In lieu of holding a memorial service for my father, we have created this website honoring my father's memory. I want his friends and relatives to have an opportunity to view snap shots of his life and share any thoughts they may have.
I can not vouch for the accuracy of all the dates and maybe even the locations. I noticed my father, in one of his photo albums, had marked a picture of him and my mother in their square dance outfits as being taken in Slippery Rock, PA. This was inaccurate. I had taken the picture one summer when we were visiting them at Robin Acres in NH! So if you see any inaccuracies, please let me know.
As I have sorted through all my father's photos, I realize there are huge holes in the story line. Such as our years in Waltham living on the year round girls' scout camp, the years in Milton, all the summer camps my parents where my parents were the directors including Natarswi in Maine, the summers spent at the private adventure camp in Canada, the years at Slippery Rock, the winters spent in Florida..etc. I will try to fill them in as I find more images.
Do enjoy and leave a comment, if you wish.
My father lived a long life filled with many adventures. His passing was peaceful and quiet. He exited this life while having his Wednesday bath- this time in bed. A few coughs, an exhale, and he was gone on his new journey.
Good bye, Dad.
I love you.
Lynne
Click here for more photos on Page 2 (Retirement Years)You may read his obituary click here.
I invite you to leave a comment at the bottom of this page. If you need the password, please email me: mizhuhu@gmail.com.
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![]() My father's family.
He is on the left, the youngest of three boys. His oldest brother, Charles-in the center, and his middle brother, Harold, is on the right. |
![]() My father at 3 years old on the left. His brother, Harold at 4 1/2 years old on the right.
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![]() My father at 4 years old on the left. His brother, Harold at 5 1/2 years old on the right.
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![]() My father on the right. His brother, Harold on the left.
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![]() 1931-1932 A member of the Agawam High School basketball team.
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![]() High school graduation picture.
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![]() #22 on the Agawam High School football team. Please correct me if I have labeled this wrong.
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![]() Agawam High School football team. My father is #22 is in the first row on the right.
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![]() 1931 undefeated Agawam football team.
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![]() 1931 High School years.
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![]() Perhaps his first car.
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![]() Attended Springfield College.
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![]() A member of the Springfield College swim team.
He was a co-captain. |
![]() A member of the Springfield varsity swim team.
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![]() A member of the Springfield varsity football team.
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![]() A member of the Springfield swim team in 1937.
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![]() 1935 College years.
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![]() Portrait from his college years, I believe.
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![]() His 1937 graduating class from Springfield College.
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![]() His photo in the 1937 Springfield College Yearbook. The description: "smiles... swims...
shows others how... big in body... and in heart... pingponger... academic ace." |
![]() Don't know when this was taken, but I sure would like to know where it was snapped.
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![]() Probably Harwich, MA where he met my mother while teaching in the Harwich School System.
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![]() Probably a beach near Harwich, MA. His caption on the picture said the woman next to him is a nurse.
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![]() 1938 His first jog after college was teaching in the Harwich, MA school system.This looks like a phys ed class.
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![]() 1938 More students from the Harwich, MA school system.
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![]() Harwich, MA. The engaged couple.
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![]() My mother, Peggy Gilliatt Raymond- perhaps before or maybe after they were married.
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![]() My mother, Peggy Gilliatt Raymond- Harwich.
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![]() The 1941 wedding of my parents.
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![]() 1941 The wedding party.
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![]() My father was a commissioned officer during WW2 reaching the rank of 1st Lieutenant, I believe.
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![]() Military officers including my father- left side in the back.
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![]() My father taught survival techniques to soldiers as part of their basic training. My father is in the first row on the left.
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![]() The first addition to the family
- my sister, Pat was born in Atlanta, Georgia while my father was in the military. |
![]() The official family portrait with the new addition, who now looks about 2 years old.
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![]() All spiffy in his officer's white dress.
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![]() I am assuming this is after the WW2 and my parents moved to Maine where my father was a coach.
But... it might be taken in Maine where he coached before my parents married. |
![]() Coaching basketball.
at the University of Maine in Brunswick. |
![]() Coaching at the University of Maine in Brunswick.
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![]() Two other fellow coaches with my father at the University of Maine in Brunswick pondering the attributes of the football.
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![]() Two other fellow coaches with my father at the University of Maine in Brunswick.
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![]() My father and a fellow coach/friend all dressed up from his time at the University of Maine in Brunswick.
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![]() A winter scene, I am assuming from the wreathe on the door.
My father noted this picture was taken in Milton MA. |
![]() A family portrait in the back yard of our house in Milton MA where we lived for at least 12 years.
My father was the Director of Athletics for the School System. |
![]() Keewaydin, a private all boys wilderness summer camp on Temagami Lake in Ontario, Canada
Just my father's cup of tea- fishing, hiking, canoeing in a pristine wilderness environment. |
![]() My father and mother left Milton, MA in 1967 and went to Slippery Rock University where my father taught.
He started a golf team for the undergraduates which was quite successful. |
![]() My father with members of one of his Slippery Rock University- golf teams holding a trophy.
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![]() My father with members of one of his Slippery Rock University- golf teams holding another trophy.
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![]() My father at Slippery Rock University- don't know the occasion for the picture.
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