which is a suburb of Albany.  We did a lot of camping with our children and also enjoyed their involvement in sports and music. Our son Michael was a big sports fan and loved to listen to the radio call-in shows and Michael called in himself.  The host was impressed with his questions and amazed when he found out he was only a young teenager.  He also played baseball and basketball. Our daughter Robin played softball and participated in school plays.  Robin got a cat for her birthday once, and called him Cuddles.  All she wanted was a friendly kitten to hold and to play with and to dress up in doll clothes.  Cuddles was a tough and independent cat and he did what he wanted.  One hot summer night we had the windows open.  In the middle of the night we heard this loud yowl.  The cat had been sleeping on the windowsill of our bedroom and leaned too hard against the screen and it gave way.  He fell two stories and landed in the bushes below.  He was not hurt and still went up on windowsills.

We had a dog when the children were small and both children grew up with her.  Pinky was a good-sized dog.  At one point we had a small hatchback Chevrolet.  When we traveled with Pinky, we had to have both children claim their seat before we let the dog get in the car.  If no one was in the car she would claim the entire space and it was tough to move her over enough so that the children could find their space. When we visited Gertrude, we would get the children in the car and then just open the door to the house and the dog would bound out to and into the car (No seat belts in those days.).  If the family was going, so was she.

Gertrude’s Birthday was on Christmas Day.  Even though my brothers and I all lived in different states our combined families came together during the week after to celebrate a second Christmas and her birthday with her.  That tradition continued until she passed away in 2007.

I was a Dodger fan, but that interest got lost after they moved to LA and we did not hear much about them anymore. Our son Michael and his family are die-hard Mets fans, and we like to follow the Mets too.  In the Washington area the sports focus is on the Washington Redskins football team and the Nationals baseball team.  I thought some of the NY papers had a lot of coverage of the NY teams, but the Washington Post coverage of those two teams exceeds anything I saw in NY.

RECOLLECTIONS OF LARRY

      Larry always tried to look at the bright side of things.  Once, when we took the children to visit his mother, Gertrude in Shohola, PA, when we were leaving to go home, our VW bus developed an oil leak.  Rather than take the time to get it fixed before leaving, he said we could make it back to Albany by adding oil to the car when it needed it along the way.  He bought a case of oil and we started on our 2-½ hr trip.  The oil poured out so fast, that we had to stop every 20 minutes so he could add a quart of oil. We made it home after about 4 hrs, but the oil trail we left on the NY Thruway is probably still there, as we used the whole case of oil.

      Another thing he liked to do was burn trash at Gertrude’s house in Shohola.  Her house was originally owned by a butcher, and had a smoke house in the yard behind her house. Whenever we visited, Gertrude saved her trash, and he looked forward to throwing it into the smoke house and getting a good fire going. Mike had fun helping him throw trash into the fire and Robin and I watched the big fire through Gertrude’s kitchen window and hoped he would not accidentally burn Gertrude’s house down.

Larry belonged to the NYS National Guard and needed to go to their drills one weekend a month and two weeks straight every summer.  He started out doing clerical duties, then got promoted to being in charge of the mess hall and cooking for the entire unit.  He learned a lot about cooking and liked to try his skills at home. It was tricky cutting those recipes down from 100 people to 4.  He retired after 20 years as a 1^st Sergeant.

2-4-2 KENNETH ROBERT KEELEY

 

I was the second of three sons born to Gertrude Elizabeth Lucke Keeley and Lawrence Joseph Keeley.  I married Carole Sandelmann on May 2, 1970 at St. Ann’s Church in Shohola PA.  We have two children: Melissa Ann Keeley born on February 20, 1974; and, Douglas Henry Keeley born on February 26, 1981.

I was born on June 2, 1947, in Brooklyn at the MidwoodHospital.  At that time, my family lived at 823 East 46^th Street in Brooklyn.  The family moved to Barryville NY when I was two, and subsequently moved to Shohola PA in 1953.  Although living across the river from Barryville, my two brothers and I lived parallel lives with Gertrude’s sister Agnes’s three Wilson girls.  In fact, Kathy Wilson and I attended school together in the same grade from kindergarten through graduation.  We were very close to the girls then and remain so to this day!

After graduating from Eldred Central School in Eldred NY, I attended East Stroudsburg State College (now East Stroudsburg University) in East Stroudsburg PA.  I became active in student government which exposed me to professionals in student services.  Graduating in June 1969 with a degree in secondary education, I had signed a contract to teach history and help coach sports in Roscoe NY.  Although the draft board had been giving exemptions to graduates with signed teaching contracts, a change in policy given the demands of the Vietnam War prevented me from beginning a teaching career.  Given that it was inevitable that I was going to be required to serve in the military for at least two years, I explored opportunities to enter one of the military services via an Officer Candidate Program (OCS).  Wanting to become a pilot, I first visited the Air Force.  They didn’t need me, but tried to recruit my fiancée (Carole Sandelmann)!  I then tried the Navy, and they said I could become a supply officer and be stationed on a ship for six months of every year.  Not an attractive choice.  The Army recruiter was not impressive, appearing to have slept in his uniform!  Thinking I would submit to the draft, I had a hallway discussion with Carole and my brother, Don, who graduated from high school the same year I graduated from college.  Don had already enlisted in the Marines and convinced me to talk to his recruiter.  I entered the Marine Corps through their OCS program, and served a relatively uneventful three years (one year in Okinawa).  Upon leaving the Corps, I was promoted to Captain.

After the service, I pursued a M.Ed. degree in Counselor Education at PennState in State College PA and graduated in 1974.  That led to student services positions at BallStateUniversity in MuncieIN, and FranklinUniversity and The Ohio State University in ColumbusOH.  While working in Columbus, I earned a Ph.D. in Guidance and Counseling (with a cognate in Counseling Psychology) at OhioState which I completed in 1983.  My wife Carole was the heroine of this time period as she ran the household, raised two children, and kept me sane as I worked and completed the degree.

After 13 years as the Director of Ohio State’s MBA Program, we moved in 1994 to a suburb (Gibsonia) of PittsburghPA where I accepted a position as Director (later Executive Director) of Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business Career Opportunities Center.  I remained there until retiring in July 2011.

During my adult life and continuing in retirement, I have enjoyed watching our children (and now grandchildren) develop, long distance running (21 marathons, 5 surgeries), and gardening.  Carole and I are passionate Ohio State Buckeye and Pittsburgh (Penguins, Pirates, and Steelers) fans.

 

1970 –Carole & Ken w/ Uncle Clement Lucke and Mom Gertrude

2013 – Top: Doug & Sabrina Bottom: Melissa and Chris Klemek with Abraham and Madeleine

MEMORIES

       Carole and I grew up in homes about 150 yards apart.  We often marvel at the freedom we had as young children to wander, swim, and ice skate in the Shohola Glenn without any adult supervision or even any knowledge of where we were.  As youngsters, we also swam across the Delaware River, and in many of the surrounding lakes.  It was great, but not something parents today would be likely to allow children to do.

Given the rural environment in which I grew up, I was wide eyed when visiting Grandma and Grandpa Lucke in NYC.  I still have an image of one of the homes and the elevated line nearby in my mind.

I also remember several visits to the homes of Clement and Madeline Lucke.  But the one I remember most clearly was a visit made with my brother Larry to the Lucke’s cottage in the Rockaways.  Larry and I went swimming alone, and the beach was fairly deserted because a storm was approaching.  Being a decent swimmer and relatively adventuresome, I swam out far enough to be caught by a large wave, and driven underwater towards the shore.  I clearly remember not being sure I was going to see the light of day again!  The incident is extremely clear in my mind, but Larry was unaffected and has no memory of it.

2-4-3 DONALD EDWARD KEELEY

I was the third of three sons born to Gertrude Elizabeth Lucke Keeley and Lawrence Joseph Keeley.  I married Charlotte Lorraine Reynolds on August 9, 1975 at All Saints Church in Manassas, Virginia.  We have two children: Kristen Lorraine Keeley born on May 30, 1977; and Patrick Edward Keeley born on September 12, 1980.

I was born November 1, 1950 in Port Jervis New York at Saint JosephHospital.  The family lived in BarryvilleNY and later moved to Shohola, Pa. in 1953.  Growing up in Shohola is where I learned to love and respect nature.  As kids I don’t think there was a day that went by that we weren’t roaming the woods in the glen or the hills around Shohola.  Being the youngest of the three boys had its advantages.  Larry and Ken had paved the way with our parents.  By the time I came along I guess they realized we were pretty indestructible and there wasn’t much trouble you could get into in Shohola.

After graduating from Eldred Central School in Eldred NY, I entered the Marine Corps.  I actually enlisted on the 90 day delayed entry before graduation with the intent of having the summer at home before I left for Parris Island, South Carolina.  I don’t recall if it was before or right after graduation that the recruiter called.  He informed me they were forming a training battalion and wanted to know if I could leave in what amounted to two weeks after I graduated.  What do you say at that point?  Anyway, I said okay and that was the end of my summer!  On the scheduled day my parents drove me to the recruiting station in ScrantonPa.  From there we were put on buses to Philadelphia and from there we went by train to South Carolina.  Buses took us to Parris Island from the train station.  We arrived there about one in the morning and my three years in the Marines got off to a quick start.  There is nothing like getting your head shaved and uniforms issued in the middle of the night when you don’t have a clue where you’re going or what you should be doing.  Thinking back now I laugh about it.  It wasn’t too funny at the time!  After a long hot summer at Parris Island, we were bused up to Camp Lejeune for advanced Infantry training.  After a couple of months we completed our training and got our first leave.  After a few days at home, it was off to Sea School training in NorfolkVa.  Upon completion of this school I was assigned to the Marine Detachment USS Shangri-La.  Home port for the carrier was Mayport, Florida.  This was my home for the next eighteen months or so.  We were deployed to WESPAC and stayed on Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam for about eleven of those months.  Life on the Shang was never dull.  The navy managed to make the voyage an around the world cruise.  The Shang was decommissioned when she returned stateside.  She was commissioned in 1944 and had served in WWII.  I was reassigned to Camp Lejeune to complete my service.  Ken and Carole were stationed at the Marine Air Station at Cherry Point at the time and I was able to visit with them on a few occasions.

After the service I joined the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia.  I actually got out of the Marines about 30 days early in 1972.  Vietnam was winding down.  They were offering up to ninety day early-outs if you were going into law enforcement.  By the time I completed the hiring process I was only thirty days away from competing my three year commitment.  I spent the next twenty-three years working as a police officer in various assignments from patrol to major crimes.  I was introduced to my wife Charlotte by a mutual friend on the department.  For me it was a case of love at first sight, but I had to work to convince Char that I was the right guy for her!  For much of my career I worked rotating shifts and Char was kept busy with two kids involved in many school and sporting activities. She also managed a hectic career as a nurse.  It always made it very special when the shifts worked out and we had time to enjoy events as a family.  I give Char the credit for keeping it all together!

After retiring from the police department I went to work for TRW as an investigator.  TRW was subsequently bought by Northrop Grumman.  The job was the same only a lot busier.  I retired on July 31^st of 2013 after eighteen years working in the private sector.

While I enjoyed my working years, I have found retirement to be great.  I’m trying to improve my golf game.  We have three grandchildren who live close by in Maryland and we have a fourth one on the way.

1975 – Charlotte & Don

2014 – Kristen & Mike Gregory, Samuel, Katherine & Jacob

2013 – Julia & Patrick

MEMORIES

       Shohola and the other small towns in the area were a great place to grow up.  Our cousins, the Wilsons, lived in Barryville which is right across the Delaware River.   As kids we walked and rode bikes back and forth all the time.  We shared many family events and holidays at one house or the other.  At the time it seemed like a very big area.  Now when we have the opportunity to visit it all seems so small and there don’t seem to be many people around.  I have great memories of my sister-in-law Carole and her parents.  You could see her house from our back yard.  We went to different schools, but attended the same church and we were always friends.  We used to get a lot of snow in Shohola.  We had endless snowball fights and we would sleigh ride and toboggan all day long.  There was a pond in the glen where we learned to ice-skate and play some form of hockey.

We still talk today about shoveling snow up at Larry and Fran’s home in Ballston Spa.  We had shoveled it as high as we could throw it.  If it snowed again I don’t know where it was going!  One advantage of attending a small school was the opportunity to participate in activities.  They always needed more students for sports, band, etc.  I took advantage and always was involved in one sport or another.  Larry happened to be at the football game where I broke my leg and ended up in the hospital.  He had to stop by Reber’s where Mom was working and tell her the news.  She always worried about us getting hurt playing sports.  I managed to make her fears reality all too often!

RECOLLECTIONS OF OUR KEELEY COUSINS

Ruth Ann, Kathy and I grew up with Larry, Ken and Donald so they became more like brothers to us than cousins. We went to the same school and worshiped together at St Ann’s Parish in Shohola PA. Together, we attended Religious Education Classes in the summer and received our Sacraments. The boys’ were Altar Servers and we girls sang in the choir.   Since the Keeleys had television before we did, Sunday nights were most times spent at their house watching The Ed Sullivan Show and The $64,000 Question. Christmas was always fun as we would go to their house to watch their trains go round and round.  Larry and I went to college in AlbanyNY; he to AlbanyBusinessSchool and I to The College of St Rose. Since he was able to have his own apartment and I had to live on campus, when my friends and I could, we would go to his apartment for some off-campus fun. Through the years we have kept in touch through weddings, funerals, cousin get-togethers and just good ‘ole visits. Visiting Aunt Gertrude at Larry and Fran’s in Clifton ParkNY was always a joy-filled and warm time. So many wonderful memories indeed!

-Contributed by Mary Agnes Wilson Dorney

      We (the 3 Wilson girls & 3 Keeley boys) lived so close to each other, our mother (Agnes) would invite the boys over to eat and they would have to find out what she was cooking and what their Mom (Gertrude) was cooking before determining where they would eat.

RECOLLECTIONS OF LARRY, KEN AND DON

      The Keeleys and I grew up in Shohola, perhaps one or two football fields apart. We attended different schools, but the same church. In “downtown” Shohola, there were probably only 20 to 30 kids.  Because Larry is a few years older than I am, I didn’t get to know him very well as a child.  As a young married woman, I felt so happy to have such a kind, thoughtful, and helpful “brother”.  I remember Larry drove us two hours to the airport when Ken left for a tour of duty in Okinawa 43 years ago.  Months later, he drove me to the airport, and picked me back up, when I traveled to Okinawa to visit Ken.  Finally, he drove Gertrude and me to the airport in a terrible snowstorm when Ken returned from overseas.  Larry has always been there for us!  Larry and Fran gave wonderful support and care to Gertrude for about 25 years.  Over the course of all those years, they hosted innumerable family gatherings of Gertrude’s sons, their wives, and her grandchildren.  Many of those gatherings celebrated Gertrude’s Christmas birthday.  Larry is terrific in the kitchen, and he and Fran always prepared delicious meals for all of us.  We did always tease Larry that he made enough for the National Guard! He is a devoted husband and a loving an attentive father and grandfather.

      Ken is a marathoner and has run 21 marathons and prepared for many others over the course of 31 years.  He has what I refer to as a “marathoner” personality which means there is no gardening project too big, no car drive too far, nothing that cannot be done!  The many yards of beautiful stone walls we have are all due to his hard work and creativity.  When it snows, he clears the driveways of everyone on our court. Ken is a very devoted and patient father and grandfather.  I remember our son Doug as a little one always wanting to mow the lawn with his dad.  It probably took an hour longer, but they did it together.  Ken also attended many Indian Princess (father and daughter program) meetings with Melissa to the great amusement of his marathoner friends! Ken has been a tremendous support for me throughout all the years of our marriage.  He is always upbeat and always has a smile.  Gertrude said he was a “smiley” baby and some things do not change.  Ken continued to smile as we cared for my dad and mom throughout their last years.  Mom lived with us for 20 years, and my friends said he was a saint.  I’m not sure about that, but I know he is the love of my life, and I am blessed that he is my husband and best friend!

I remember, as a child, it seemed I never saw Don playing around the neighborhood without Ken somewhere close by.  I thought of them as one unit!  They really got along famously, and still do to this day. I recall Don’s high school graduation.  The principal was giving out Regents’ Awards, and Don had earned one in typing which was difficult to do.  Mr Ebers commented that Don was “as cool in the typing final as he was on the football field!”  Don’s athleticism was again evident when he graduated in the top three of his class in Marine boot camp at Parris Island, again not an easy task.  I know Don as a wonderful husband to Charlotte and a loving and attentive father and grandfather.  I always told my mother-in-law, that aside from my dad, son, and dear husband (Ken), the next most special men I ever knew in my life were her other two sons, Larry and Don!

-Contributed by Carole Keeley

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We continue recounting the stories of the 4th Lucke Generation.  Now we turn to the Wilson girls – Mary Agnes, Ruth Ann and Kathleen – the daughters of Agnes and Edward Wilson.  Agnes was the 2nd child of #2 Frank and Mamie Lucke.

1941: Agnes & Ed Wilson	1950 – Mary Agnes, Kathleen, Ruth Ann		1958: Ed, Agnes, Kathleen, Ruth Ann, Mary Agnes (on floor) Wilson.
1995: Ruth Ann, Mary Agnes, Kathy On June 10, 1995, John and Mary Agnes Dorney convalidated their marriage at St. Ann’s, Shohola PA. The chalice was donated to St Ann’s by Agnes, Gertrude, Clement and spouses on Frank and Mamie Lucke’s 40th Wedding Anniversary celebrated at St Ann’s.

2012: Mike & Ruth Ann Donovan, John & Mary Agnes Dorney, Kathy & Howard Scofield (rear)

The Wilson sisters: Kathleen, Mary Agnes & Ruth Ann

 

2-2-1 MARY AGNES WILSON DORNEY

 

      I was born on November 10, 1942 in CallicoonNY, the nearest hospital to BarryvilleNY where my parents Agnes Mary Lucke and Edward Wilson lived.  Barryville is a hamlet along the Delaware River bordering the state of Pennsylvania.  Growing up in Barryville was wonderful especially since our Keeley cousins were nearby.  I attended a one room school house in Barryville for 1st grade (no Kindergarten back in those days!) and was the only girl among 5 boys.  After a year there, I went to the ‘big’ school, Eldred Central in EldredNY which is about 5 miles from Barryville.  Bus rides to and from school were lots of fun.

My father was a mechanic and had his own gas service station in Barryville which he built himself.  It stands to this day and living across the river in Shohola PA, I still go there to have my car serviced.  He also had a taxi business, Wilson’s Taxi.  My mother was the bookkeeper for both businesses.

I graduated from Eldred Central School (ECS) in 1960. After graduating from ECS, I went to The College of St Rose graduating in 1964 with a BA in Spanish.  From there, I went on to teach HS Spanish at ClarkstownHigh School in New City, NY until 1968.  During my tenure of teaching there, I married Peter Thomas Jubo and we had two lovely daughters, Denise Marie, now 45 and Karen Mary, now 42.  Denise married Anthony Riccio and I have two fantastic grandsons, Kevin Anthony – 17 and Ryan Joseph – 14.  Karen married Paul Vasiadis, no children as of yet.  What a gift they all are in my life!

While raising my family in Bayside, NY, I became a paraprofessional in a Special Education class at the school my daughters attended.  I loved the field so I returned to college after 17 years and enrolled at St John’sUniversity to pursue a Masters in Special Education, graduating in 1986.  I taught for the NYC School System from 1981 until 1987 when I returned to ‘the country’ to teach and chair the Special Education Department at my Alma Mater, ECS.  I finished my career in teaching at ECS in July of 1999.

After my divorce from Peter Thomas Jubo, I met John Joseph Raymond Dorney whom I was married to for 26 years before he went home to Our Lord on December 12, 2012, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In 1987, a Special Education teaching position opened up at ECS and John graciously went along with moving to the area of my childhood.  It took a while for us to find our niche but with time, we did and were thankful to God for bringing us to this most beautiful area. In February 2001, John and I spent a week in Haiti at Hands Together Mission helping the poorest of the poor – a life changing experience.

Retirement keeps me busy, busy and I love every minute of it!  I am very involved in my parish, St Ann’s in Shohola singing in the Choir, teaching Religion, helping with the bulletin, lectoring at daily Mass and Funeral Masses as well as doing the Lector assignments throughout the year.  Our Parish has an email prayer line which I administer (prayerlinemary@gmail.com). For 8 years, I delivered Meals On Wheels for the Office of the Aging in Pike Co. PA and did a Prison Ministry at Pike County Correctional Facility for 11 years. In July 2008, I started working two days a week for Walker Lake Landowners Association in Shohola. I am enjoying this ‘little job’ immensely!

 

MEMORIES OF MARY AGNES

      My grandmother goes out of her way for my family all the time. Many times she has taken off work in order to take me or my brother to the doctors. She is also always there for us. She always asks us about our problems and tries to help us. My brother and I really appreciate everything she does for us.

-Contributed by Kevin Riccio

      My Mom, Mary Agnes is a very special lady whom everybody loves with lots of great qualities. She is caring, full of faith, genuine, giving, kindhearted, loving and thoughtful. Mom is always there for you and will love you unconditionally no matter what. Mom always has a little something for you whenever you visit with her. You can always expect a card for whatever the occasion and you may even get a confetti surprise when you open it. I always enjoy spending time together with her. I am proud to call her my Mom. She is truly a blessing in my life and I love her with all my heart.

-Contributed by Karen Mary Vasiadis

 

1982 – Mary Agnes and John Dorney	2005 – Mary Agnes with Daughters Denise Riccio and Karen Vasiadis
2012 Ryan, Anthony, Kevin & Denise Riccio		2014 Karen & Paul Vasiadis

2-2-2 RUTH ANN WILSON DONOVAN

I was the second of 3 daughters born to Agnes Mary Lucke Wilson and Edward Alexander Wilson.  I arrived on October 28th, 1944 – born at CallicoonHospital (an actual house) about 30 miles north of Barryville, NY, where we lived.  Big sister Mary Agnes was 2 years old and took good care of her baby sister.  As I got older and could sit up in the carriage, she even fed me mud pies. (So I was told)!!

Elementary and high school were all spent at EldredCentralSchool and in 1962 I graduated as Valedictorian in a class of – would you believe? – 13!!!  Four years later I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from MolloyCatholicCollege for Women in RockvilleCenter, Long Island, presently known as MolloyCollege and now co-ed with dormitories on the premises.  I worked at Linc Corporation in White Plains, NY as a computer programmer and at Markite Corporation in Greenwich Village in the Human Resources Department (Personnel Department back then).  After our first daughter was born I was a stay at home Mom.  Raising 3 children was a full time job since my husband’s commute to Manhattan didn’t get him home until 7-730 at night.  I later became active as a Girl Scout leader.

In 1966 I met Michael John Donovan, a young man from Brooklyn who was in the country deer hunting.  I like to say he caught me instead!!  Then, on WOODSTOCK WEEKEND, August 16, 1969, we were married at St. Ann’s Church in Shohola, PA.  Many guests had trouble arriving due to the immense traffic jams on the Thruway and Route 17.  We enjoyed many peace signs on our way to the reception!!    We lived in BoroughPark, Brooklyn – off Fort Hamilton Parkway for 7 years and in 1976 we moved to Middletown, NY where we still reside.

Michael and I have 3 beautiful children.  Theresa, born on July 27, 1970, is married to Daniel Vitro and they have 3 children: Caitlin (15), Matthew (14) and Kyle (almost 9).  Elizabeth was born on February 24, 1973 and is married to Eric Fingeret.  They have 4 children: Evan (their angel in Heaven who died as an infant), Emma (10), Benjamin and Lily (8 year old twins).  Our son Michael was born on November 5, 1975 and is a very handsome bachelor and a terrific and loving Uncle to all his nieces and nephews.

In more recent years I spent time working with our parish’s Senior Ministry program driving the elderly to and from shopping and doctor appointments.  For the past 15 years I have been an adorer at our Perpetual Adoration Chapel at St JosephChurch one hour a week.  Michael retired in 2006.  We enjoy travelling, especially to visit our grandkids in Carmel, NY and Alpharetta, GA.  We spend some time on Marco Island, FL in the winter and at our condo in Lake Wallenpaupack, PA.

I am so thankful to have descended from wonderful grandparents and parents and to still have the company of my 2 wonderful sisters, my loving husband Michael, our 3 outstanding children, 6 adoring grandchildren and our special Angel in heaven watching over all of us.

On another note, our grandson Matthew is quite a baseball player.  As Larry mentioned in the previous issue, I guess it’s in those Lucke genes!

Ruth Ann Donovan, died 2/4/19 at age 74 in Middletown NY. 

Ruth Ann Donovan

      After being married to this beautiful and extraordinary woman for 49 1/2 years let me fill you in on how I luckily came to meet her in 1966 on a Thanksgiving weekend at Rohman’s Inn in Shohola, PA. I was with two friends from Brooklyn whose names both happen to be Larry, Larry L and Larry C.  We were up hunting and stayed at Kelly’s motel in Narrowsburg, NY.  We were each given pins for our hats for ID and I always knew that that pin was special and I still have it 53 years later. Larry L told me that he was going to take me to a special bar in Shohola, PA where the clock went backwards and the stools at the bar could be pulled out although they were still anchored to the floor and that the place had been there since the Civil War.  He also said that you could tie your horse up outside and then I knew he was stretching it.

      Upon arriving, we were greeted by a nice waiter who cleaned the table off and mentioned to us that there were two nice girls sitting by themselves at a table. I went over to them and introduced myself and asked them if we could join them, but also advised them that there were three of us. Little did I know that they were sisters. When Ruth Ann realized that we were here hunting she emphasized that her dad was an avid hunter and possessed a lot of rifles.  I knew then that we better be gentlemen and make certain that we get both of these ladies home safely.  When we dropped them off in Barryville, NY which is just across the bridge from Shohola, I asked her for her phone number and she was reluctant at first but she did oblige and it took a while for me to get up the courage to call her which I finally did. We began our courtship in 1967, were engaged Easter weekend 1968 and married 8/16 /69. She would always tell me that God sent me to her but I’d always remind her that he also sent her to me.

In celebration of her life:

• She was born in Callicoon, NY on October 28, 1944;one week after me. She grew up in Barryville, NY, which is a stone’s throw across the Delaware River from Shohola, She graduated from Eldred High School and was the valedictorian in a class of 13. She graduated from Molloy College with a BA in Mathematics. She worked for Link in White Plains as a computer programmer and also worked for Markite in NYC
• After her major surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering in February, 1979 and when she completed her 5 weeks of radiation she began speech therapy here at the old Horton Memorial Hospital in Middletown under the tutelage of Susan Issacson. She was able to quickly master esophageal speech without use of any devise and at Susan’s request she would visit mainly male patients at the hospital who were also total laryngectomies to encourage, coach and give them hope in their plight to improve their own individual situations.
• She raised three beautiful children: Theresa, Elizabeth & Michael and she inherited two sons-in-law through marriage: Danny and Eric whom she loved and adored.
• She has two sisters, Mary & Kathy who she loved and was very close with as she saw and contacted them on a regular basis.
• She has 6 beautiful grandchildren: Caitlin, Emma, Lily, Matthew, Kyle and Ben, beside 1 beautiful angel in heaven, Evan, who was given to us by God for two months.
• She was a scout leader when her daughters were in the Girl Scouts
• She was a loyal adorer and guardian at St Joseph’s Blessed Sacrament Chapel for many years and passed the baton to me when her health began failing.
• She was a voracious reader of books and always enjoyed a good novel.
• She enjoyed doing crossword puzzles and was proficient at solving them.
• She enjoyed watching the soap operas.
• She and her two sisters would regularly attend an annual retreat at Graymoor in Garrison, NY where they would reconnect with a couple of nuns whom they’ve known for many years.
• She was very religious through her regular devotion to both the Blessed Mother and the Sacred Heart.
• She was excellent handling finances especially on one salary once she stopped working and became a homemaker. I would always commend her and call her the CFO of the family.
• She enjoyed our visit to Hawaii along with regular visits to our hideaway in Lake Wallenpaupack, PA for 26 years.
• She enjoyed our winter visits to Marco Island, FL since it also enabled us to visit our daughter, Elizabeth and her family in Georgia after they had moved from Williamsville, NY near Buffalo.
• She enjoyed her summer visits to the Forestburg Playhouse with her sister Mary and saw many excellent plays.

To my beloved wife: Love is being married to your best friend, sharing time together and enjoying one another’s company. Love is you and me! You were the light of my life and the wind beneath my sail. Thank you for accepting my request to join you and your sister that memorable evening at Rohman’s Inn in Shohola PA. May you rest in peace and may your soul and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. -Michael Donovan

      It is with a heavy heart that I let you know that my sister Ruth Ann for whom we have been praying went home to Our Dear Jesus on February 8, 2019. She is finally at peace resting in the arms of Jesus. Ruth Ann was the dearest sister and I will miss her terribly. How blessed I am to have so many precious memories of our time together here on earth. I will cherish them always keeping her close to my heart. Kindly pray for husband Michael and her children Theresa & husband Danny Vitro, Elizabeth & husband Eric Fingeret, Michael as well as her six grandchildren as they mourn her physical presence among them. Eternal rest grant unto Ruth Ann and may her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace, Amen. God bless you for all your prayers during her struggles which she endured with grace for so many years. -Mary Agnes Dorney

      Most people think their sisters are special and it is no different with how I feel about my sister, Ruth Ann.  We shared the same room growing up as teenagers, we lived together in Flushing after her graduation from college and mine from secretarial school, and lived close during our married lives.  Her determination when she had her first bout with cancer was courageous especially since she had three young children at the time.  She was fortunate to have a wonderful and supportive husband, Michael at that time and throughout their marriage. Our faith and trust in God that she so faithfully believed in tells us that she is at peace with God and the Blessed Mother in Heaven and is with Mom and Dad and her grandson, Evan. – Kathleen Scofield

  

1969 Ruth Ann & Michael	Michael , Theresa & Elizabeth		Ruth Ann & Michael Donovan with Grandchildren
Theresa, Kyle, Matthew, Dan & Caitlin Vitro		Lily, Elizabeth, Eric, Benjamin & Emma Fingeret

MEMORIES

The importance of family. That is what our Mom, Ruth Ann Wilson Donovan, has taught us over the years. As a child, we remember all the weekend trips we took to Yulan, NY to visit her mom, Grandma Agnes Wilson.  Playing on huge piles of snow, walking through the woods behind Grandma’s house and going to the playground are just a few of the fun things we used to do! Mom would also make sure we spent a lot of time with our aunts and cousins. We remember spending many summers at Aunt Mary’s house in Bayside, Queens with our cousins Denise and Karen. Growing up there was a lot of fun at family barbecues at Aunt Kathy’s house where we played badminton and horseshoes.

Now that the years have passed, our mother has 7 grandchildren. She enjoys her trips to Georgia to visit and spend time with Emma, Lily and Ben. Ben says, “She is sweet and the best grandma ever!” Emma says, “She is funny and makes me laugh,” and Lily says, “She is the best Grandma ever!” Caitlin always looks forward to their yearly shopping spree! Matthew and Kyle appreciate all the times she comes to their sporting events to cheer them on! We love you Mom/Grandma and thank you for all the wonderful memories!

-Contributed by: Theresa Vitro and Elizabeth Fingeret (Ruth Ann’s daughters) and Caitlin, Matthew, Kyle, Emma, Lily and Ben (Ruth Ann’s grandkids)

Theresa, Michael, Michael, Elizabeth, Ruth Ann

Michael & Ruth Ann with Grandchildren: Caitlin, Emma, Lily, Ben, Matthew, Kyle

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2-2-3 KATHLEEN VICTORIA WILSON SCOFIELD

I am the “baby” of three daughters born to Agnes Mary Lucke Wilson and Edward Alexander Wilson.  I married Howard Daniel Scofield on August 21, 1982 at St Ann’s Church in Shohola, PA.  We have two children.  Danielle was born on July 5, 1984.  She is now married to Jeffrey Justino.  Danielle has received her Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and is working toward a degree in Chemistry.  Christina was born on March 13, 1987.  She recently graduated from OrangeCountyCommunity College with a Nursing Degree and is studying for her State Boards.

I was born September 17, 1947 in Port Jervis, NY at St Francis Hospital.  My two sisters Mary Agnes Wilson Dorney and Ruth Ann Wilson Donovan were already here.  We lived in Barryville, NY and right next to Wilson’s Gas Station which my father owned.  He also ran Wilson’s Taxi and used to go to Shohola across the river to meet the train and transport the City folks.  It was a small town and was the best place to have grown up.  You knew everyone and life was simple.  The Keeley boys and Aunt Gertrude (Agnes’ sister) and Uncle Larry lived across the river in Shohola, PA.  We were very close and did everything together, especially Kenneth.  I remember studying with Kenneth for tests and he would say he would fail, but lo and behold he always got a better grade than I did!!!!

I remember going over to their house and Uncle Larry would smoke eels in their smokehouse.  On New Year’s Day, we always celebrated together at Liefert’s Bar, a local pizza place.  What fun we had!!!  Growing up, my dad had the 8 millimeter movie camera and we had many, many parties, etc. which we had made into a video (I know Mary Agnes has since put it on a DVD).  Lots of pictures of parties, especially my father’s “Venison” parties (cooking Venison was done on top of stove with lots of oil which splashed all over my mother’s stove and cabinets), and our vacation trips to Niagara Falls.

I also remember going to visit our Lucke family (my Uncle Clement – Mother’s brother – and his wife, Aunt Madeline) and our cousins (especially Cecilia) in SheepsheadBay and their bungalow in the Rockaways.  I remember having morning breakfast in Brooklyn consisting of lox, bagels and cream cheese and to us country folks that was a great treat!!

Woodhaven where our grandparents (Frank and Mary Cramer Lucke) lived has great memories.  Just coming down to the “City” for us was a great treat, seeing the subway trains and all the people.

I graduated from high school in 1965 and attended BerkeleyBusinessSchool in White Plains for two years.  After that my sister Ruth Ann and I got an apartment together in Flushing, NY and I got a secretarial job in New York City with Richardson & Merrill, a pharmaceutical company.  In 1967 I landed a secretarial job at Celanese Corporation and worked there until 1984.  Part of my secretarial duties was working with the Board of Directors and each year the company held their annual meeting in a different city.  I was able to go on these trips to set up the meeting and was able to see many places.

Ruth Ann and I enjoyed living in Flushing together.  Ruth Ann would wake me up in the middle of the night saying she heard noises and always made me get up and go look to see if we found anything.  I really just wanted to stay under the covers, figuring if someone was in the apartment, they wouldn’t notice us!!!  We lived together until she got married in 1969.  I continued living there until I married Howard in 1982 and moved to his house in Newburgh, NY, back to the country.  I did keep the apartment for a couple of years; we stayed there during the week while we both worked in the City, and came to Newburgh on the weekends.

I stopped working in the City when Danielle was born in 1984.  Christina was born in 1987.  I was fortunate enough to be able to stay home while they were young.  Once the girls were in school, I went back to work part-time with the same company Celanese, who had a satellite office in Middletown (20 minutes from Newburgh).  Once that ended, I got a full-time job in Newburgh with Finkelstein & Partners, a personal injury law firm and am still working there at present.

I have bowled on a bowling league (my father was a good bowler) for many years; and volunteer at our Church’s food pantry.  Another memory.  Dad used to come home with bottles of whiskey at the end of the bowling season until my mother found out you could have a choice –- either the whiskey or a trophy.  From then on, he brought home the trophy!!!  We still have those trophies.

1982 Kathy & Howard Scofield 1982 – Kathy & Howard Scofield’s Wedding	2008 – Kathy & Howard	2014 – Howard, Danielle & Jeff Justino, Christina & Kathy

2014:  Michael Donovan, Kathy Scofield, Ruth Ann Donovan, Christina & Howard Scofield,

Michael, Mary Agnes Dorney, Danielle Justino at Christina’s Graduation from Nursing School

MEMORIES OF MOMMY

Our mother, Kathleen Wilson Scofield, is a very loving, caring, and compassionate person.  People think it’s strange, but to this day we still call her “Mommy.”  Growing up, she was always very involved in our educational and extracurricular activities.  She came to all of our concerts, school trips, Christina’s track meets and soccer games, and to all of my softball games and Girl Scout meetings.  Then we would go for ice cream afterwards!  She always stayed to watch our baton and gymnastics practices and brought us wherever we needed to go for competitions.  We have fond memories of our vacations in Lake George, where Christina and I enjoyed riding the roller coasters.  My dad would hold all of the bags while our mother came on all of the roller coasters with us!  We would cook breakfast together in the mornings and spend some days relaxing by the pool or in the hammock under the trees.

She has always supported and helped us to accomplish whatever we wanted to do in life.  My mother taught us that we could be whatever we wanted to be.   Christina just graduated from NursingSchool and I am finishing my Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Science.  She was there for us through it all and has helped to raise two strong, independent women.

She helped to take care of our grandma, Agnes Wilson, who lived with us for many years.  She worked and still took care of us and my grandmother.  We were able to have a close relationship with our grandmother because of this and it helped to show us the importance of family.   She is a wonderful person with a huge heart.  She is one of the hardest workers that I know and we have both learned a lot from her.  She is a very special person and we are lucky to have her as our mother!

-Contributed by Danielle Scofield Justino and Christina Scofield

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WILSON GIRLS’ CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

Looking back, although we didn’t always appreciate it, growing up in a small town in the 1950’s and 1960’s was HEAVEN ON EARTH!!!

Our beginnings started in Agnes and Eddie’s HONEYMOON BUNGALOW in Barryville, New York where Mary Agnes and Ruth Ann roamed in the vegetable garden and played in the surrounding woods.  Eventually we moved to a bigger house across the road where our father built his gas station in the 1940’s.  The house had to be moved back several feet in order to make room for the gas station.  Then, along came Kathy!!  As work progressed on the station, Mary Agnes and Ruth Ann liked to investigate, which led to Ruth Ann’s wrist being cut and needing 5 stitches.  During a baby shower at the house Kathy enjoyed eating all the alcohol soaked cherries in the punch and enjoyed the buzz!!  And then there was Mary Agnes who got punished periodically, was sent to her room and would drop down paper messages through the heating grate in her room.

The many memories of our home include delicious venison parties, sleepovers with friends, playing for hours on the back porch and piano practicing in the living room.  Since Routes 17 and 84 were not in existence then, one of our Sunday enjoyments in the summer was sitting on the front porch counting cars going to the local camps for visiting day and watching Army caravans travelling to Camp Drum.

Time spent in the gas station included drinking Yoo-Hoos, riding up and down the lift, pumping gas and standing around the coal stove in the winter waiting for the school bus.

Since our Dad also had a Taxi business, Mary Agnes and Ruth Ann eventually got chauffer licenses and helped out during the summer months.  Thanks to Mom, who kept the books, things ran very smoothly in both businesses.

Fond memories include walking on River Road along the Delaware River to swim at Traver’s Beach stopping along the way to swing on the two-seater swing at the Spring House Boarding House.  If you walked along River Road at night, the bats would keep you company!!  We also swam in WashingtonLake, HighlandLake and our neighbor’s pool.

All three of us graduated from EldredCentralSchool in Eldred, NY and received our Sacraments in St Ann’s Parish across the Delaware River in Shohola, PA where our Keeley cousins lived.   Every Saturday Mom made sure we headed to St Ann’s for our weekly confession.  St Ann’s was a very important part of our formative years.

During the summers the three of us, as well as Mom, worked at the local boarding houses and met a lot of interesting people.  Dad’s taxi would bring a lot of the people to the boarding houses who had traveled to the country via the Erie Railroad.  Part of our entertainment during this time was going to the local movie theater where you could see a double feature for 50 cents.  We also enjoyed going to Frank’s Diner and Eckhart’s Store for ice cream and penny candy.

How blessed we were to have such loving parents and we are most grateful for the memories of growing up in Barryville.

-Contributed by Mary Agnes Wilson Dorney, Ruth Ann Wilson Donovan, Kathleen Victoria Wilson Scofield

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WILSON GIRLS’ MEMORIES OF FRANK & MAMIE LUCKE

Remembering Grandma and Grandpa Lucke brings joy to our hearts.  We were very blessed to have them as grandparents.  Many memories come to mind starting with them living in Woodhaven, NY at 86-13 89th Street.  Most of our trips were by car; however, a lot of times we took the train from Shohola, PA to Hoboken, NJ where we would take the ferry across to NYC and then the elevated train to Woodhaven.   Upon returning, Grandpa Lucke would make sure we were at Penn Station an hour ahead of time because part of his nature was being prompt.  In later years he would also encourage us to get to Mass ahead of time.

Grandma and Grandpa lived with Uncle Mike Ebert who was married to Grandma’s sister who had passed away.  Grandma and Grandpa had a lovely neighbor downstairs, Florence, who was blind and very kind to us.  Gail lived across the street, was young like us and would play with us when we came to visit.  Dominos was a favorite game to play when we visited.  At Christmas time a very large and beautiful Nativity set was displayed on their buffet.

Many times Grandma would take us shopping individually to Jamaica, NY where she treated us to nice things.  Riding the elevated train was such a treat!!  Since Grandpa worked in downtown Brooklyn, we would always look forward to his return home meeting him at the Circus Bar on the corner.  During the times when we and the Keeley’s were there, sleeping arrangements included blankets and pillows strewn across the living room floor where we had more fun having pillow fights than sleeping.

Eventually Grandma and Grandpa moved to Shohola, PA where we got to see them more often.  We would enjoy Grandma’s cooking and Grandpa’s joking.  Grandpa always blessed the cook and to this day it is part of our Grace Before Meals.  When anyone’s cooking was exceptional, Grandpa would say “It tastes like more”.  When riding around the country roads and we came upon a cemetery, Grandpa would ask us how many people were dead in the cemetery.  We would try to count all the tombstones upon which Grandpa would announce that we were all wrong because everyone in the cemetery was dead!!  We will always cherish our memories of Grandma and Grandpa Lucke.

-Contributed by Mary Agnes Wilson Dorney, Ruth Ann Wilson Donovan, Kathleen Victoria Wilson Scofield

MEMORIES

I vividly remember riding in the car with my father to pick up Grandma and Pop Lucke. I believe that it was for a Sunday or holiday dinner. I was so excited to make this “long” trip to Woodhaven Blvd. I remember their apartment and how the rooms ran one after the other in a row.

Our family didn’t do a lot of traveling. However, we did make a few trips to Barryville, NY and Shohola, PA. Again, as I remember it, this was an exciting time for us. We so enjoyed going to see our cousins and being “in the country”.

Eventually, Grandma and Pop Lucke moved to Shohola.  I remember a funny story from the time they were getting ready to move. They were visiting us and discussing the move. I don’t think Pop was particularly happy about the whole thing. Grandma was encouraging him, saying that he would be able to relax and just enjoy counting the trains as they went by. He calmly replied that he wasn’t going to get many counted because after he counted one he was going to have to wait three hours for the next one to come by!!  I remember the weddings of Fran and Larry, Carole and Ken, Charlotte and Don, Mary Agnes and Pete, Ruth Ann and Mike and Kathy and Howard. They were times to enjoy and catch up!  One last thing I’d like to mention is swimming in the Delaware River during our visits upstate. I think I especially enjoyed it because I didn’t have to worry about getting hit with those ocean waves. I commiserated with Ken when I read his “wave story”. My family stayed at our bungalow each summer for about fifteen years. We all know that feeling of being at the mercy of an ocean wave! Even better than the Delaware River was when the Wilsons’ friend across the street (Shirley) got a swimming pool!!

-Contributed by Cecilia Lucke Guerand

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#3 LEO – THE FOURTH GENERATION

In 2014 we started the stories of Caspar and Mary’s great-grandchildren (the 4^th Generation), starting with #2 Frank.  Now we move on to #3 Leo.  #3 Leo and Mary Karl Lucke had 3 children: Mary Josephine (Mae), Edward Casper and Leo Francis. Mae and Leo never married; Edward and Madeline Flannery had one child, Patricia, born October 28, 1949.  Patricia married Daniel Galligan; they have one child, Casey, born May 31, 1973.  Casey married Allison Hayhurst on May 8, 1999; they have two children: Sarah, born March 22, 2002 James, born May 4, 2005.

3-2-1 PATRICIA LUCKE GALLIGAN

I recently retired from the East Meadow school district after 27 years of teaching math in the middle school. I love retirement. My favorite weekly activity is traveling to Bronxville where my son, Casey and Allison have a home. I offer to help to our grandchildren, Sarah (13) and James (almost 10) with their math homework.  It is my favorite past time to do. Dan and I are also the babysitter for their Labradoodle when the go on vacation or are having work done in their home. Sammy is the cutest dog ever! I play Canasta with fellow retirees and with some of my friends in Garden City. The rest of the week is filled with going to the gym for water aerobics and doing errands. Dan is still working and still enjoys his job. Casey and Allie were married May 8, 1999. Their daughter, Sarah was born March 22 2002.  James came along 3 years later on May 4, 2005. Both kids are very active. Sarah is on the soccer, basketball and lacrosse teams at UrsulineSchool in New Rochelle. James is a competitive swimmer with the NYAC, and plays basketball for The Chapel School. He also enjoys flag football and loves soccer. Dan and I love to spend our vacations in Turks and Caicos. This past winter I spent a week in Florida with my girlfriend and Dan joined me the following week when she went home to her family. I hope this gives a snapshot of our lives here.

Contributed by Patricia Galligan

Casey, Patricia & Dan Galligan

at the Lucke Family Picnic 1993

Patricia and Dan Galligan at Sarah’s First Communion

Allison, Casey, James and Sarah Galligan

CONNECTION TO THE LUCKE FAMILY

from Peg Franco (shown below with Mary Agnes Dorney at the Lucke Family Picnic)

 

Mary Karl Lucke (1882-1957), wife of Leo Lucke is the sister of my grandmother “Nellie” (Petronella Karl) Eifler. Nellie and Adam Eifler had 10 children which included Margaret (my Mother) and Raymond (my cousin, Diane’s Father).

While searching online, my cousin, Diane Casella, found the Lucke Family website with the stories and address list. We each selected a different person on that list hoping to make a connection with the Lucke family. Thanks to Diane, we were successful. Mary Agnes Dorney and Bob Campbell called me and we finally met at the 2015 Lucke Family Picnic!  How delightful! The Lucke Family was so welcoming that I felt that I had always known everyone – like a true reunion! At the picnic, we shared stories, family charts, and photos.

Here is a brief family tree:

Nellie Karl (1878-1973) married Adam Eifler (1877-1958). Their daughter Margaret (1907- 2000) married John Kingston (1903-2002). Their children: #1 John (1934-1934); #2 Eileen (1935-1986 married Peter O’Connor, they had 2 children and 2 grandchildren; #3 Margaret (Peg) (1938) married Lou Franco (1931-1997), they had 4 children and 6 grandchildren; #4 Vincent (1940) married Eleanor Thornton (deceased), they had 2 children.

At the present time, some of my activities include caring for 2 grandchildren after school, serving as a Lector and Eucharistic Minister and facilitating a Bible study group at Sacred heart Church in Bayside Queens, N.Y, participating in a book club, playing scrabble at the Leisure Club at Sacred Heart Church, swimming when I can at the YMCA, driving everyone crazy with searching the family histories, and doing the usual household stuff. Praise the Lord- Life is Good.

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Continuing the stories of the 4^th Generation, we turn now to #5 Elsie and Joe Bond. They had 3 children: Virginia, Joe Jr and Ken. 

 

5-1Virginia’s Family Tree

 

Virginia Lee Bond b. 2-Apr-1922 d. 22-Jan-2001, m. Robert Paul Hoerning b. 11-Oct-1916 d. 1-Sep-1984, m. Julian Ferguson b. 19-Nov-1918 d. 26-Sep-1989

• Robert Paul Hoerning Jr b. 26-Jan-1944 d. 25-Mar-1967
• Richard Peter Hoerning b. 17-Oct-1947
• Bruce Edward Hoerning b. 7-Jun-1953 m. 17-Oct-1981 Roxanne Williams b. 7-Feb-1952 d. 4-Nov-2013
  • Shawna Marie Hoerning b. 6-Aug-1970 m. 20-Sep-1992 Andrew Lee Devoe b. 03-Mar-1957; they have 2 children: Kelsey Lee Devoe b. 20-Jul-1994 and Madison Reeves Devoe b. 7-Jul-1996
  • Jeremy David Hoerning b. 30-Aug-1972 m. 13-Jan-2007 Stacey Lee Herbert b. 10-Aug-1971; they have 1 child: Courtney Marie Palardy 13-Jan-1998

 

4th Generation

 

5-1-1 Robert Paul Hoerning Jr

 

    Bobby was born January 26, 1944 in New Rochelle, NY.  Little Bobby was the first of the Hoerning boys and was lucky enough to be one of the first families to move to Levittown in 1948.  There was even an article done in the local newspaper about them living in Levittown.  Bobby attended Levittown Elementary and Wappinger Falls high school where he was a basketball star.  In 1963, after graduating high school Bobby entered the Air Force.  He spent the next 4 years training and working as an airport fireman.  Bobby was discharged from the Air Force in January 1967 and returned home to Long Island only to die tragically in a car accident on March 25, 1967 in Wappinger Falls. NY.

 

5-1-2 Richard Peter Hoerning

 

Richard was born on October 17, 1947, in New Rochelle, NY. He attended St Mary’s School in Wappingers Falls.  In 1963 the family moved to Long Island where Richard attended St Pius X Preparatory Seminary, Uniondale, Cathedral College, Brooklyn, and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington.  He was ordained a Priest for the Diocese of Rockville Centre on May 26, 1973.

 

    Father Richard first served at St Mary’s Church, Manhasset, from 1973 to 1978 and then was assigned to the faculty at St Pius X Preparatory Seminary. He served as associate pastor of St Peter the Apostle, Islip Terrace, from 1981 to 1986, then as associate pastor of Infant Jesus, Port Jefferson, from 1986 to 1989, and as associate pastor of St Anthony of Padua, Northport from 1989 until being appointed pastor in 1990.  In 2002 he was appointed pastor of St Anthony of Padua, Rocky Point and in 2014 pastor of St Agnes, Greenport.

 

5-1-3 Bruce Edward Hoerning

 

    I was born June 7, 1953 in Rockville Center, NY, making me the youngest of the three Hoerning boys.  I moved to California in July 1977 and I quickly found a job as an auto mechanic in a Pontiac dealership.  I have worked for TRW, Motorola, Filtec and I just retired in 2013 as Facilities Director from El Camino College.

    I met Roxanne Williams shortly after moving to California and it was love at first sight.  We were married on October 17, 1981, just 10 short months after meeting.

    In March of 1984 I became the legal father of Roxanne’s two children Shawna (age 13 at the time) and Jeremy (age 11 at the time).

    As a family our favorite thing to do together was to go camping and ride our dirt bikes.  We spent many summers camping at Bass Lake and many holidays in the desert, riding our dirt bikes.

    Roxanne and I were married for 32 years till she died in 2013 of metastasized breast cancer.  I have been spending my retirement traveling and meeting lots of new people.

    Shawna is married to Andy Devoe and they will be celebrating their 24th wedding anniversary this September.  Shawna is an elementary school teacher and Andy works for American Honda Motor Co.  Their daughter Kelsey is 22 and she has just finished her bachelor’s degree by finishing her last semester studying abroad in Leicester, England.   She will be spending the rest of her summer backpacking through Europe only to return in late August to start her Master’s program.  She is an English Lit major and is looking forward to one day teaching her own college courses.  Their younger daughter Madison is 20 years old and she is a licensed cosmetologist.  She spent a year out of high school studying at Paul Mitchell and got her license last September.  She has also attended a James Ryder boot camp for make-up and has had her make-up and hair work published in the LA Weekly magazine.

    Jeremy married Stacey Herbert on January 13, 2007.  They will be spending their 10^th wedding anniversary in Hawaii.  Jeremy and Stacey live in New Hampshire where Jeremy is a District Service Rep for American Honda Motor Co and Stacey works for the local Lexus dealership.  Their daughter Courtney just turned 18 and graduated from High School.  She’s all set to attend Southern New Hampshire Community College in the fall.

    My mom [Ginnie] was so excited to finally be a grandmother in 1981 but she was over the moon to become a great-grandmother to Kelsey and Madison.  I just wish she could see now, how great her little family has become.

Roxanne Williams Hoerning

 

    Roxanne was born February 7, 1952 and raised in Tujunga, CA where she attended Verdugo High under the nickname “Beanie”. She moved to the South Bay in the early 70’s with Shawna and Jeremy. In 1980 she married Bruce, the love of her life.

    While working for Bridgestone Tire Co. and American Honda Motor Co. she earned her Bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University. Roxanne retired from American Honda Motor Co. after 27 years. Roxanne was passionate about organizing, crafting, decorating and gardening. She enjoyed volunteering at her church by helping in the garden club and writing the “Spirit Speaks” newsletter. At church she made some amazing friends and learned how to mentally fight the cancer that was attacking her body. She loved to travel, throw parties, and play games. Roxanne enjoyed any activity that involved family and friends. There was never a day that went by that she did not try to make extra special for someone, a note, a kiss, a visit, a gift, a call, a card.

    Roxanne died November 4, 2013 in Torrance CA. 

 

MEMORIES OF RICHIE AND BRUCE

 When Kelsey was born in 1994 Andy and I lived in New Hampshire. Andy and I would drive down to Long Island on occasion and visit my grandma (Virginia).  The first time we visited with newborn little Kelsey my grandma of course was over the moon and couldn’t get enough of her, she would hold her, and feed her and talk goo goo to her and Richie would try to do the same.  He would pick Kelsey up and Kelsey would move funny or make a funny noise and he would freeze and look at me and say “Is she okay?” “Is that okay?”  You could tell he really wanted to hold her and do it right but he was so nervous and unsure. It was pretty funny to watch!

     I don’t see my uncle Richie often.  We used to see each other more, but lately, not so much.  The last time I saw Richie was the most meaningful.  You see, on a day that was emotionally draining, running in slow motion and completely unreal, Richie was there.  It was the day of my mom’s Celebration of Life Party.  There were so many people and so much going on but what I remember most of all was Richie.  He was there, by my side much of that day, just making sure I was okay.  He sat next to me when people were getting up and talking about my mom.  Richie was there, making sure I was okay.

       For my 13^th birthday we were camping at Lake Tahoe. Instead of having a campground-made birthday dinner, we put on our best camping clothes and headed to the local casino/hotel for a nice dinner. However on the way there we ran out of gas.  We were in the truck with a camper in a left hand turn lane on a slight hill (going up).  Bruce all of a sudden yells “everyone out and push” so mom, Jeremy and I all get out, in our finest camping clothes and we push this behemoth up a hill through an intersection to get gas.  Needless to say it was a memorable 13^th birthday. 

-Contributed by Shawna Devoe

 

MEMORIES OF FATHER RICHARD

     The Campbells were always invited to the Hoerning celebrations on Long Island.  We were there at Father Richard’s Ordination as a Priest in 1978, at St Mary’s Church in East Islip.  The reception followed at LaGrange Restaurant.

    At the 1978 Lucke Family Picnic at Valley Stream State Park, Father Richard attended with his Mother and Step-father, Ferg. Richard said Mass for us all.  A blessed day indeed!

    Richard and Bruce arranged a marvelous party for their Mother, Ginnie on her 75th Birthday in 1997. It was celebrated at St Anthony Church in Northport where we met the California Cousins (Ken, Roxanne, Shawna and Andy) for the first time.

    In 1998, I was invited to assist as Deacon at Richard’s 25th Anniversary of his Ordination. It was also held at St Anthony’s, with a parish celebration following; I remember Richard dressed in a red apron (it was Pentecost!) and helping with the serving – at his own party!  Then family and friends travelled by bus to Port Washington, where we boarded the M/V Sterling for a 4-hour Dinner Cruise around Manhattan. What a wonderful time we all had – especially Ginnie who was simply beaming all day!!

-Contributed by Bob Campbell

 

    We continue sharing the stories of #5 Elsie’s grandchildren.  Now we will feature the 3 daughters of Joe (Bud) and Peggy Bond: Patricia, Barbara and Susan

5-2 Joe Bond Jr’s Family Tree

 Joseph Vincent Bond Jr, born 2-Mar-1924 in Brooklyn NY (son of Joseph Vincent Bond Sr and #5 Elsie Lucke), baptized in Holy Innocents, Brooklyn NY, died 3-Sep-1998 in Bay Shore NY, buried 8-Sep-1998 in Calverton Cemetery, LI, NY.  He married (1) Margaret (Peggy) Gaiser, 12-Jan-1945, born 2-Jul-1922 in New York City NY.  They were divorced in 1961.  He married (2) Tina Roberts Malchusky, born 18-Mar-1921.  They were separated in 1997. Joe and Peggy had 3 daughters: Patricia Anne, Barbara Lynn and Susan Katherine

 4th Generation

 5-2-1 Patricia Anne Bond, born 19-Feb-1947 in New Rochelle NY, baptized in St Catherine’s, Pelham NY.  She married James Michael McInerny, 18-Apr-1978, born 16-May-1947 in Battlecreek, MI.  They were divorced on 31-Dec-1999.  Patty and James have one son, Scott. Patricia lives in Temecula CA.

5-2-2 Barbara Lynn Bond, born 6-Jul-1950 in Amityville NY. Barbara lives in Tarzania CA.

5-2-3 Susan Katherine Bond, born 20-Nov-1952 in Amityville, NY.  She married Joseph Wes Leggio, 31-Dec-1982 in Bay Shore NY. Joe was born 22-Jul-1958 in Bay Shore NY, baptized in St Patrick’s, Bay Shore NY.  They had 5 children: Casey, Courtney, Shaun, Kristie and Kaitlin. Susan and Wes live in Bay Shore NY.

5-2-1 Patricia Anne Bond McInerny

    

I was born in New Rochelle, moved to Levittown and then to West Babylon. I attended West Babylon High School and went to Adelphi Suffolk College where I got my BA in Education. I went to Adelphi University for my Masters degree. I taught in Islip School District for 3 years before making my BIG move to California in 1972.  I substitute taught for 3 years but not being able to get a contract job I started working retail at Broadway Department Stores, then on to Buffums Department Store.  Finally New York and California were able to agree on my teaching credits and I was able to begin clearing my credentials to work full time. In the meantime I met and married Jim McInerny and had a son, Scott. We moved to Temecula in 1992, settled in and got a divorce. I was able to teach full-time by then and was hired by Elsinore School District where I have been for 15 years now, teaching 5^th and now 2^nd grade.

    I love to read historical and Christian fiction, walk along the lovely walking trails in my area, visiting the beach and to travel. I have been to New Zealand three times, exploring from the north tip at Cape Reinga to the end of the south island at Invercargil. I love God’s handiwork on these islands. The scenery is just breathtaking and the people from around the world are a delight to talk with and share stories with. I came home from my first trip there and was baptized 8/29/06, knowing God’s glory and majesty.

    I love spending time with my cousins and family whenever we can get together. My son, Scott, works as a restaurant manager in San Diego and we get together as often as schedules permit. Thank goodness for texting!

    I will continue to work as long as possible to be able to finance more travel adventures.

 

5^th & 6^th Generations

5-2-1-1 Scott Joseph McInerny, born 22-Mar-1981, baptized 7-Jun-1981 in St Pancratius, Lakewood CA.

5-2-3-1 Casey Shannon Leggio, born 13-Nov-1973 in Canoga Park CA, baptized 10-Feb-1974 in St Cyril of Jerusalem, Encino CA.  She married Todd William DeNatalie, 20-Aug-2005 in Sayville NY, born 28-Dec-1969 in Bay Shore NY, baptized in St Patrick’s, Bay Shore NY.  They have 3 daughters:

• Abigail Cara DeNatalie, born 9-May-2008 in Bay Shore NY, baptized 29-Sep-2008 in St Patrick’s, Bay Shore NY.
• Hannah Cora DeNatalie, born 1-Dec-2009 in Bay Shore NY, baptized 18-Apr-2010 in St Patrick’s, Bay Shore NY.
• Zoey Louise DeNatalie, born 15-Nov-2013 in West Islip NY, baptized 12-Apr-2014.

5-2-3-2 Courtney Renee Leggio, born 26-Mar-1976 in Newport Beach, CA, baptized 6-Nov-1983 in St Patrick’s, Bay Shore, died 29-Feb-2004 in Lindenhurst NY. Courtney had one daughter:

• Breanna Elizabeth Pepito, born 17-Dec-1994 in Patchogue NY, baptized in St Mary’s, East Islip NY.

5-2-3-3 Shaun Timothy Leggio, born 6-Jul-1977 in Willow CA, baptized 6-Nov-1983 in St Patrick’s, Bay Shore NY.  He married Karen Lynn Kells, 18-Aug-2006 in Sayville NY, born 11-Jan-1980 in Plainview NY, baptized in Cross of Christ, Babylon NY. Shaun and Karen have 3 children:

• Skyla Jasmine Leggio born 26-Dec-2002 in Port Jefferson NY, baptized in Sayville NY.
• Shaun Timothy Leggio Jr, born 5-Mar-2004 in West Islip NY, baptized 14-Aug-2004 in Sayville NY.
• Juliana Lynn Leggio, born 1-Apr-2009 in West Islip NY, baptized 23-Aug-2009 in Sayville NY.

5-2-3-4 Kristie Lynn Leggio, born 24-Mar-1983 in West Islip, NY, baptized 10-Jul-1983 in St Patrick’s, Bay Shore NY.

5-2-3-5 Kaitlin Samantha Leggio, born 5-Jan-1987 in West Islip NY, baptized 9-Aug-1987 in St Patrick’s, Bay Shore NY.

5-3 Ken’s Tree

 Francis Kenneth Bond, born 30-Nov-1927 in New Rochelle, NY, married Dolores Rita Burgan on 12-Aug-1950 in Our Lady of Victory, Compton CA.  Dolores (Doe) was born 21-Sep-1928 in Chicago, IL, and died 11-Nov-2004 in Hemet CA.  They have 3 children.

5-3-1 Nora June Bond, born 8-Mar-1952 in Artesia, CA, married John Young, 27-Mar-1971 in St Bruno, Whittier CA: John was born 26-Feb-1950 and died 31-Oct-1986. They have 2 children:

• Paulette Marie Young, born 19-Jan-1972 in Whittier, CA, married Thomas James Engel, 15-Oct-2006; Tom was born 19-Jan-1971. They have 1 child: Paige Frances, born 26-Jun-2008 in Orange County CA.
• James Robert Young, born 20-Oct-1973 in Whittier, CA, married Kathleen Ann Dewar, 19-Oct-2003; Kathleen was born 22-Apr-1970. They have 2 children: Grace Diane, born 1-Jul-2006 and Matthew John, born 15-Jun-2008.

5-3-2 Kevin Paul Bond, born 15-Jun-1954 in Artesia, CA, married Chris, 23-Aug-1986 in St John Vianney, Hacienda Heights CA; Chris was born 16-Sep-1960. They have 2 children:

• Justin Kyle Bond, born 16-Nov-1989 in Upland, CA.
• Tyler Evan Bond, born 9-Sep-1994 in Whittier, CA.

5-3-3 Catherine Anne Bond, born 20-Mar-1963 in Bellflower, CA, married Jon Hover, 23-Apr-1983 in St John Vianney, Hacienda Heights CA; Jon was born 9-Jan-1963. They have 3 children:

• Michael Jonathan Hover, born 11-Sep-1985 in Whittier, CA.
• Kellina Mae Hover, born 27-Sep-1987 in Whittier, CA, married Matthew Ramsey; they have 3 children: Hunter, Liam and Kadence.
• Jennifer Sarah Hover, born 7-Nov-1990 in Upland, CA.

4th Generation

5-3-1 Nora June Bond Young

    I am still working for a Food Broker after 30 years in the grocery business. Paulette and Tom are in the mortgage industry and their daughter Paige is very active with Brownies and dance. Bobby (James) works for an accounting firm and Kathleen owns an esthetician business. Grace loves cheerleading, surfing, Girl Scouts and gymnastics. Matthew lives and breathes Lego’s.

    Living on the west coast limited visits with Nana Elsie. I was fortunate to visit Nana before she passed. But I do have memories of a great summer vacation in 1957 at Gilgo Beach on Long Island. The family picture below shows the best time with cousins.

5-3-2 Kevin Paul Bond

    I recently retired after working 36 years for a utility company. I am planning to work part time and I enjoy golfing in my spare time.

    My wife Chris is an administrative assistant for a local city. She enjoys crafting and goes to craft expos, makes cards and enjoys stamping.

    My oldest son, Justin, is a web developer. He graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems. Justin enjoys participating in Spartan Races, which include obstacle courses, and he also enjoys golfing. He is engaged to his fiancé, Allyssa, and they are planning to be wed in 2017.

    My youngest son, Tyler, is attending Cal Poly Pomona where he is studying business. He currently works for an entertainment company and enjoys riding his motorcycle in his spare time. He also has an annual pass to Disneyland and enjoys going there with his girlfriend.

5-3-3 Catherine Anne Bond

     My husband Jon and I moved back to Southern California from Kansas about four years ago to be close to Dad and the family.

     Jon is a Project Manager for Hewitt Packard and I work as an Administrative Assistant for Co-Sales. We have three wonderful children and three grandchildren.

     Michael is living in Chicago, IL with his Fiancé Jessica. They will be getting married in April. They both left LA to pursue their greater interests – Jessica – the theater, Mike – Stand Up Comedy.

     Kelli and her husband Matt live in Washington; he is currently stationed there with the Navy. They have three children, Hunter age 5, Liam age 3, and Kadence age 1.

     Jennifer is our only child still living in Southern California; she is currently working in the Travel and Tourism Industry.

 

 

Back Row: Shawna Devoe, Andy Devoe, Scott McInerny, Barbara Bond, Patty McInerny, Bruce Hoerning, Chris Bond, Kevin Bond

Middle Row: Ginnie Hoerning, Dolores Bond, Ken Bond, Peggy Bond

Front row: Roxanne Hoerning holding Kelsey Devoe and Madison Devoe, Justin Bond, Tyler Bond, Paulette Young

2012: Bond Family

Standing: Kevin Bond, Chris Bond, Scott McInerny, Nora (Bond) Young, Patty (Bond) McInerny, Ken Bond, Shawna Devoe, Barbara Bond, Roxanne Hoerning, Casey DeNatalie holding Hannah DeNatalie and Abigail DeNatalie in front, Bruce Hoerning, Kelsey Devoe, Madison Devoe, Todd DeNatalie, Andy Devoe, Kathleen Young, Bobby Young with Matthew Young on shoulders, Tom Engel

Front row: Grace Young, Paulette Engel with Paige Engel in front of her.

Cathy, Kevin, Ken, Nora

Ken Bond & Family

Francis K (Ken) Bond of Hemet, CA, Age 90, died on October 1, 2018 at Brookdale Senior Living in Yorba Linda, California. Ken was born November 30, 1927 and raised in New York; he joined the Navy after high school which brought him to California where he met the love of his life, Dolores. He worked for 35 years at Atlantic Richfield Company and retired in Hemet where he lived for 28 years. He was a member of Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, Seven Hills Golf Christian Men’s Club, and Sunsetters Golf Club. He cherished his• family, enjoyed golf, and loved his Brooklyn (LA) Dodgers. Ken is survived by his son, Kevin Bond of Chino Hills, CA; 2 Daughters, Nora Young of Fullerton, CA, Catherine Hover of Placentia, CA; 7 Grandchildren and 7 Great-Grandchildren. Graveside service was held on October 29, 2018 at Riverside National Cemetery.

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 #6 Lucy died as a child and left no family.

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#7 Charles (Carlie)  had one daughter, Dorothy Lucke. Dorothy  who married Frank C Gucker Jr. They had 7 children – the 4^th Generation.

1966: Rear left: Frank Gucker and Paul, Jim in front of Frank, Dar in the center,

Front : Teresa, Carl and Joe

1968 Lucke Family Picnic: Rear: Joe, Dar, Dorothy, Frank, Steve, Anne, Jim

Front: Carl, Theresa, Helen Lucke, (Carlie’s wife), Paul

Stephen Charles Gucker, was born 30-Jun-1941 in Brooklyn, NY, baptized in St Gregory’s, Brooklyn NY.  He married Anne Dietershagen, 19-Apr-1970 in Our Lady of Lourdes, Malverne NY. Steve and Anne currently reside in Hempstead NY.

Children:

Jennifer Gucker born 26-Jan-1973, m. Robert Early 22-Apr-2006. They have a son, Simon

Matthew Stephen Gucker, born 12-Jul-1975. m. Karlene Buchanan 31-Aug-2014

Charles Gucker born 15-Jan-1977, has 3 sons: Trevor James, Henry Michael and Owen Ryan.

.      Luke Caspar Gucker, born 11-Jun-1981, m. Meghan Keegan 22-Nov-2014.

Steve & Anne with Matthew, Luke, Charlie & Jennifer

Steve with brother Paul and Paul’s Son David

2009: Deacon Bob Campbell with Anne, Steve, Luke, Jenn & Matt Gucker

Below Charlie with Trevor

2017:  Steve, Charlie, Karrie Vetti, Anne, Luke, Katie Vetti, Henry, Trevor, Owen

Matt, Jenn, Steve, Luke & Charlie

Stephen Charles Gucker, grandson of #7 Carlie, passed on to The Lord on October 21, 2017. His funeral Mass was celebrated at St Joseph’s RC Church in Garden City with burial in Calverton National Cemetery. [See Obituary on page 2]. We offer sincere condolences to Steve’s Wife Anne, and their children, Jennifer, Matt, Charlie and Luke, their spouses and their children.

Obituary

 The Garden City News: “Stephen Charles Gucker, beloved husband, father of four, uncle, and grandfather has found his final resting place. Former Marine highly respected in the plumbing industry will never be forgotten. As a retired master plumber in multiple municipalities and NYC plumbing inspector, many were positively impacted by his dedication and knowledge of the industry. We pray others effected by Agent Orange have a painless path to heaven. On behalf of his family, we would like to take this opportunity to thank every active member of the military and the veterans who have served and sacrificed for our country.”

Memories of Steve Gucker

      We both grew up in Brooklyn, so I got to see my cousin Steve often when we were kids. I believe that three things in his early life really had a profound effect on molding the person he became.  First was the influence of his Grandfather (#7 Carlie). Steve followed Carlie around on his plumbing jobs and learned the important lesson “Do the right thing, and do it the right way.” That motto surely molded Steve’s life-long vocation as a Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Contractor. [Note the accolades in the Obituary!]. Second, the fact that Steve was the oldest of 7 siblings imparted a lasting sense of responsibility for his brothers and sisters, indeed all his family. I recall when I was invited to dinner, I would hear Steve’s Mom, Dottie, call out “Steve, round up the kids; it’s time to eat.” And like a Good Shepherd, Steve would gather up six somewhat unwilling tots. Third, enlisting in the US Marine Corps; his service reflected “doing the right thing the right way”. Finding his soul mate Anne Dietershagen was the beginning of a great team which has produced 4 truly loving and dedicated children, Jennifer, Matt, Charlie and Luke.

-Bob Campbell

 

Uncle Steve was my Godfather, but he was like a second father to me. He always seemed more excited to see me than anyone else. We shared many holidays together and it always ended the same way – in a vicious game of Pinochle. He was a Vietnam Vet, a Master Plumber and a father of four. He epitomized an everyday hard working guy. He was a love him or hate him kind of guy – you felt one way or the other, but he didn’t care. He was who he was. Steve will forever be remembered in the work of his children. Matt followed in his footsteps and runs a successful Plumbing business. Charlie does something with computers that only fellow computer folks can understand easily. Luke also works in IT and gained a passion for politics. His forever baby girl Jenn works in insurance and was probably the closest of them all. They all hover around my age and that of my brother Dave, so growing up together we became something closer than cousins. Probably more like additional siblings. We got dressed up for Easter, cut turkey at Thanksgiving, and exchanged presents at Christmas. Uncle Steve always presided as the Patriarch. The day he died, his family lost their Patriarch, the country lost a loyal soldier, the plumbing profession lost a leader and a teacher, and I lost my second father.

-Kristen Gucker MacLean

2017: Theresa, Jim, Bob Campbell, Charlie, Paul & Dar

Dorothy Frances Gucker was born 13-May-1951 in Brooklyn, NY, baptized in Holy Cross, Brooklyn NY.  She married (1) Glenn Gary Watkins, 4-Jul-1981 in Seminole FL and (2) Steve Isler, 4-May-2007. Dar and Steve currently reside in Largo FL

Children:

Craig David Watkins, born 2-Feb-1970.

Kimberly Eileen Watkins born 23-Oct-1973, m. James Hill. They have 2 children, Connor and Devin

Stephanie Alyce Watkins, born 5-Nov-1976.

Paul James Gucker, was born 17-Jul-1953 in Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre, NY, baptized in St Thomas, West Hempstead NY.  He married (1) Judith Louise Panaccione, 2-Aug-1975 in St John’s, Peapack NJ  and (2) Barbara Starr, 22-May-1999 in The Presbyterian Church, Pluckemin NJ.  Paul and Barbara reside in Bedminster NJ.

Children:

Kristen Gucker born 1-Nov-1977, m. Steven MacLean 7-Jul-2007. They have two children, Carson and Lexi.

David Frank Gucker born 21-May-1980, m. Ashley Miller. They have 3 boys: Jett, Rex and Ace.

Joseph Vincent Gucker, was born 5-Nov-1954 in Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre, NY.  He married Kathleen Ann Kane, 10-Aug-1985 in Immaculate Conception Church, Somerville NJ. Joe and Kathy reside in Durham NC.

Children:

Corey Joseph Gucker, born 18-Jul-1987.

Kaleigh Theresa Gucker, born 9-Nov-1989.

James Barton Gucker was born 29-May-1956 in Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre NY.  He married Brigitta VanDillen, 25-Aug-1984 in Seton Hall, South Orange NJ.  Jim and Brigitta reside in Apex NC.

Children:

Danielle Sherye Gucker, born 29-Apr-1987, m. Benjamin Harrison 29-Apr-2005. They have one child, Brooklyn.

Erik Frank Gucker, born 14-Jan-1990, m. Haley Krofchick 20-Aug-2016. [See picture on page 1]

Carl Thomas Gucker, was born 3-Mar-1959 in Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre NY, baptized in St Thomas, West Hempstead.  He married Annette Nordmeyer, 3-Dec-1994 in Immaculate Conception, Clinton NJ.  Carl died 23-Jan-2010 in Cambridge, England. Annette resides in Annandale NJ.

Theresa Louise Gucker, was born 11-Apr-1961 in Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre NY, baptized in St Thomas, West Hempstead NY.  She married Steven Michael Hanson, 23-Apr-1988 in Duke University, Durham NC.  Steve died 7-Jan-2011. Teresa resides in Kenneshaw GA.

Children:

Kyle Benjamin Hanson, born 6-Oct-1989.

Connor James Hanson, born 24-Aug-1995.

Cole Barton Hanson, born 1-Jul-1997.

Joe, Jim, Theresa, Carl, Dorothy, Dar, Paul, Steve

Back: Matt, Faye Nordmeyer, Jennifer, Charlie; Middle: Luke, Matthew Nordmeyer, Kristen, Kaleigh, David; Front: Adam Nordmeyer, Erik, Corey, Danielle

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#8 William Joseph & Loretta had 3 children, William Henry, Harry, Patricia and Robert.

William H & Kay Lucke had one daughter, Karen. Harry Lucke never married. Patricia Lucke died at childbirth. Robert married Billie Jean Meadows; they had two daughters, Patricia Eilleen and Susan Anne.  Later Bob married Susan Perry McAllister, and they had a son, Kevin Robert. Thus, the Fourth Generation consists of Karen, Patricia, Susan and Kevin.

Karen Lucke LaPenna

Karen & Paul

Karen was born 26-Jul-1949. She married Paul LaPenna on 24-Sep-1971 in Queens NY. They have one daughter, Michelle LaPenna, born 4-Oct-1983 in Nassau County NY. Michelle has a son, Jake Paul Szelwach, born 19-Feb-2012. They are all currently living in Murells Inlet, South Carolina

Michelle & Scott with Jake

Jake

 

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Patricia Eilleen Lucke

      Patricia was born 19-Dec-1958 in Queens NY. She married Joseph (aka Bobby Joe) Bilton on 1-Jul-1977 in Victorville CA. Bobby Joe is deceased. They have 3 children:

1. Crystal Dawn Bilton, born 14-Sep-1977. Chrystal and her first husband (XXX Sober) had three children, Charles Allen Ray Bilton, born 26-Aug-1995, David Sober, born 22-Jan-1997 and Chelsey Sober, born 21-Aug-2007. After her husband’s death, Crystal married Adam Zemora (Zamira?) and they have one child, Dominick, born 29-Aug-2017
2. Jason Robert Bilton, born 13-Dec-1979, has 2 children: Braedon Joseph Robert, born 25-May-2009 and Patience, born 11-Aug-2010.
3. Joseph Marrion Bilton, born 08-May-1984, married Jenea ? and they have a daughter, Arinana Eilleen, born 14-Oct-2005.

The entire family resides in Redding CA.

Note from Tricia: I’m sure that you all heard about the fires in Southern California earlier this year. My two sons were down there fighting the fires with the Shasta County hotshot team. It was scary for me having them there but they made it home safely. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

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Susan Anne Lucke

 Susan was born 20-Jan-1961 in Queens NY; she died 5-Aug-1997 in CA. She had two children: Travis Shane Beaty, born 27-Jan-1986 and Leah LaShon Armstrong, born 30-Mar-1989. They reside in Redding CA..

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Kevin Robert Lucke

      Kevin was born in Jamaica Queens New York on November 17, 1963. Kevin attended first grade in New York City, then 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in Rochester, New York. With his dad’s promotions, he continued to change schools over 7 times in his life, finishing in Texas.

      Kevin worked for Broyhill Furniture as their youngest manager in 1981, at the age of 18; he worked with this company for 12 years moving to Regional Director of the Southeast, and relocating to Florida. Kevin married Deborah Sellers in 1987 and had a son, Brett Kevin, on June 3, 1988. They divorced in 1991. Brett lives in Pooler, Georgia and has two sons, Jack and Drew.

      While finishing his work with Broyhill in 1992, Kevin met Carolyn Jo Tidwell, a nursing home administrator, and they were married April 21, 1993 at Magen’s Bay, St Thomas, Virgin Islands. Later that year, we started our furniture company, Lucke Furniture, which continues to operate in Brunswick, Georgia. Shortly thereafter, November 17, 1993, Kevin and Jo were blessed with a son, Kevin Robert, Jr Being a God-loving family, Jo prayed to have two children close together, and God has such a great sense of humor, 11 months later, October 12, 1994 we had twins, Vanna Jo and Megan Lynn – 2 minutes apart – I’d say that was close together.. As they say about the Lucke Family Humor, the twins state they were womb-mates before they were room-mates. The family was now complete.

      All four of our children, Brett, Kevin Jr, Vanna and Megan had fantastic athletic abilities, as did their parents, and were recognized each year for their contributions in soccer, gymnastics, baseball, softball and volleyball. Kevin coached baseball, softball and soccer for them and Jo coached soccer and gymnastics for the girls.

      Having been in the furniture business all of his life, Kevin had the skills to have a truly successful business, at one time, owning five stores throughout Southeast Georgia. Kevin was honored on numerous occasions for his dedication to helping others in need by his business partners. After working 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, Kevin and Jo decided to retire early, and purchased a 63-foot Neptunus; we lived on the water while homeschooling the children. On the first day of Hurricane season, Jo decided this wasn’t where they should be and we returned to Brunswick, Georgia, back to the furniture business we had left.

      Kevin continues to own and operate Lucke Furniture in Brunswick. His son Kevin, Jr, works with him and has the talents of his father where customer service leads to excellent salesmanship. Kevin, Jr has a daughter Karleigh Ralynn who is 3 years old. Megan is in the Army National Guard and has a daughter Ryleigh Carol Lucke-Smith who is 5 and attends PreK. Vanna is in her final year at Georgia Southern University obtaining her Masters Degree in Health Care Administration. Jo is currently the Administrator of the Southeast Georgia Health Care System Senior Care Center and serves as the President of the Georgia Chapter of American College of Health Care Administrators.

Brett, Kevin, Jo Vanna, Kevin Jr, Megan	Megan, Kevin Jr & Vanna	Grandpa with Ryleigh and Karleigh
Kevin Jr & Karleigh	Kevin, Megan & Ryleigh	Ryleigh & Megan

Grandchildren of #9 Joe & Beatrice Lucke

• None

Children of #10-1 Edwin & Nancy Magee

• #10-1-1 Nancy
• #10-1-2 Edwin
• #10-1-3 Dan
• #10-1-4 Margaret Mary
• #10-1-5 Brian
• #10-1-6 Richard
• #10-1-7 Patrick

Children of #10-2 Bob & Anne Magee

• #10-2-1 Bob
• #10-2-2-Joe
• #10-2-3 Patricia
• #10-2-4 Maura
• #10-2-5 Margaret Mary (Peggy)
• #10-2-5 Jim
• #10-2-7 Annmarie
• #10-2-8 Kathleen
• #10-2-9 Eileen
• #10-2-10 Elizabeth

[For stories and pictures see Lucke Newsletter 2020 May & August]

Children of #10-3 Betty & John Connelly

• #10-3-1 Michael
• #10-3-2 Anne
• #10-3-3 Thomas
• #10-3-4 Jim
• #10-3-5 Kevin
• #10-3-6 John
• #10-3-7 Brian

[For stories and pictures see Lucke Newsletter 2021 August & September]

Children of #10-4 Jim & Patricia Magee

• #10-4-1 Jim
• #10-4-2 Bob

[For stories and pictures see Lucke Newsletter 2022 March]

Children of #11-1 Bob Campbell

• None

Child of #11-2 Terese (Lloyd) Campbell & Vincent Porter

#11-2-1 Joseph Anthony Porter

Joe was born at Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre, NY, on April 28, 1963. He and his Mom, Terry (Lloyd) lived with Grandma (#11 Anna) and Uncle Bob at 135 Centre Avenue in East Rockaway. Joe was Baptized at St Raymond’s in East Rockaway. He also made his 1^st Holy Communion there.

Christmas was always a really big event in our family. There was usually a pile of gifts for each one of us, and we opened one at a time while the others watched. Joe was unlike any other youngster I’ve witnessed in opening his presents. He would open one and start playing with it. When it got to his turn again, he was still engrossed in the first present. No sense of “greed” about Joe, he simply took pleasure in whatever he was given. He has grown into that kind of man, I am pleased to relate!

Joe began his schooling at Centre Avenue Elementary School, just down the block. In 1971 Terry and Joe “discovered” Sag Harbor during a side trip from the rental vacation cottage we had in Amagansett, (eastern end of Long Island). They found a winter rental, then needed to move when “the summer season” began. This went on for a few years until 1978 when we bought a house on Suffolk Street. Joe attended Sag Harbor Elementary School, and then Pierson HS.

Our family always had household pets, mostly dogs, and usually more than one at a time. When Joe was with us we had two dogs, Cindy and Harry. Cindy remained in ER when they moved to Sag Harbor; Harry went with them – and produced several litters of pups. Terry and Joe, along with their pets always came home to ER for Thanksgiving. One year, they brought some pups, and one, Rover, decided to stay at Center Avenue and became Uncle Bob’s pet. Later several cats were adopted, including our last pets: Simba (Joe’s) and Mikey (mine). Since they died, we both have become “petless”.

In his schooldays, Joe played soccer. Later, he took up bowling, which is the Lucke family sport. He became an excellent league bowler, averaging in the 170’s. Unfortunately when East Hampton Bowl closed it meant there are no bowling alleys left on eastern LI, so Joe’s bowling ball sits in a closet.

Joe was born the year after the NY Mets, so they have grown up together. He is an avid Mets fan and also roots for the NY Football Giants and the NY Islanders. Happily, that gibes with my rooting interests so we have a lot to discuss during our weekly phone conversations. We align politically, too, but try to avoid that subject these days.

Joe has always been interested in computers and technology. Although Uncle Bob worked with computers, it was mostly business applications. Joe opened the way for both his Mom and Uncle by discovering an early “social networking” platform called The Sierra Network (TSN). This later became INN and finally AOL. On TSN, Joe participated in role-playing games; his moniker was Saryon. Mom (Clovia) and Uncle (Arcy) found their niche in trivia and chat rooms. What a lot of fun we had! We connected via modem, using our computers. In those days, phone connection was often lost, so we had to wait for our friends to re-connect.

Joe was also the family “pioneer” into Fantasy Baseball on YAHOO. He invited Uncle Bob to join one of the leagues he was participating in; we were both hooked! The next season we formed our own league, Fantasy Fun Baseball; no fees, no prize, just for fun. We have been doing it for many years – this year Joe is signed up in 6 leagues.

Joe has always enjoyed driving. This led him to his career choice as a truck driver. He worked for such organizations as Long Island Cares and Berkoski Oil. More recently he began working for a smaller oil delivery company, Indigo Fuel. Joe loves the “freedom” that this job gives him; he gets his delivery list in the morning and then just takes off at his own pace until he finishes. Nobody looking over his shoulder. His route covers the East End of LI. He picks up his truck in Montauk and roams the area.

In addition to bowling, Joe loves fishing and occasionally going to Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. He and his good friends, the Butlers, had an annual fishing trip; sometimes they went out from Montauk, other times upstate New York, or down south in the Carolinas. Joe was always the designated driver. Unfortunately his friends either passed on or moved away.

Joe’s Mom passed on from a severe heart attach in 1996. He continues to live in their home on Suffolk Street in Sag Harbor. Uncle Bob has been renting cottages during the spring and fall each year in Noyac, on the outskirts of Sag Harbor. This is a great time for bonding. Joe usually comes over to the cottage after he finishes work and we do something. Maybe watch a Mets game or go out to dinner. Joe is not only my dear Nephew, he is also my Best Friend!

-Contributed by Bob Campbell

Grandchildren of #12 Caspar Lucke

• None

Children of #13-1 Jackie & Frank LaCava

• #13-1-1 Ann Marie
• #13-1-2 Helen
• #13-1-3 Francine
• #13-1-4 Frank
• #13-1-5 John

Children of #13-2 Bob Lucke

• None

Children of #13-3 Gerard Lucke

• None

Children of #13-4 John & Rita Lucke

• #13-4-1 Laura
• #13-4-2 James
• #13-4-3 Allison
• #13-4-4 Amy

Children of #13-5 Jim Lucke

• None