Las Vegas Fieg Mini-Reunion a Success - Take 2

Anne e-mailed me today with a few slight corrections to this story.  I was taking notes when she originally called me, but some of the details were mis-remembered.

Your editor received a phone call today from Anne Roman with details of a recent Fieg mini-reunion in Las Vegas, Nev.

Anne and hubby John are on a sight-seeing jaunt through the American West, though their main goal in traveling to Las Vegas was to meet John's half-sister, Samantha Theobald and her husband Chuck.  The gathering also happily included cousins Sue and Ed Williams, Douglas Fieg and Russell and Heny Fieg.  Russell and Heny also live in Las Vegas.

Thursday night the Romans supped with cousins Doug, Sue and Ed and Russell and Heny. 

On Friday everyone, including the Theobalds, linked up for a long, leisurely breakfast and had the opportunity to share photos of the Fieg family and, I'm sure, to fill in some gaps in the family story.  Then on Saturday the Romans and Theobalds lunched at the Theobald home ("Beautiful," said Anne -- high praise indeed from Martha Stewart Jr.!), a large ranch-style house in a gated community (where did I get the 5 acres of land???).

Chuck marveled at the resemblance between Sammie as a young woman and her grandmother, Florence Fieg.  "I choked up when I first saw her," said Anne.  "She looks so much like Dorothy."  Anne also commented that Sammie's expressions and mannerisms are similar to Dorothy's; she even takes her coffee black and eschews breakfast! 

John and Anne will wend their way back east, stopping for four days in Moab, Ut., home of the Arches and Canyonlands National Park, then on to Boulder, Colo. to spend time with family friend Ed Weise and his wife and son.  They plan to be home on May 6.

From left to right, Russell Fieg, John Roman, Samantha Theobald, Sue Williams, Doug Fieg

Further Explanation Department

Here is a picture of Jessica Roman and a man I assume to be her fiance, Cory Cross (LOL, as the kids say!!!)

Also, the Silver Springs Mining Company, where Cory is employed as head chef, is NOT a mining company -- it is a restaurant!

I got a good laugh when I found out.

Jessica Roman Affianced

Jessica Roman recently announced her engagement to Cory Cross, with a 2014 wedding planned.

Jessica, a registered nurse at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, Maryland, is the daughter of Mark Roman, youngest son of the late Bob and Dorothy Fieg Roman (and the youngest of the Fieg cousins from the Lothar Fieg Sr. limb of the family tree), and his first wife Maureen.

Cory, head chef/kitchen manager at Silverspring Mining Company in Perry Hall, Maryland, accompanied Jessica to Clearwater, Florida in March to help celebrate his future mother-in-law's 50th birthday.  He popped the question on March 23 and, according to Jessica's aunt, Anne Roman, "he actually asked Mark's permission and also spoke to Maureen before proposing...."

In a very romantic gesture, Cory proposed with the ring his father gave to his mother when they were 17 years old.  Says Jess, "They're still happily married.  [Cory] bought a diamond and we plan to build the ring together, like we will build our marriage."

The couple have been dating for four years and currently share an apartment in Hamilton, Maryland with their cat, Rocky.

We wish them nothing but the best!