FYI, MY NEW ADDRESS IS. 75 NAVY ST., UNIT 203.....HANCOCK, MI. 49930

WEDDING OF JOE AND ABRÍA (Niemi)KERANEN IN NOVEMBER 2020 in Howell, MI

THERE’S A STORY HERE...IT STARTED OVER 20 YEARS AGO.

AT OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY, THE MARRIEDS GOT  PRESENTS TO EXCHANGE, BYDOING SOME KIND OF GAME. ALL HAD TO BE SECOND HAND.  I BOUGHT A CANDLE HOLDER ANGEL  FOR A BUCK, AND MARGIE ENDED UP WITH IT.  I SAID, SHUCKS,I WAS HOPING TO GET MY OWN GIFT, I REALLY LIKE THE ANGEL..  A FEW WEEKS LATER, I GOT HER BACK AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT.  AND SO IT WENT OVER THE YEARS, BACK AND FORTH, IN MANY GUISES...ONCE SHE WAS INSIDE A BIRD FEEDER,  A PINK KNITTED SCARF AND FLOWERS WHEN MARGIE HAD CANCER, ETC.   THE POOR THING “LOST” HER WINGS, BUT SHE STILL WENT BACK AND FORTH.  HERE’s THE LATEST.  MARGIE JUST CAME BACK AFTER SPENDING ALMOST A MONTH WITH BRIAN ON HIS BOAT...HE’S DOING THE GREAT LOOP.(checkout standpoint charters.com). I WAS WONDERING IF THE ANGEL FINALLY DIED, TILLI GOT THIS CRAZY IDEA.  I WENT TO DESIGNOTYPE PRINTERS, (MARGIES BUSINESS) AND MADE THIS BOAT OUT OF CARDBOARD, DID SOME PAINTING ON IT, EVEN MADE A CAPTAIN’S HAT, ADDED BIKES, TOO...AND THIS SPECIAL FLAG THAT ALL LOOPERS HAVE AS I,D,  ABOVE IS THE FLAG, BELOW IS THE REST....IM CRANKED OVER THE CAPTAIN’s HAT!  THE ANGEL IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL, MINUS WINGS!

PARENTS WITH THE BRIDE AND GROOM.  BOB AND LIZ KERANEN, WEDDING COUPLE, ILONA AND STEVE NIEMI

I CHOSE THESE PICS IN ORDER AND THEY CAME OUT NOT.

DAVE AND ANN TOROLA’S WHOLE FAMILY , HOME FOR THANKSGIVING/CHRISTMAS PARTY

STEVE AND CARLEY TOROLA, WHO WERE MARRIED IN  SEPT. IN NODAK, FINALLY GOT THEIR WEDDING PAINTING

WALLY AND LYNN TOROLA AT HOME IN NODAK FOR THANKSGIVING

 

RECENT SERVICES IN ALASKA (Jim heikkinen was there)

THESE YAHOO’S ARE PART OF THE KIDS WHO HUNG OUT AT OUR HOUSE...A FEW NEIGHBOR BOYS WERE HANGING OUT TOO.

WE HAD A PING PONG  TABLE IN THE BASEMENT, WHERE THE BOYS GATHERED.  HERE IS THE ORIGINAL RULES THAT THEY POSTED ON THE WALL.  TALK ABOUT STRICT!!

MY KIDS...DAVE, DOUG, LEAH

 

MARJIE JOHNSON SENT HER HIGHSCHOOL SCRAPBOOKS UP TO THE U.P. TO PASS AROUND...I HAD TO LAUGH AT THE WAY THE MINING GAZETTE WROTE UP WEDDINGS.  HERE IS ONE PARAGRAPH, PLUS THEY DESCRIBED THE BRIDESMAIDS DRESSES, KINDS OF FLOWERS, THE MOTHERS ALSO...(most of our friends didn’t do this) 1957

IN HIGHSCHOOL, WE HAD A NEWSPAPER CALLED THE “SNOOP AND TELL”...BESIDES SPORTS, OFFICERS, PROGRAMS, THEY HAD THIS CRAZY COLUMN....HERES WHEN JACK WAS EYEING JUDY....I WAS IN THE COLUMN ONCE(blush)

 

JACKOLA FAMILY, MN

I WAS TOLD  THESE PERSONS ARE FROM MPLS.  GUESS WHO?

HAAPALA GANG

TESSA AND WAYNES KIDS....

 

RECENT WEDDING OF STEVEN TOROLA AND CARLEY KARVONEN IN NO. DAKOTA

PARENTS DAVE AND ANN TOROLA

PARENTS CARL AND REBECCA

 

IN MENAHGA...CORINNA, DARYL HAVERINEN (Andrea & Loren) AND COUSIN ?HAVERINEN

 

 

PORCUPINE MT. STATE PARK

THIS PIC WAS SPOSED TO BE FIRST..OH WELL

FAMILY OF SUE AND CRAIG TOLKKINEN OF MENAHGA MN

MORE PICS OF MARGIE AND I TOURING ON THE WAY HOME FOM MINNESOTA 

THIS IS THE SKI HILL AT PORCUPINES

ON THE WAY TO PORCUPINE MTS. STATE PARK

 

Parents CHUCK AND VICTORIA NELSON AND JANET AND AL TOLKKINEN

(Thanks for photos, Mikko)

 

WEDDING OF LUKE TOLKKINEN AND KATHRYN NELSON OCT. 10 IN CALUMET

WEDDING OF DEAN KIVISYO AND BETH LESPERANCE IN COKATO

JILL, JENNIFER, KARA, BRUCE, KAY, DEAN, TODD, TRAVIS

 

MY “HOUSE” FROM THE BRIDGE...(I walked across one day)

MORE FROM MY HOUSE BALCONY ONE AWESOME MORNING

ENLARGE THIS BY TAPPING PIC....AT THE CHURCH LOTS WHEN OUR KIDS WERE YOUNG...ON TOP OF THE OLD PAVILLION

 

60BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR LISA NIEMI...WITH GLEN AND FAMILY

VISITORS FROM NODAK....WALLY AND LYNN’S GIRLS...NINA, ORIANA, ISIS, ME....ON MY ROOF PATIO

ISIS AND DEVON’S TWINS, PLAYING PEEK-ABOO

SAPPHIRA AND FELICITY

ORIANA, DEVON & ISIS WITH THE TWINS, JOJO AND NINA WITH ZYON

 

HELPERS AT DESIGNOTYPE PRINTERS WITH A BIG PROJECT

LEFT..DENNIS, TAYA MORTBERG, AILI MORTBERG STANDING, BRUCE HELMINEN, NOLAN AND MEGAN KERANEN

FIVE SISTERS FROM OUR CHILDHOOD CAME TO VISIT....THEY LIVED ON THE BLOCK BETWEEN OUR HOUSE AND TOROLA HOUSE.

FAY, MARY, ME, JOY, PHYLLIS AND JUDY.  THEIR OLDER BROTHER WAS PETE’S BUDDY ALL THE WAY TO TECH GRADUATION.  HIS NICKNAME WAS “PRUNE”...(GAIL). Their brother Gary passed away, he graduated with me.

ONE MORE PHOTO, JOYCE, ISAAC AND ME

LORRAINE AND BOB TOROLA FAMILY AT WELLS STATE PARK THIS SUMMER TO CELEBRATE BOB AND LORRAINE’S 69th ANNIVERSARY 

From 1977...from Jim Eskola

I RECOGNIZE A FEW...TOM AND ERMA ESKOLA, BERNICE AND ART JARVEY, CELIA JURVA, ALMA ANDERSON, MRS. IVER LASSILA,  ETHEL ESKOLA, MRS. MANNINEN(wanhapiha), Heinonen’s (front chair, white sweater), WIFE BEHIND....MES. OLSON ....

VISITORS FOR RAY BJORKLAND (Howell) HENRY AND MARILYN LESPERANCE, DOUG AND MARJIE JOHNSON

ViSITORS FROM ALASKA

ME, KATRINA (Russell Helminen) MAGGIE, KEVIN AND LILY

ME WITH THE GREATS

HEY...GOT A NEAT, GOOD,PHOTO I could post on this homeless page? Text or PM IT TO ME

Wedding present for JOYCE AND ISAAC...HES A PILOT SO WANTS A FLOAT PLANE ADDED TO IT....SCENE IS IN FRONT OF HELMINEN CAMP AT LAC LABELLE

SKETCH OF FLOAT PLANE, APPROVED BY ISAAC...NOW TO FINISH

GATHERING OF LADIES COFFEE TIME IN MPLS....

TOP: DIANE PETERSON, LIL YLITALO, JANE JOHNSON, JUDY MAKI

BOTTOM: MARIE WATKINS, MARY HANNUS, ESTHER TOROLA, IRENE MAKI

MY GRANDSON PETE TOROLA (Dave and Anne) WITH HIS PROUD CATCH