WEDDING OF ELLE AND DANE

GROOM’S PARENTS, GORDON AND CARRIE BEKKALA

JOANNE AND DAVE TAIVALKOSKI PARENTS OF THE BRIDE

JOANNE AND ANDY BEKKALA, GRAND PARENTS

JOANNE AND BOB HELTUNEN, GRANDPARENTS

 

LOWELL AND TOBI TOROLA (son Carl’s son just married this month.

OLD HOCKEY TEAM….I MAY HAVE POSTED THIS A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT SOMEONE SENT THIS AGAIN….RECOGNIZE ANYONE?

ME AND BROTHER JERRY WENT ON OUR WEEKLY BUMMING TRIP TO BOND FALLS

ANOLD PHOTO AT OUR BOOTJACK HOUSE…ELAINE AND BILL KANGAS, AUNTIE AILI ANTTILA , ME , HELVI AND WES KANGAS, EILA STUROS, MY PARENTS, HILJA AND REINO KANGAS

SEVERAL MINISTERS, ALSO OLD PHOTO

PETE, GEORGE HAAPALA, WALTER TOROLA, ERVIN PETERSON, CHESTER YLITALO AND ART SKOOG

 

A group of men at isle royal

ME AND BROTHER JERRY ON A RANGER CRUISE THIS SUMMER

MY FRIEND AND I VISITED THE CAPTAIN OFTHE RANGER…WHO IS 

DANNY, ME, ANN AND FRED HEINONEN

BROTHER JERRY WITH FRIENDS FROM MY APARTMENT BLDG BOARDING THE RANGER

AUDREY MILLER, ME,MOLLY YLITALO 

YVONNE AND STEVE. LESPERANCE 

DENISE TOROLA JOHNSON AND I

GRETA AND KENNY ANDERSON

WILLY AND MARGARET RAJALA

 

RECENT PAINTING…SCENE FROM MY BALCONY 

CALUMET GRADUATION GROUP

SANDWICH HUG W GREATGRANDS

KENNY AND ANNIE IN FLORIDA…KENNY IS HEALING AFTER A VERY SCARY SERIOUS HEART SURGERY…

ME AND MARIA STUROS IN OUR SINGLE DAYS ON THE MACKINAW FERRY

A PAINTING I DID YEARS AGO…WES LASANEN

 

OUR CALUMET CEMETERY BLOOMS WITH CREEPING PHLOX EACH SPRING

SERVICES IN LONGVIEW ..SARAH AND PHIL DAHL, NEIL AND EMILY YLITALO, FAYE,BLAKE AND THEO, WARREN AND RITA WALKER, AL ANDERSON ( from Marquette), KATHY AND GENE MARTINI…THIS SPRING….( thanks for photo, Sarah)

Blooming treee at my house this spring

TWO FORMER COPPER COUNTRY GOOD BUDDIES…LIVING IN MARQUETTE FOR MANY YEARS…..CLYDE RANDELL AND MY COUSIN BUD RAUDIO

ME WITH MY GRAND DAUGHTER KIERA JOHNSON AT HER GRADUATION PARTY

(Parents Carl and Beth Torola)

 

PAYNESVILLE CHURCH (thanks for photo, Yvonne L)

Beautiful ship on Houghton Canal, going past my apt.

 GREAT GRAND AIVA AND DAD CALVIN, PLANTING A DAISY THAT I BROUGHT IN HONOR OF NEW BABY FORREST

ME WITH THE WHOLE CREW…(Calvin and Marika)

BLOOMING TREE BY MY APT

 

Siblings,,me, cookie and jerry

JERRY AND I AT BOND FALLS….WEVE BEEN DOING A BUMMING TRIP ONCE A WEEK

TOLKKINEN GET TOGETHER AT KATIES IN MPLS…MARK, TOM, MUGGA, PAULA, KATIE, AL, LES