Old proverb: "To speak the names of the departed is to make them live again."

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Run, Maddie! Run!

Maddie Shedlock, granddaughter of the late Annie Bookhout Morgan, is a cover girl!

A photo of Maddie, her dad Andrew and her brother Ryan was selected for an ad promoting a 5K run on May 13 in the Big Bend area of Florida.  The photo shows Maddie in a pink tutu and purple tee-shirt, running next to her dad under an arc of colored balloons.  Ryan stands at the left side of the arch, leaning toward them on his right foot and cheering them on.

The run is sponsored by an organization called Girls on the Run of the Big Bend, whose mission is to "inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running."

Maddie's mom, Denise Egan Shedlock, posted the photo on her Facebook page, proudly announcing the honor as, "So cool!"  Your editor is in full agreement!


Saturday, April 1, 2017

New Twigz on the Family Tree

We have some new babies in the family!

On March 19, Laura and Valentino "Chief" Kasibante welcomed a baby girl at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga.  

Zionne Namusisi Kasibante was born at 12:09 a.m. and weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz.  Mother and daughter came through the delivery with no problems.

Writes Chief on his Facebook page, "She is so adorable, I love her so much already.... Dream come true.  I am the happiest man in the entire world now.  Thank you Jesus."


Dan and Jenny Bookhout have it all, too, from A to Z!  On Jan. 6, 2017 Miss Zadie Bookhout joined big sister Arwen in this wonderful world.  Grandparents Will and Diane Bookhout could not be more proud of the newest addition to their down-line.

Pass the cigars!

In Memoriam

In recent weeks, two members of our extended family have passed away.

Eleanor J. Williams, mother of Ed Williams, died on March 24 at 9:00 a.m.  Ed is the husband of Fieg cousin Sue Williams


Grave-side services, conducted by Colonial Funeral Home, were held at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Oh., and Eleanor was laid to rest beside her husband, the late Edward A. Williams, who died in 1987.  Eleanor Williams was born on April 1, 1920.

It is fitting that Ed's mother should be laid to rest in this particular cemetery, as it is the site of the mausoleum of President James A. Garfield, which was co-created by Ed's great-grandfather,  Joseph Carabelli, who immigrated to the U.S. from Italy in 1870.

Mrs. Williams had been in a great deal of pain and Sue writes in an e-mail, "She was really suffering (and) could barely talk above a whisper." 


In a brief e-mail, FFN roving reporter Greg Fieg said that Donald A. Roman died on Feb. 22, 2017.  Don was the brother of the late Bob Roman, husband to Dorothy Fieg Roman.   A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Don Roman, for whom Bob and Dorothy's middle son is named, was 97 years old and worked up until he was 93!  He was born on Aug. 8, 1919, and served as an Air Raid Warden during World War II.

Our condolences to the families.