Happy 80th Birthday Arlene Dorothy Schuessler-Klecka ~ In Heaven!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Wow! Today would have been my

Mom's 80th Birthday!

She's been gone twelve years now, and

there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of her

and wish she was still here!

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Arlene Dorothy Schuessler-Klecka

Born:  March 1, 1935

Arlene Dorothy Schuessler
9 Mos. Old
Chicago, Illinois

Original Back of Photo
Written by Alma Helena Pedersen-Schuessler-Spear
"Arlene - 9 months old
on Carmelia Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
where you were born."
{Born in the Schuessler Family House}

Do You See What I See?

Do You See What I See?
Well, If This Isn't A Confirmation Or What!

A few years ago as I started my search for information

on my Paternal Grandfather,

Edward J. Wagner,

and after a very late night searching

Ancestry.com Family Trees

I made a connection with his daughter Carol,
my Father's Half-Sister.

Pictures were exchanged and there really wasn't
any doubt that my Paternal Grandfather
was also her Father!

Carol sent me the picture below of her Grandparents,

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Wagner.

This is the only photo she has of my

Paternal Great Grandparents.

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Wagner

This week while going through old pictures that

my Father gave my sister before he passed away

I found this picture of him with his Mother,

Frances E. Siwinski - Wagner - Klecka.

Edward J. Wagner-Klecka &
Frances E. Siwinski - Wagner - Klecka

NOTICE THE PARTIAL HOUSE IN THE BACKGROUND?

IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME!
And this is definitely confirmation that all are related!

A Wagner "Find" ~ Exactly 86 Years To The Date!

And these are the "things" that happen to me!

I just found an old newspaper clipping on Newspapers.com

on my Paternal Great Grandparents

Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Wagner

that was published on October 29, 1927

86 Years Ago ~ to the date! 

Freeport Journal-Standard
(Freeport, Illinois)29 October 1927 • Page 2

Bringing Family Together!

I received an email a few days ago through Ancestry.com

inquiring about Janice A. Bloedorn

 {My First Cousin 1x Removed}

asking if I had any information on Janice

as she was looking for her Nephew. 

After a few emails, exchanging information, I gave Alvina

the email address to my First Cousin, Santos Castellanos, Jr.,

& his wife Margaret whom she has been searching for! 

Here is the email I received today from Alvina!

Dear Sharon:

With eternal gratitude for sharing information of

Santos Jr.,  and Margaret Castellanos

as I have been searching  for my nephew for decades!!!

You are answer to prayers!!!

I am so excited and have sent Margaret an email

and eagerly await her reply. 

I was born in Chicago and then the children's father 

was raised in the Vincennes, Indiana area,

however his family moved to Chicago for work.

We met in High School, however, we wanted to raise 

our children in a rural area and Vincennes is just that.

Here is my info:

Alvina M. (nee Castellanos) Perry

My dear friend (name deleted) was gracious and kind enough

to set me up as an editor on her subscription to ancestry,

 which allows me to work and research family history.

And that is how I was able to make contact connection to you;

and Praise the Lord, now to finally find my nephew and niece. 

Looking forward to keeping in contact.

With forever love,

Alvina

Seriously, How Cool Is That?

Nothing like bringing family members together again!

Goodbye 2012 ~ Hello 2013!

Goodbye 2012 ~ Hello 2013!

Well, this year just flew! I wasn't able to spend as much time

on my genealogy research as I'd had liked. 

My term for the South Bay Cities Genealogical Society

as the Newsletter Editor has come to an end.

As much as I loved working on it ~

 it was very time consuming.

 I'm now the Publicity Chairperson

and I believe I will be able to accomplish a lot more

this year personally!

2012 was a great year as I was able to connect with

new cousins ~ Lotte Pedersen & Melanie Weller!

Lotte is related through my Grandmother

Alma Pedersen (Petersen) -Schuessler-Spear's Father's side

& Melanie is through my Father's Step-Father's (raised by) side.

Now, I can officially start working on adding all these

new additions to my Family Tree!

Here's to Familia!