Monday, August 24, 2015

COKATO 2014 GRADUATES

GRAMMAS AT BEKKALA/KANGAS WEDDING
ETHEL ESKOLA, JUNETTA RANTA, BEA BEKKALA, LANA HEINONEN

RON AND BARB KANGAS

CARLA AND DAVID BEKKALA

KATIE AND BRADY BEKKALA 2014

LARISSA AND GARRET RYYNANEN, MPLS., 2014
(THANKS, MIKKO)
MICK AND HEIDI KERANEN AT THE WEDDING OF THEIR CHILDREN

DICK AND LYNN WOODFORD, PARENTS OF THE BRIDE

ERIC AND HEIDI (WOODFORD) KERANEN



Friday, August 14, 2015

ANDREW, AMANDA, JOANNE TAIVALKOSKI (JUNE 2015)

BETSY RAUTIOLA, JULIE JOHSON, TRUDI HAATAJA AND KIDS

PHIL AND DANITA JOHNSON

NOT SURE WHO THESE GIRLS ARE, BUT I THINK THERE'S AN ESKOLA, COUPLE ANDERSONS, A KRIST???

(RON KANGAS LOOKING ON) JOANNE HELTUNEN, ANGIE JUNTTILA, ANNA  PENNALA AND DAUGHTER

BUNCH OF LIL SWEETHEARTS AT HOUGHTON CHURCH

JUDY ROEPKE'S BIRTHDAY GET TOGETHER AFTER LUNCH AT THE HUT IN JUNE 2015:  ETHEL ESKOLA, LANA HEINONEN, BARBARA HEINONEN, CAROL JURMU, JULIE KANGAS, CAROL ESKOLA, PEARL LOUKUS, JUDY, ELAINE WANHALA, KATHY JOHNSON

JUDY, THE BIRTHDAY GIRL, AND I

THOSE WHO HAVE GROWN UP IN THE SOUTH END OF LAURIUM, MICH. SURELY KNEW THESE NEIGHBORS.  THEY ARE THE WICKSTROMS FROM IROQUOIS ST., AND THEIR OLDER BROTHER WAS "PRUNE", OR GALE, WHO WAS PETE'S BUDDY, AND HAS WRITTEN VERY CLEVER AND WITTY STORIES ON PETE'S MEMORIES,  AND GARY GRADUATED WITH ME.  WE MET AT THE EAGLE CAFE BY ACCIDENT (NO. END OF 5TH ST....GO TRY IT).  THEY ARE:
PHILLIS, FAY, MARY AND JUDY.  FUN VISIT.

Sunday, August 2, 2015

2015 CONFO PICS:  ME AND MY GR/SONS:
SVEN TOROLA (WALLY & LYNN'S), STANLEY (MARGIE AND BRIAN'S) AND WARREN (CARL AND BETH'S)

TOROLA RELATIVES AT CONFIRMATION
WARREN, GRACE HAATAJA, ?HYRKAS, KAISA MILLER, STAN, AND SVEN

BIRTHDAY BUDS AT THE HUT:
GINNY KANGAS, EMILY ERKKILA, JOCELYN JOHNSON, HEIDI PATRICK, CELIA PETERSON, EMILY OJA (BD GIRL) AND JOYCE HELMINEN

SHERRIE AND RAY LASANEN HAD ME, CAROL AND JUDY (park ave. ladies)  FOR FISH DINNER AT THEIR NEW HOME ON TORCH LAKE....GREAT MEAL, GREAT VISIT AND GREAT HOUSE.

ANNIE AND IIDALISA HAATAJA AND EVA HARMALA

THREE "YOUNGIES" JEAN TIKKANEN, MY DAU-IN-LAW ANN TOROLA AND  KAREN SKOOG

ONE OF MY FLOWER BEDS AT THE CASITA

COUPLE OF PICS AT FULTON ST. JOHN'S TIME....
(thanks, trudi haataja)