[TI] Ken / MY COUSINS / Cleveland Reunion

Tue Feb 19 18:30:24 CST 2008

At this point, there are no finalized details.  All I can tell you is 
that it will be the last of September

Bart Merella wrote:
> Tutti:
>
> I pop in an out of this blog as time permits.  I just saw the reference
> to a TI reunion in Cleveland in the fall.  I started scanning to find a
> more detailed listing about the event from earlier TI notes, but was not
> successful .  Would appreciate an update on this, if dates are set.
>
> Bart Merella
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org
> [mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org] On Behalf Of Diane
> Partain
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:27 PM
> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> Subject: Re: [TI] Ken / MY COUSINS / Cleveland Reunion
>
> Hi, Ken...You sound like a busy man with all your travels!  I'm hoping I
> can make it to Cleveland for the reunion; however, my family is planning
> a trip to Hawaii in the fall and the dates aren't finalized yet.  I'll
> just have to wait and see.  Do you ever get out to the West Coast?
> Oregon or Washington?
> Some Geracis live in Portland.
>
> Diane Partain
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org
> [mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org]On Behalf Of Ken
> Geraci
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 12:02 PM
> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> Subject: Re: [TI] Ken / MY COUSINS / Cleveland Reunion
>
>
> 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
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>> 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
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>> (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.
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>> 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:
>>
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>>> Today is Saturday afternoon.  Ken was coming thru Pennsylvania and I
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>>> 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.
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>>> She speaks fluent Sicilian.  Those two had a great time.
>>> She is Lena Cammarata who helped me with my
>>>       
>> recipes
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>>> 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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