"MEMORIES.....

Like the Shadows of my mind"

from days gone by.....

The Lives of Mary Bartashunas & Vitas E. "Bud" Mardos
Their relatives before & after....

BEFORE THEY WERE.....

Antanina Vasiliauskaite & Vincas Krisciunas

Parents of Ona Krisciunas

Magdalena Rusieskas

Mother of Antanas Bartashunas

Ona Krisciunas & Antanas Bartashunas 
5 May 1912

Katarina Narwicz Shockaites & Paul Shockaites
Parents of Salome Shockaites Mardos

 

Salome Ann Shockaites & 
Joseph Dominic Mardosa 
3 October 1910

 

Salome & Joseph Dominic Mardos ~ 1957
Parents of Vitatus "Bud" Mardos


CHILDHOOD

Mary at abt. 5 years Bud at 6...he insisted on the flag


YOUTH

Mary & Bud's Engagement


"THE WEDDING" ....that lasted 7 days & nights....

Mary Bartashunas &
Vitas Edward Mardos 
1 October 1939


AND THEN THERE WERE KIDS.....

All outfits were made by "Dad" Guess whose arm shadow's these are? <g>
Thanks to my friend Donna of AHGP, we know now that the car was a 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe! 


HERE COME THE BRIDES....

Susan Anne Mardos &
Charles S. Cole, Jr.
11 April 1964
Pamela Elizabeth Mardos & Donald Ray Rietsch
20 October 1973


AND THE KIDS HAD KIDS.....

Christopher Scott
1 September 1967
Stacey Ellen
1 July 1970
Franz Heinrich "Fritz"
April 2002
Sophia Gretja "Sophie"
April 2002
 

The good news is that we now are the proud parents of twins 5 years old, Sophia Gretja and Fritz Heinrich and if you click on their names you can see their pictures, 3 different sets, 3mos, 6 mos, and when they were one. I hope to get up more photos, and to resize the ones that are there, but I just have not had time.

 


AND FINALLY SOME OF THE KIDS MARRIED....

Paige Camille Tabenske &
Christopher Scott Cole
17 Mar 1996
Stacey Ellen Cole &
John George Heal III
15 May 1999



....and so it continues.....4 great-grandchildren and more expected.....

and for those who have asked what this webmaster and her hubby look like....

Pam & Don Rietsch

The End.


Interested in history? Check out the Mardos Memorial Library I am putting on line to honor Mom & Dad, and my other web sites....

www.LivGenMI.com  Livingston County MI Genealogical & Historical Project

www.ChaseGenNE.com   Chase County NE Genealogical & Historical Web Site

pam@livgenmi.com