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Episode Fifteen
"Golden Notes & Retiring In Tune"
In Episode Fifteen, we honor our parents’ Golden Wedding anniversary - 50 years of marriage! And our father’s retirement after 62 years as a professional Church Organist and Choir Director.
Photos - Episode Fifteen
Our Mother & Father:
A Dynamic Duo
Our Parents Vacationing
at The Hedges Resort
Our Parents Shared a
Wonderful Sense of Humor
A Birthday Card to
The Queen from our Father
"Laugh & the World
Laughs with You."
Our Parents Holding
Hands at the Holidays
Our Parents Boating in Florida
Cute, or What?
A Beautiful Couple
The 50th Anniversary
Program Cover,
Created by Our
Sister Patricia #10
The 50th Anniversary
Mass About to Begin
Bishop Harrington
Greets Our Parents
Concelebrants: Msgr. Trese, Msgr.
Bass, Msgr. Toco, and Fr. Wurm
Our Uncle Chuddy
Delivers the Homily
"One Bread, One Body"
The King & Queen of Our Hearts!
Our Parents Enjoying Their
Book of Tributes
The Queen Adjusts Her Crown
L to R: Msgr. Bass, Sr. Marietta,
Fran Brown & Our Sister Clare #11
The Queen Introducing
Each of Her Children
Our Parents Remembering
Our Sister Ann #9
Our Father Enjoys a Laugh
with John Riccardo
Our Brother Kevin #13 with
his Daughter, Vanessa
(Grandchild #35)
Our Cousin Ann
Callaghan Allen
Our Handsome Father,
Earlier in His Career
Our Diligent Father
was Always Practicing ...
... & Practicing!
Our Father Rehearsing
with the St. Bernard's Choir
A "Kodak Moment" with
Our Father (front center)
- the Serious Maestro!
Our Father, age 32, Directing the Boys'
Choir of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, in 1948
Our Father Rehearsing
Another of His Boys' Choirs
Our Father Performed with
August Maekelberghe
(Godfather to Clare) at St. John’s
Episcopal Church in Detroit
On May 29, 1950 Our Father
Performed the Organ Dedication
& Memorial Service to
Honor the War Dead
Our Father Plays at the
Dedication of the New
Organ at Our Lady
Queen of Apostles
Church in Detroit
Our Father’s Faculty
Recital at Marygrove College
on Sunday, March 21, 1976
Our Father Conducting the
Saint Catherine’s High School
Christmas Concert
Portrait of an Elegant Man!
Our Father Conducts the Brother
Rice Glee Club in the Early Years …
... & in the Later Years
Our Passionate Father!
The Maestro
at it Again
Holy Name Parish
Congratulates Our Father on
the Occasion of His
Retirement
Holy Name Invites All
Parishioners to Honor
Our Father
The Formal Invitation
James Patrick #4 Conducts
the Choir for the Grand Finale
Our Father's Ever-Loyal Choir
"A Celebration of Music"
Our Father's
"Swan Song"
The Holy Name Choir Sings
Its Heart Out One Last Time
“It’s Like Being in Control
of a Symphony”
End of an Era?
Our Father Continues
in His Element ...
... in His Ministry ...
... as Our Father ...
... & as a Husband!
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