Wednesday, June 27, 2018

AT PAUL'S BURIAL
                        these two pics should be with the other pics from paul's burial (below)
COFFEE AT KRISTEN'S AFTER THE CEMETERY...COUSINS
NOT SHOWN BEFORE: SARAH NIEMELA, LAURA HILL, CATHY TARNOWSKI
ZION SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC 2018

MY BROTHER PAUL KANGAS DIED IN FEBRUARY.  LINDA AND GIRLS CAME UP TO  DISTRIBUTE SOME OF HIS ASHES AT HUNGARIAN FALLS AND INCLINE DAM.
ALI KANGAS, LINDA, KATRINA AND ANNA

WALKING INTO HUNGARIAN FALLS...JULIE, BRO. JERRY, & I WENT, TOO

SAME GANG AT THE AMBASSADOR FOR PIZZA, PLUS SISTER COOKIE ON LEFT


DAVIN TOROLA AND FAMILY ON A SKI TRIP THIS PAST WINTER

BELOVED BROTHER IN LAW, CHESTER YLITALO, WHO DIED THIS PAST WINTER ALSO

BROTHER IN LAW PAUL (TUDDS) TOROLA'S BURIAL AT CALUMET LAKEVIEW CEMETERY LAST WEEK.  (my bro in law, paul, my brother paul, chester, cousin sue anttila, and dear uncle wes, and dear friend dick woodford  passed away from feb. to may...all safe in the arms of jesus)

us torola's:  LEO, LORRAINE, BOB, JUDY, BILL, JACK, ME, REA, AL
ESTHER, LANA, MAIJA

DAVE TAIVALKOSKI DID THE SERVICE (betsy, donelle, denise, joanne, jean, brian)

STEVE JOHNSON, ROGER HAATAJA, KRISTEN TERVO, DAVE (BOB) TOROLA, DAVIN TOROLA

AARON KANGAS, KIM AND PHIL YLITALO

PAULA LEPPANEN, MARY HILLSTROM, MARGIE HELMINEN


Saturday, June 16, 2018

THREE OLD LADIES AT THE WEDDING
ELAINE K, MARILYN H., AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS.

MARTIN AND INA HELMINEN AT THE WEDDING

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY SETTING FOR CHLOE AND BRENT'S WEDDING AT THE HAATAJA RESIDENCE...JUNE 16, 2018

HAPPY COUPLE!

GOOD WEATHER TILL WEDDING GUESTS HAD LUNCH!

MARK AND JANIE HAATAJA, CHLOE'S PARENTS

BRENT'S PARENTS, JEAN AND DAVE (HEAD) HALONEN....DO PEOPLE STILL USE HIS NICKNAME?  THAT'S WHAT IT WAS WHEN HE HUNG OUT WITH OUR KIDS!

MARK AND JANIE'S GR/DAUGHTERS, AND MY GREAT GR/DAUGHTERS
CHILDREN OF MARTIN AND INA HELMINEN 


LITTLE CONTEST GOING ON HERE....WHO DRESSES THE BEST  TO OUTSHINE THE GROOM:
NEIL YLITALO AND MARTIN HELMINEN....I THINK MARTIN WINS, HE LOOKS LIKE THE MAFIA!!!  COURSE, NEIL COULDA WON WITH HIS SEERSUCKER SUIT, PINK SHIRT AND MED. BLUE BOWTIE.   SHEEESH!


LADIES HEADING TO THE CARS...EDIE JOHNSON, HER DAUGHTER, AND AMANDA LEHTO


Friday, June 8, 2018


ANNA AND JEFF KANGAS SWEETIES

MY GREAT GRAND, JOHN CARL (CARJE AND MARY'S)

MOST ENJOYABLE UKELE PLAYERS AT CALUMET SPRING MUSIC...I DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIDS IN IT, BUT WENT TO ENJOY...WHAT IMPRESSED ME WAS HOW ENTHUSIASTIC THE BOYS WERE IN THIS CLASS!

ENJOYED WATCHING THE MANY SCHOOL CLASSES PASSING BY OUR APTS. FOR FIELD TRIPS THIS SPRING...A RAINY DAY THIS DAY

AT LEAH'S HOUSE THIS PAST WINTER:  MARGIE, ANDREA, TOMAS AND DARLENE
LEAH, ME, NOAH (LEAH'S YOUNGEST WHO LIVES W HER IN DULUTH)

ME AND GREAT GRAND, MARCO (MALLORY AND JORDAN"S)

ME WITH A BUNCH OF GREATGRANDS AT MY 80TH BD PARTY IN JAN, 2018

COUSINS AT SUE ANTTILA'S FUNERAL...JERRY KANGAS, DAVE RAUDIO, ME, PETE, LLOYD AND VIVIAN HUOTARI. (DAVE'S, MINE AND JERRY'S, AND PETE AND VIVIAN'S PARENTS WERE SIBS)

PETE ANTTILA AND HIS FAMILY
FUZZY, JULIE, MATTI, MARIANNE, PETE, PAUL, LYNN AND GARY

MY SIS IN LAW, JULIE KANGAS (JERRY"S) WITH BLANCHE RAUDIO (DAVE'S)

BRIAN AND ERIC PETERSON AT THEIR DAD ARNE'S FUNERAL TIME

JANINA (LARSON, AND GRAND DAUGHTER OF ARNE) ) HYRKAS AND I

JENNY AND CALVIN PETERSON