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Holiday Edition 2002 - Volume
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November 22,
2002 Florence writes About Newsletter From The
Heart
Dear Connie: You asked for a short story
about "From The Heart Newsletter", how it started and kept going for 28 years.
When
Louis and I retired
in 1973 and had moved to Florence, Oregon, our lives were definitely changed . .
. no jobs . . . new home and new community . . . complete new lifestyle . . .
life was exciting and very interesting . . . our children were launched on their
own lives.
I
began our retired life
by writing newsletters to our family and vowed that I would be regular keeping
in touch. I extended my mailing list to include my brothers and sisters, a
few friends and a few other relatives.
In a
few months I was
getting requests from nieces and nephews and some others that wanted me to
include them as part of my family. It was then that I considered all the
descendants of my parents Adolf and Lucy (King) Fromherz as my bosom "From The
Heart Family".
I had
called for newsletter name suggestions
from the family . . . Joe's Marie came up with this perfect title, "From The
Heart Newsletter", which I adopted enthusiastically and continued to use for 28
years. I am happy to see the new generation of writers and our new editor,
Connie Gale, continuing to use it . . .even now on the "web". (Is that what you
call it????)
Until
the family started
sending their news to me, most of the letter was personal family news . . .
about my family and what were doing as retirees. I was having a good time
telling about ourselves when someone said, "that letter sounds like Aunt
Florence's brag sheet", OUCH! I stopped and gave that a thought and made a
change in "mid-stream". From that moment on my letter would be about all
the activities, ambitions and happenings in the entire FROMHERZ clan.
I had
a wonderful response
when I asked for birthdays, wedding announcements, anniversaries, etc., etc.
I even worked on genealogy for a time and kept close track of all new arrivals,
new in-laws, deaths, etc. Thanks to everyone these letters are now our
history.
My
Love and prayers will
be with you now and forever. With God's blessings,
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“Erin Kelley"
erinlkelley@hotmail.com
7/3/02
Dear friends,
It’s been awhile since I’ve written, I know. The last few weeks, and indeed
months, have been busy ones. At present, I am sitting in the apartment of a
few friends of mine in Yerevan, Armenia. I’m overhearing a phone
conversation in Armenian, a television program in Russian, and using an
American computer. It just doesn’t get more international than this!
I have been here since Saturday and will leave Friday morning, when I head
to St. Petersburg, Russia, to undertake a six-week Russian language course.
My being in Yerevan is a good introduction to what I’ll face; Armenians are
mostly bilingual – and these two, Sergey and Anoush, are tri-lingual
(thankfully!). They’re also the most generous hosts I’ve ever had. I’ve seen
more of Armenia than I thought possible, eaten the best barbecue ever, seen
the oldest buildings I’ve ever seen, visited the most diverse geographic
areas and held the most beautiful and adorable baby that’s ever been. (More
details later – when I’ve got more computer/internet access.) And yes, I’m
taking tons of pictures!
Before my arrival here in Yerevan, I spent a week in Vienna, Austria and St.
Gallen, Switzerland. In Switzerland I visited with my aunt Sharon and her
family. We took in the historic town as well as the splendid countryside.
Switzerland has got to be one of the more beautiful countries of the world!
Austria isn’t far behind. I visited with my friend Toni for a few days just
after I left Slovakia. I also got a free day in Vienna to pick up my
Armenian visa, airplane tickets and to recuperate from my killer cold.
It was a relatively easy departure from Slovakia. The stress of the weeks
before COS (close-of-service) were enough to help me literally sleep through
my last few days there. The final departure included a solitary train ride
with a bicycle and a 25-kilo suitcase – it was an adventure! While running
to switch trains, a Hungarian-Slovak who works in Vienna helped me with the
suitcase. Some kind stranger helped with the bike. The conductor waited for
me and blew the whistle as this angel of a man helped me get the bike (in a
box) on the train. Made it! But not without a pool of sweat and profuse
words of thanks to all of my assistants.
The cab driver in Vienna was Yugoslavian, so I practiced my Slovak-German
language mix and we had a good ride. I had a similar conversation in the
Moscow airport one week later. This time it was English-Slovak (a better
combination for me) and it was with another Yugoslav. The conversations have
all been good on this trip – but have left me without much time for reading
up on St. Petersburg; indeed I am taking the time to sleep in as much as
humanly possible! I’m going to close here. Please let me know if you’d
like to receive updates during the next 7 weeks – before I get back to the
good ol’ US of A. I’m looking forward to the return and to Cycle
Oregon XIII! :) Hope to see you soon!
Erin
P.S. My flights have been trouble-free and they should continue to be. :)
I’m using Aeroflot and it’s GREAT! May the friends and families of those who
died in Germany find peace and hope for their futures. P.P.S. Happy
Independence Day in the USA!


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"CharlesFromherz" <charlesf@gte.net>
7/4/02 July4th
Well, today we had our famous "home-town" 4th of July doo-dah Parade.
Marilyn decorated my bike, as you see in the photo. It had a large flag
balloon flying off the back rod, but it didn't get in the photo. Marilyn's
dolphin group marched with "beautiful body t-shirts" and did a routine with
flags - it was the hit of the parade. We have more photos
later after film is developed tomorrow and will send some photos. There
were 58 entries in the parade - lots of old cars and golf carts
decorated, several bikes and the fire department, police, and Calimesa
citizen patrol support our parade too. After the parade a BBQ lunch was
served to 300 people and a good time was enjoyed by everyone.
Charlie Fromherz
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"Erin Kelley" <erinlkelley@hotmail.com>
7/22/02
As usual, I seem to find it necessary to create an
entirely new web page. Luckily, I haven't gotten myself in too far
over my head. What you'll find
http://www.geocities.com/1+2+die+4/index.html
is a start on my "St. Petersburg" home page. I will be making frequent
additions and letting you know via email. With the help of my delightful
host brother, I plan on making this page more interesting (graphically)
throughout the course of the next month. It should be fun. :-) If
you'd prefer NOT to get these emails, just let me know! Byythe way, 38
days 'til I'm back on American soil. How strange it will be!!
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P.S. There are links to a bunch of my pictures on these pages. Please take a
look!! :-) :-)-----
Erin Layna Kelley

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Snail Mail from Florence & Louis Gross |
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October 5, 2002 |
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Dear Connie:
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I have waited a long time in writing because I didn’t want to tell
you about our health problems until we knew answers to tests that we have.
It seems we have to wait a long time for some of these answers
I seem to have all my Health problems under control and have also
discovered what is probably causing my balance problem (that I have had for
many years) A head xray revealed that some time in my past I must have had a
light stroke as there is an old scar on the right side of my head.
Years ago I had to give up square dance and round dancing because of
imbalance - - - I knew it wasn’t dizziness, lightheadedness or near fainting
- - - I just feel like I’m going to keel over fully conscious. I fell
a couple of times like this! I have a wonderful walker (I call it my
Cadillac - - -I could even run a foot race with it!).
Louis was losing blood in some part of his “inerds” and “suffered”
various tests with no answer until a test this week revealed a colon tumor
that is benign. He has the option to have it removed of live with it.
Since the bleeding has stopped and he is feeling in tip-top shape he is
going to bypass surgery. Doctors will keep an “eye“ on it in the
future.
In the meantime both of us are continuing a very busy retirement.
Both of us have garden projects. He is now harvesting grapes from the
towers small vineyard and bringing them in for everyone that loves grapes.
He has a small strawberry “patch” and a few raspberry plants, turnips and
tomatoes. He belongs to a Towers Garden Club. We are fortunate
to have lots of blueberries and a number of various fruit trees that
residents are free to pick and enjoy.
Louis has just come in and announced that it is time to go down for
brunch. Yes, we don’t have to prepare our meals and also have a
housekeeper that comes in does vacuuming and dusting and takes our bed
sheets and towels to be laundered. I still crochet lap afghans for
wheelchair patients (I have given away 110 of them since I started this
project 2 years ago. Well, I better be going or I might miss my brunch
which is always GOOD!
Lovingly Yours,
Florence & Louis Gross


| From: "Connie Gale"
congale@aol.com |
It's that time of year again. . . Please send me your
news and holiday greetings for NFTH by December 1, 2002. We have
all had great things going on since the
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Subject: NFTH Holiday Issue 2002 |
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last newsletter. Share your experiences of
vacations, Family Reunion 2002, marriages, births, etc. At Reunion
2002 Don Van Etten wanted to see a senior featured in the newsletter
with picture and biography so that we all could get to know them. How
about it Don, do you have a bio on one of our seniors to share with us
this newsletter? You can send it to me by e-mail anytime!
The web is coming along nicely at this point and we are on target to
launch the www.FromherzNewsletter.com website with this issue. It
will feature Newsletters, Photo Gallery, Favorites which includes
Florence's "Come Hell or High Water" and Jim's words of Wisdom, etc.
I will send you an E‑mail announcing the launch date. |
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You can send e‑mail
congale@aol.com or
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| Date: 11/8/02 8:14PM
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| Subject: FROMHERZ NEWS
LETTER From Janet |
| Dear Connie,
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This is a copy of
the request I sent to my family. How about a list of family websites on the
From...new website with a link? Also how about each News letter we feature
one of the Sr. and ask each of us to send a wonderful memory. I
suggest Uncle Charley or Aunt Josephine and Uncle Tommie For the first to be
featured. I think this is a very good idea to feature our Seniors.
We cousins could even tell fun stories about each other!!!
Love Janet
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you please put new pictures of yourselves and your families in the
newsletter. Please pass this note to Dick and Sandy as I
have lost their emails. Love, Sis, Mother, &
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Dear Connie, Peace be with you. My life has changed greatly. I am now the Guestmaster
and cantor. This means that I'm in charge of the retreat house and sleep
there in case someone locks themselves out of their rooms in the middle of
the night or some other emergency occurs. I usually give about
four conferences per week in the retreat house and do a little spiritual
direction. Other monks are available for spiritual direction and since
my work load has been a little too heavy, more monk will help next year.
Being Cantor really means simply being in charge of music. I'm still
the organist nearly all the time. Br. Nicholas is learning the
organ, but that takes time for some one who has no previous keyboard
experience, so he just plays Compline on alternate weeks. We are experimenting
with moving the monks to the front choir stalls and leaving the back
ones we used to use for the retreatants. Since Dom Basil resigned in May,
we are going through a transition year. Fr. Anthony is temporary
superior for one year appointed by the Abbot of Getsemane. My prostate
cancer therapy seems to have gone well. Between Cancer State Aide and
the good will of Newton General Hospital and the Doctors almost all of
the $90,000 worth of tests and therapy came gratis! Our Fruitcake
industry is beginning to take off nicely. The Bonsai is beginning to pick up
again. I hope to do a little of it in the future again and get the book
published. Our community is going through a very important time in
our history so please keep us in your special prayers. Many monks have
new jobs. The "younger" monks all have new responsibilities that
cover nearly all the major key positions in the monastery. This is quite a
challenge for most of us! So this is truly a special time of grace. Our
senior radiate deep holiness more than ever as they move into that final
stage in life. It is a great time to be alive. God bless you all. Yours in Jesus and Mary, Br. Gerard David
OCSO

PS I pray that you may have the best in this wonderful
season of grace and light. Please give my love to Jim, Jay, Didi and
their families. Love Gerard David 

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Date:
11/20/02 11:45AM |
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Subject: Heartfelt ‑ Art from the heart Winners |
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Hi
Everybody ‑ Here's the link to see my winning Heart Quilt Wallhanging in the
Heartfelt Contest ‑ Looks like I made the cover too ‑ it's the green one on
the wall. . Click to see all the winners and mine is about midway down the
page don't know what month it will be...
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From:
"Erin Kelley" erinlkelley@hotmail.com
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Date:
11/23/02 8:10AM |
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Subject:
It's been too long! |
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0800 is too early to be calling people on a
Saturday. So I'm sending out this email, instead! :) I've
been remiss in my contact with people since getting back to the States.
(On Thanksgiving, I will have been back for precisely 3 months.) In that
time, this computer has crashed numerous times. Usually when I'm online
or attempting to be. It's been good today, though, and I've been able to
post the latest update to my web page. Yes ‑ it's alive! As am I. If
you've the inclination to give me a call ‑ please do. My phone number is
503.266.5006. I'm not home too often, but often enough to get messages
and call back! Talk to you soon! Erin P.S. I hope you have
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Check out my website and see what I am doing these
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www.geocities.com/1+2+die+4
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It's so easy to get up to my eyeballs in matters at hand, so that's why you
don't hear from me much. This weekend is unusual for us at this stage of
life‑‑we have an empty nest for a bit (Friday night to Sunday morning). I can
imagine how life will be much calmer and easier to decide what we want to do,
when the kids leave the nest, instead of having to deal with the kids'
requests and last minute plans, etc., like we do most of the time now.
Thankfully, Paul and I still enjoy doing things as just a couple. I know
that's a strain for some marriages, when the kids leave the nest. I think
of you
and Jim there in Spokane‑‑making a new life together at the empty‑nest
stage of life. I'm sure you have your challenges, like we all do, but I'm
happy for you that you both enjoy cycling, that your life as grandparents is so
rewarding and your careers are going so well. Congrats to you.Thanks for all your work on the newsletter. I did check out the website,
but got
an error message of sorts before, but I just tried it again and got
through‑‑it's wonderful!! What a great job. I'll check it out in greater
depth later.
Yes, I'll be happy to send a note to Sharon and ask her to contact you. You are
thoughtful to suggest that. Some folks are protective of their e‑mail
addresses. I can imagine that you've gotten a taste of that with all the
communications involved with the newsletter. One can be clueless about such
considerations, otherwise. I
guess Mom told you that Dad is scheduled for surgery in December. He has a
benign tumor in his colon which requires abdominal surgery for removal.
They
expect him to be in the hospital for a week and then to recover fully and
have improved health, so we're optomistic. But at the same time, cautious,
knowing that at 89, this could be a turning point with regard to activity
and
independence. One day at a time‑‑that's how we're taking it. You know all
about that.
Well, take care, Connie. Hope this finds all well with the Gale clan.
Love,
Pat


Dear Fromherz Clan~
Greetings from the Zollner household. We are still alive and well, at home
in Eugene. Paul continues his work at U.S. Bank, and continues to
enjoy his garage band hobby. Katie got accepted into the Education
program and is in her Junior year of studies at the UofO. She works
part-time, has her own apartment and is engaged to be married this coming
summer to Jim Voss. Monica is a senior in high school this
year-- excelling in her clarinet playing and leadership abilities. She's
currently applying to colleges, hoping to go into nursing. Tecie is
a junior in high school this year--is especially active volunteering at
church. Christiana is a 6th Grader this year at our neighborhood
middle school. Violin lessons, Girl Scouts and basketball are a few of her
extracurricular activities. I (Pat) am still teaching private piano
lessons--have 13 students at the moment--as well as directing music at our
church. We continue our family music-making--weekly at church and annually
at Oktoberfests.
It was a pleasure to visit with so many of you at our reunion last summer.
Thanks to Connie for her work on this newsletter and our website. What a
generous and loving gift to us all. Please pray that all goes well for my
Dad (Louis) with his upcoming surgery (12/17/02 in Salem) to remove a
benign tumor from his colon.
Love and best wishes to you and your families~ Pat Zollner


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A very Merry Christmas
to all our family and friends. We wish everyone good Health, fun times
and a life of joy and peace for the new year.
Two years into
retirement has been a wonderful time and we have not regretted leaving our
jobs a little early. Our new home has brought us much joy and we have
made so many wonderful friends, The street is now almost filled with
houses, lawns and trees and less dust is flying.
Our travels this past
year, in our 5th wheel, have taken us mostly in the same direction, Oregon.
We visited family in January working to help move Charlie's mom to a new
assisted living residence and help brother Don sort through the house.
We returned in June for the Fromherz family reunion and then stopped in
Freedom, California on the way home for Charlie to ride with his Easy Riders
Group. We again returned to Oregon the first part of August for
Charlie's High School reunion.
In January, Charlie
visited the doctor with a coldness in his chest while riding. After a
series of test we found he had 80% and 90% blockage in the heart. In
May he underwent surgery to insert 3 stents in two of the main arteries of
his heart. A couple of weeks of recovery and, boy . . . was he out
riding again. It is amazing how much more stamina he has now!
You can't stop him!
Charlie continues with
his recumbent riding and rides around 200 miles a week and has put around
8000 miles on his bike this year. He enjoys Saturdays with his
buddies, racing all the young guys to the beach. He did Cycle Oregon
in September with brother Don and friends Larry and Lemoyne --- a great time
enjoyed by all and rode in the 108 mile Tour de Tucson race in November.
Marilyn continues with
sewing and enjoys doing her embroidery. She won a 1st prize on a doll
she created for the Sulky Challenge in June and won 2nd place on a quilted
embroidered Wall Hanging in a Heartfelt contest for Tacony Corp. The
Wall Hanging was published in a 2003 calendar for the contest and she has
felt quite honored to be included.
Charles & Marilyn


Just a quick note to let you know what's happening
here. As many of you know, my son Adam Martin is a Daddy, and I am a
Grandmother. I haven't seen much of little Adam Allen, but have seen
him enough to know that he is an absolute doll, but then that's how I'm
supposed to feel, isn't it? Adam, Bekah and little Adam just recently
moved to Neah Bay, at the uppermost part of Washington on the Puget
Sound. Adam was in the Navy, submarine division, on the Alabama. (That
was the nuclear submarine that was used in filming Crimson Tide.
That was a movie about a disaster on board a Submarine where a bunch of
navy guys got killed, needless to say, it wasn't a favorite of mine.)
Adam got out of the Navy just after Little Adam was born because he
didn't feel that being gone three months and home three months and gone
again was anyway to raise a child. He did construction work with his
Father-in-Law for about a year, then decided to check out the Coast
Guard. He got his full rank back and now only goes out on day runs. He
seems much happier having a steady income, medical, housing and food
allowances now.
Annella is home from the Air Force for a Christmas
visit. She got home yesterday, December 4th, from her base in Omaha,
Nebraska. She is no longer a Tietze, she married a young man, who is
also in the Air Force, his name is Jeremy Ortiz. Jeremy will be here on
the 17th of December to be with us for Christmas, it will be the first
time we've met him. He seems very nice over the phone. Mom and Dad
went to Kansas to visit Judy for Thanksgiving, and are one up on me, as Annella
and Jeremy went to Judy's for an early Thanksgiving dinner and met Mom
and Dad there. Annella and Jeremy are planning a marriage ceremony
sometime next year to bless their marriage in the church.
Carolyn, her son Jonathan, and Judy met Annella
and Jeremy earlier this Fall in Omaha…I guess they have one up on me
there too.
I guess that's about all the news for now…
Jane 

Connie,
Sorry we are late with newsletter input. Following are some short
comments and Holiday greetings - - Dick and Sandy Gerding
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Holiday Greetings to All! |
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We have had a busy year with Dick
still working overseas and building our new home in Corvallis. Hopefully,
our new home will be finished by the end of January. Sandy has stayed very
busy helping manage the construction of our new home, selling our current
home, and taking care of all other matters on the home-front. Dick will
return home from his current job in Kuwait in early February. Our family
will finally be all back together again--hopefully for good.
Our oldest daughter, Missy, her husband Chris, and our
granddaughter, Maddy, are still assigned at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Shelley,
our next oldest, and her husband Eric still live and work in Boulder,
Colorado. Our son, Rick, his wife Tricia, our granddaughter, Maryn
and our grandson, Austin live and work near us in Philomath, Oregon.
Happy Holidays to all and may God bless all of you.
Dick and Sandy Gerding


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Mom,
Below is the part of the Lyman Christmas Letter that Dad wanted to send to
Connie. I don't have her e-Mail address anymore. Would you mind passing it
on? Feel free to change it up a bit (if you want).
Thanks, Felice
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Happy Holidays Everyone!
I hope this letter finds you all in good health and great spirits. All of us
are getting along quite well. We grandkids aren't really "kids" anymore.
. .and
while I never really appreciated being compared to a goat, I sometimes miss
it. We are all still discovering the amazing things life has to offer us,
only now it is in High School and College. (Not quite to the stage of
marriage or great-grandchildren.)
The Fromherz's- Liz and Buz- continue to run their business in West Linn,
Oregon. I have been working on business of my own in art and music
promotions. For those of you who heard of my nasty illness - well, it is
completely under control. (yea!) Betsy is working hard to carve a niche
for her paintings and artwork. Adelia Renee has stepped into the family
tradition of pipefitting, and has become quite an asset to Buz Mechanical.
Karen is officially a teenager, and is currently focusing all her
adoration on Anakin Skywalker of Star Wars fame.
Anyway, our family wish all of you a new year filled with health, love,
safety, and most of all wonderful memories to share during the next holiday
season.
Merry Christmas from the Heart,
Felice Noel Fromherz Christmas 2002 (Jim Sr. + Mary Fromherz = Dennis "Buz" + Liz Fromherz = Felice)


You are very welcome!!!
Thanks for the invite.
If you guys will be in town for the holidays, come on out to my birthday
party. Friday, December 13th at the bridgeport brew pub. I would love to see
you guys again. (You can find directions at
www.attheverge.com.)
Love,
Felice

(Jim Sr. + Mary Fromherz = Dennis "Buz" + Liz Fromherz = Felice)

Not much to add here just working away on the
genealogy of the FROMMHERZ surname and learning quite a bit about Annie
Mariah Allen King and her Bangs family line.
Come visit my web site
www.McKenzieValleyMarket.com
please write and tell me what you think of it.
I am the List Administrator for:
FROMMHERZ-L@ROOTSWEB.COM
The surnames connected to my paternal and maternal grandfathers are:
Lounsbury; Penoyer; Guion; Lauber; Bachle; Baier; Schlageter; Gerspach; Matt
and
KINGE-SALEM-MA-L@ROOTSWEB.COM
The surnames connected to my paternal and maternal grandmothers are: Busse;
Pribbernow; Allen; Bangs; Howe; Norton; Haskins or Hoskins; Caswell; Cole;
Windthrope; Mitchell; Cooke; Birdsall; Goldthwaite; Scudder; Browne; Tuthill;
Swayze; Dibble--
Daniel David Lewis Frommherz (Art's Dan)


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Thanks. Yes, I have looked at the web site. Good work.
Thanks for all you are doing. Everything looks great!
Dick
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Roy
still plays golf every chance he gets. He has been traveling lots, but has
been close to home the past month. He travels to Washington DC toward the
end of this coming February (he's gone there for 12, or so, years, now, to
"lobby" for his agenda...eradicating noxious
weeds, and using "bio-control" (bugs that eat the hearts out of the weeds)
to control weeds, too), and, I may be able to join him THIS year (2003)!!!
He's always gone with a group of people from Wyoming, and, I'd just join
them, all. My mother's only living sibling, my Aunt Marty, lives with her
nephew, and my cousin, Dan Bendele, who has a growing family, about 26 miles
West of Richmond, Virginia, which isn't too far from DC...maybe we'll get
the chance to connect.
Roy and I have been doing back stretching and strengthening exercises, which
have really toned us up. I've been walking, fast, on our treadmill,
watching, either, TV, or, a video, for an hour a day lately...I've, also,
been lifting a 5lb. weight, to strengthen my arms and upper body. All this
exercise, plus, showering, etc. can take up a good part of my typical
day!!! I still manage to shop, do laundry, dishes, cook, and, occasionally,
clean the house, plus any errands that need done. Roy rewired our garage,
so, now, it is safe (it didn't have heavy enough wire for the electrical
load, before he fixed it...), since he wants to get another garage door
opener working, so he can put his truck inside this Winter (he bought a
Ford 150, 4X4, 1984 pickup, and a topper, so he could have a truck and haul
around anything that he wants...you know how guys are about trucks?!!!).
We see Marge and Ryan, as often as they can visit. They, both, are
studying, and working full time. Marge will get her Master's degree in Weed
Science this Spring, and Ryan is studying and working to get his license as
an architectural engineer. They are taking care of our 20 year old Siamese
cat, King Tut (he's, actually, Marge's), and they have another cat, named
"Gizmo", who is a cute ball of fur, and runs circles around old King Tut.
They have a new house, built on a small lot, in
Laramie, Wyoming, and, they love it!!!
Better go, now...Love, to all, from Roy and Rita, out here, in Wyoming!!! 
From:michael.e.holt@att.net Sent:Tuesday, December
10, 2002 7:18 AM
Subject:Awesome (Click on Awesome
to go to Chris Holt's page)
Hi Connie, I just got done
looking at the web sight again. I check it out every couple of days. I am
enjoying watching the changes. The letter that Uncle Jim wrote about Adolf was
great I really enjoyed reading about the life they lived back then.
I thought I would update
you on what is going on here. Chris is doing wonderful and getting
back into sports. He has been able to practice with his team for a couple of
weeks. Still has the Hickman (port in his chest) he will be getting that out on
the 18th of December. When he was first admitted to the hospital on June 9th we
did not think at the time that it would only be 6 months. The Doctors told
us that is was because of Brian's "Kick Butt Cells" we have been so blessed that
they have come so far in cancer research. One of the new meds. that he was on
that basically saved his life. (The Philadelphia Syndrome
would have made it impossible for him to have the bone marrow transplant) Gleevac that
was discovered at OHSU and has only been available for 5 years was what put
his Leukemia into remission. We have been so blessed
with family, friends and pray that is has made this journey easier for us.
Mike and I have signed up for any study that will help other families and I am
mentoring a family from Idaho that has a 2 year old. Mike's family has helped
in so many ways and my family especially Judy and Marty and her family. My
Mom and Dad, Jane, Carrie, Russ, Ernie, Art, Len, Lou have all been great.
Brian continues to be
doing great in school. We are very proud of him. He is also playing on the
tournament basketball team for Keizer. It is so fun to watch them play. He has a
tournament in Sisters this weekend that has been a lot of fun in the past.
Travis is going to
preschool and is constantly coming up with new ways to make us laugh. His favorite
word currently is Option. When I tell him to do something he says that is
not on option mom. I think I might have used that word to many times.
Mike is working for
Portland Community College as a financial aid tech II, but has applied for an
advisors position in the same office. He has had a second interview and is waiting
to hear if he gets it or not. He takes the boys to most of there basketball
practices and stays to help out. I am keeping busy with all the Doctors
appts. Tutoring etc... It is very weird to not be working. I have always
worked since as long as I can remember. I am looking forward to when Chris is
well enough for me to go back to work. If this letter is to
long feel free to edit it. Take care and keep up the good work. Love Mary,
Mike, Chris, Brian and Travis Holt


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Hello Family, Hope
all is well this holiday season. Things my way have been great and wish you
all the same. College was a big step for me this year, that I took with my
shoulders squared and my head high. Taking basic courses at the moment at
Linn Benton, unsure of the future and what will be coming. Thinking of
vetinary or business major at the moment, cause I want to do something to
stay on the farm but don't want to farm. My luck in hunting season has come to an end. This was the first year in 3
years I have had a tag I didn't fill, the elusive elk eluded me this year,
but it wasn't from a lack of trying and I had a lot of enjoyment as always,
an experience of a lifetime I may never forget was when I had a 5-6 point
bull at 15 yards that I bugled in during archery season and over shot by
about 3 feet because I thought it was 40. fun stuff, fun stuff. Have a Great
holiday everybody and I
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What a great accomplishment!!!!!! We are so thankful that you are
taking over for Aunt Florence. You are doing an exceptional
job!!!!!!! As for a list of our family names, birthday's, etc. I
will send you anattachment with all of the information. (There
have been several changes since the last list) I hope this helps.
I would also like to add, that the last cousin dinner was fabulous!
Dennis and I really had a great time. It was so nice to see
everyone and be able to have enough time to really get a good visit with
everyone there. Aunt Florence being there was an extra wonderful
experience. Can't wait for the next one! Thanks again, for
all of your time with The Fromherz Newsletter!
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Judy Fromherz JFROMHERZ@kc.rr.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 9:55
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Subject: Newsletter from Mom & Dad
Connie and Family, I know it has been forever! I have been
going to school all day and 2 nights per week since the beginning of August!
It is a challenging school and the night classes are towards my Masters
degree in Telecommunications Management. If all goes well, I will
graduate from both in June. Most of my evenings are spent hitting the
books!
Twitch is doing well for her age. She is blind now, but just as loving
as ever. I am not sure what I will do if I get stationed in
Hawaii next. There is a 6 month quarantine which will be hard for both
of us! Please wish us luck. On top of that, if I do get Hawaii;
I will be stationed on Oahu and will have a room available for guests.
Please let me know in advance when you are coming so I can book your
reservation.
Mom & Dad flew out last night after spending 10 awesome days with me.
I was ill for a couple of days and having mom around for some TLC was very
nice! We had a number of wonderful visits with the Bauder family
(our Kansas Cousins). They are very nice and it is an honor to be
stationed here and have the opportunity to get to know them. Mom, Dad,
and I drove to Lincoln, NE to spend T-day with Carrie and family.
We spent one day at the Omaha Zoo and saw a biographical documentary on
“Lewis & Clark”. It was a very good show! The Omaha Zoo is a
wonderful place and really works hard to house the animals in “natural”
environments. The Lied Jungle is completely open with birds able to
fly around, otters playing, waterfalls, and trees hanging across the
walk-ways. They even have a rope bridge that the “kids” can cross and
get splashed by another waterfall. The aquarium is also very cool with
a tank that you can walk-through and look up at shark swimming above
you….kind of creepy, but cool too! We also walked through the
Desert Dome and the Cat Complex. There is a lot of indoor exhibits since the
weather was really cold and the wind chill added to that. Mom & Dad’s
visit was way too short and I really miss them.
Well, I should go and do some homework. Love to all and hope you all
have a very Merry Christmas! P.s. I am attaching Mom
& Dad’s newsy letter. Since they were visiting, I took the opportunity
to type mom’s letter so we could email it to you. Mom wants me
to add my name to it since I typed it and a lot of the news involves me (I
was there too) but this is Mom & Dad’s news so I decided to add my own note
separately.


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Hello to all!
Merry Christmas and hope you have a wonderful year to come! Our year
has been full of happenings! Thank God for his blessings and getting
us through the challenging times….Thank God also for giving us the good
times in between!
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Art received his High school diploma from Lebanon High School through
the Veterans’ administration. As many may know he (and many others) left to
fight in WWII before they received their graduation certificates.
Chris (Mary & Mike Holt) was diagnosed with Leukemia in June and has
spent many weeks in Doernbecker Children’s Hospital in Portland. Mary (mom)
stayed by his side the whole time! Thanks to the Holt family for the many
hours they spent helping! As many may know, Chris received Stem Cells’ from
his brother, Brian, and is well on his way to a full recovery. Blessings on
the entire family for their prayers, blessings, and thoughtfulness
throughout this ordeal.
The ladder that I have been climbing (in the garage) for the past 20
years broke, which caused me to fall and break my leg this past June
(ouch)! I was very lucky, it could have been a lot worse!
The Family Reunion 2002 was a huge success! Aunt Alice was even able
to join us for awhile at the picnic, which was wonderful! It was a
beautiful weekend! Included was the golf tournament and bowling. Art
golfed and bowled, but Winnie was only able to watch since she was still
wearing a ski boot (cast). Hope next year is even better – God willing
(and the creeks don’t rise). The final Reunion weekend event was the
“Seniors’ Birthday/Anniversary Dinner” at the Buzz Saw Restaurant in
Albany. We welcomed Sue (Al & Margaret’s), Judy (Art & Winnie’s), and Don &
Tam Van Etten. The entire evening was very nice!
In July, Judy made the move to Fort Leavenworth, KS to attend the
Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSOC) for a year. She will move
again in July and it may be to Hawaii for 3 years! She is taking
reservations now for those that want to come and visit. Also in July,
Art & Teri renewed their wedding vows and had their marriage blessed in the
Catholic Church. This was a very special event and a wonderful ceremony
that was attended by bunches of friends and family from around the world.
They had houseguests from Virginia, California, and North Carolina. The
reception following the ceremony was at their home in Aumsville with lots of
food, a wedding cake, games, karaoke, and lots of fun! Father Brady from
Shaw attended for awhile and blessed their home and the meal! Russ and
family have had a number of challenges this year. Please keep them in your
prayers! On a great note, Kevin was awarded his Eagle Scout this past
February and will be graduating in June.
Carrie and
family moved from Salina, Kansas to Lincoln, Nebraska. Their new
address is 1129 Aberdeen, Lincoln, NE 68512. Jonathan is doing
gymnastics with the University of Nebraska team and improving every day!
He has a meet in February and Judy hopes that she can attend.
Joelle (Marty’s youngest) attended Space Camp this year after winning a
National Essay Contest through IGA food stores. Marty and Family also
spent a few weeks in Alaska over the summer as part of their Volcanic
Education for Science Teachers (VEST) group. This group has met in Hawaii,
Bend, and Washington in previous years. This next year, they are headed to
Italy as Jaima’s choir group will be singing in various cathedrals under the
same conductor that led them in England a couple of years ago. Jen is a
graduating senior this year.
Ryan (Art’s oldest) left for Marine Boot camp in November; he had planned to
go in January, but the recruiter called to see if he could go early. Please
keep him in your prayers; he will do an outstanding job….his dad is a
retired Marine.
Our berries became ripe almost all at once. Thanks to some dear friends
from Stayton, they got picked every other day. They kept some for
themselves, but insisted on leaving the bulk of them with us. If you don’t
know, we have Raspberries (2 kinds), Boysenberries, Logan Berries, Marion
Berries, Blue Berries, Black caps, Nectar Berries, Cascades, and
Strawberries. Our strawberries didn’t turn out so well since I wasn’t able
to get out there and weed like I am used to (broken leg) so the pickers
couldn’t see the berries through the weeds (forest through the trees).
As many know, we make it a point to attend the monthly family dinner at the
“Old Country Buffet” on Lancaster (near Center) every 3rd
Wednesday at 6 pm. We average 20 every month and sometimes more…..put this
on your calendar and join us….All are Welcome! By
mid-growing season (berries), I advanced to a cane and was able to supervise
and eventually pick the berries myself. Our friends wouldn’t let me pick
when they were there so I was only able to watch and chat!
We have met Jim and Mary at the Hubbard Inn for steak dinners a few times.
It is a special place for us to meet. On one occasion, Shirley & Bob and
Art & Terri joined us for dinner. Jim & Mary’s sidekick and very good
friend of all of us (Lyle) always joins us too!
When the weather cooled off, Art replaced the screens on the sun porch with
the winter windows (plastic covered) so that Winnie’s plants could have a
home for the winter. Len built the sunroom and it is great! Winnie doesn’t
have to haul the plants upstairs and we use it all the time during the
summer. We play cards, read, eat dinner, and chat with friends and family
that happen to drop in.
Our Walnut crop failed this year with almost no yield, but the filberts are
great! We have cracked and sorted all of them (only keep the good ones).
Winnie bags them up in 1 pound sacks and sells them. We can hardly keep up
on the demand!
We had dinner at the “Wooden Nickel” in Sublimity with our dear friends
(Jerry & Helen Falk) and then played games at their house just before
leaving for Kansas.
Our trip to Kansas was fine. We had a special dinner at Judy’s (she cooks!)
on Saturday. Carrie, Jonathan, Nellie (Jane’s) and husband, Jeremy, were
also able to join us from Nebraska. Nellie and Jeremy are both stationed at
Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha. We had not seen Carrie or Jonathan for 4
years and got to meet Jeremy for the first time (he is a very nice young
man)! On Sunday, we had brunch with Art’s Cousins’ at their home. We were
able to meet Joe & Leslie Bauder, Sister Marianna Bauder, Tom & Tammy Bauder,
Ellen & Keith Hustings. All are the children and family of Elmer & Gertrude
Bauder (you can find them on page 46 of the family book that Aunt Florence
wrote). Father Eric Albertson who is an Army chaplain and a classmate of
Judy’s was also able to join us after saying Mass at the Immaculate
Conception Church in Leavenworth. We met the Bauders’ again for dinner at a
local restaurant and will go to see the Christmas lights with them in Kansas
City on Sunday after returning from Lincoln Nebraska where we will spend
Thanksgiving with Carrie, Dennis, and Jonathan. We finished out the week
in Leavenworth, Kansas and got to see Joe & Leslie Bauder again for a trip
to Kansas City, MO to see the Christmas lights. What a very nice evening
and the culmination of a wonderful visit! We are even considering
returning in June for Judy’s graduation from Military school (CGSOC). She
will also be receiving her Masters degree in Telecommunications Management
from Webster’s University.
All in all it
has been a great year with lots of blessings, challenges, and fun times.
Blessings on all of you! Love
Art & Winnie


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Merry Christmas!
Joe & Marge Fromherz & family
December 8, 2002
The Holy
Season approaches again, and we think of friends , relations, neighbors, old
and new, and fellow travelers on this troublesome planet.
We have had a terrible fire
season in this western area and now we read of Australia’s forest fires. It
is summer down under, and nephew Paul and Cheryl Bendele, with their seven
are down there as missionaries.
Barbara and Steve
Guarracino have a new granddaughter for us, Gina Rose, and Sylvia and Andy
Sharp have a new grandson for us. And, of course, the respective
grand-in-laws.
Our youngest, Matthew,
married Karen Cheek on June 8th at St Joseph’s in Salem.
Matt has a forestry job at Ellensburg, WA, and they are buying a home there.
John was shook up a few
weeks ago, when he stopped his pick-up upside down next to the freeway not
far from Centralia, WA. He took a couple of days off, but is back at
his job with Intel in Hillsboro and looking for another pickup.
Paul sings at the Latin
Mass on the first Sunday of the month at St Joseph’s 7:00 AM mass, and is
still has his job at Smucker’s in Woodburn.
Out the window I see a
squirrel energetically gathering the last nuts hanging on our walnut tree.
Among her other activities,
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