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

Sunday, April 28, 2013

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 WilliamsDouglas 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

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I never thought this day would ever happen for me. It has meant more to me than you will ever know. It was such a perfect day, and I thank all of you for making it happen. SST