[TI] Ken / MY COUSINS / Cleveland Reunion

Sun Feb 17 14:01:38 CST 2008

Hello everyone,

I'm about three weeks behind the curve on emails but I
just wanted to thank everyone who so generously
suggested that I "run out of gas" in each of their
hometowns! Even though it seems I rarely am able to
post on this list, nevertheless, I am continually in
each of your cities although it seems like I am always
being given delivery schedules that allow me hardly
any time to stop and visit. 

A typical day and typical run involves me leaving New
Jersey early in the morning and then driving along
I-70 through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
then arriving in a typical place like St. Louis,
Missouri sometime the next day. Then I get sent to
Texas and from Texas, I get sent to the Atlanta, GA
area and then back to New Jersey. I think of each one
of you as I pass through all your cities! I have
noticed that we Termitani seem to have settled along
the major truck freight routes... maybe that has
something to do with the produce business or the
immigrants locating where there was industry?

Anyhow, I finally will have my truck school paid off
in May and maybe then I can get a wireless laptop so
that I can participate more on the list.

I hope to be able to see everyone in Cleveland, OH
later this year. Everyone in Cleveland is great,
especially Tami, who provided me a with a nice hot
meal one of the last times I was passing through
Cleveland. And I hope that my cousins Ann Riggio and
Diane Partain will make it to Cleveland as well. It is
centrally located and offers a lot of Termini
immigrant history. I would be willing to bet that
almost everyone on this list has had or still has some
cousin connections to someone in Cleveland.

Take care everyone and I hope to participate more on
the list in the near future!

Ken Geraci
Researching the following familes:
Geraci: Geraci, Parrinello, Macaluso, Indovina,
Abbate, Ganguzza, Dispensa
Marcellino: Marcellino, Navarra, Avallone, Cipolla,
LaNasa, Calderone, San Pietro, Silvestri, Scialabba

--- Diane Partain <mizdiane at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Hi, Ken...I read your e-mail about Ann in
> Pittsburgh.  I agree, she's a
> special lady.  When my mom (93 yrs.) and my two
> nieces visited Ann in
> October of '06, she hosted us the whole time we were
> there.  We got to see a
> lot of family and Ann took us to many places of
> interest.  I lived in
> Pittsburgh for 2 yrs. in the 60's, but it was a
> shock to see the changes.
> Ann and some other family members arranged a reunion
> dinner.  I think you
> were invited, but you couldn't make it.  Anyway, is
> was wonderful to meet so
> many "new" relatives and see some of the ones I
> already knew.  My mom and 2
> others were the only children alive from the
> original 5 who immigrated from
> Termini.  One has since passed on (Margie Sapienza).
> 
> Ken, I hope to meet you some day, as I believe we're
> cousins, too!  Maybe
> I'll make it to Cleveland in the fall.
> 
> Diane Partain (Ann's cousin)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org
> [mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org]On
> Behalf Of Ken
> Geraci
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 8:28 AM
> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> Subject: Re: [TI] Ken / MY COUSIN ANN RIGGIO!
> 
> 
> I don't get on the internet as often enough with my
> current job but I just wanted to tell the list what
> a
> wonderful pleasure it was to finally meet my cousin,
> Ann Riggio, in person last weekend.  As many of you
> may already know, our great-great grandmothers were
> sisters (Antonina Navarra and Rosalia Navarra).
> 
> It was Saturday around noon and I was about an hour
> away from Pittsburgh. I decided to call Ann even
> though I realized that a meeting would be unlikely
> on
> such short notice. To my pleasant surprise, Ann
> didn't
> blink at all, dropping everything to drive out to
> I-79
> to meet me in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
> 
> We left my big rig parked on the side of Rte 19
> (where
> I put up a safety triangle marker behind it,
> pretending I was "out of gas") and Ann picked me up
> to
> take me to a wonderful restaurant called King's.
> 
> And as Ann mentioned, she brought along her
> delightful
> friend, Mrs. Lena Cammarata, who I was absolutely
> stunned to learn was 95 years old (she had the vigor
> of a woman half her age!!). We spoke a bit in
> Italian
> and I made a new friend in her for sure!
> 
> My cousin, Ann, was just wonderful. I felt so warmly
> welcomed and she definitely reminded me of other
> members of my father's family. We all had a terrific
> hot meal at King's which really hit the spot on such
> a
> freezing afternoon. We sat and talked and looked at
> pictures and talked about the Sicilian community in
> Pittsburgh. Afterwards, I passed out some Sicilian
> cookies that I had brought from New Jersey,
> including
> some almond biscotti and some giugiulena (sesame
> cookies).
> 
> Finally, it was time to say goodbye and she drove me
> back to my truck. I didn't get a chance to give her
> a
> goodbye hug as there was traffic behind us but I
> certainly was so happy to have spent the afternoon
> with her and Lena. What a wonderful afternoon and I
> am
> very happy to know that I am related to such a nice
> person! I hope she can make it to the next reunion.
> 
> Now I am tempted to ask for some Pittsburgh jobs in
> the very near future!
> 
> I miss everyone on the list!
> 
> Ken Geraci
> --- anniegoe <anniegoe at access995.com> wrote:
> 
> > Today is Saturday afternoon.  Ken was coming thru
> > Pennsylvania and I met him
> > on
> > RT 79 in Butler County.  It was a very enjoyable
> > afternoon.  I brought my 95
> > year old
> > Sicilian decent friend with me. She speaks fluent
> > Sicilian.  Those two had a
> > great time.
> > She is Lena Cammarata who helped me with my
> recipes
> > for our Cook Book. She
> > also wrote a nice Cook Book that was published.
> > Ken's a very nice young man.  I wish him good
> luck.
> > Ann
> >
> >
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