Today is our parents’ 76th wedding anniversary. They showed us what love looks like. January 5, 1946. Kendall Charles Whalen and Marjorie Ann Kay Whalen were married at St. Peter’s RC Church rectory, Lewiston, New York. Their witnesses were Kendall’s brother, Clifford Edward Whalen, and Marjorie’s sister, Ruth Joan…
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Happy Birthday Aunt Joanie!
Wasn’t she beautiful?!? Aunt Joanie (actually Ruth Joan Kay) was born 25 May 1930, in Youngstown, NY. She was the seventh child born to Grandma Loretta Garvey Kay and Grandpa Howard Bertram Kay. She was their second to last child. As you can tell by this photo, Aunt Joanie was…
Happy Birthday Great-grandfather Martin Garvey
Today, 22 February 2021, is our great-grandfather Martin Garvey’s 158th birthday. Happy Birthday Great-grandpa Garvey! To find his place on your particular branch of our family tree, start with knowing that Martin was the father of Loretta Garvey Kay, and grandfather of Marjorie Kay Whalen. Great-grandpa Garvey was born in…
Kendall Whalen and Marjorie Kay’s 75th Wedding Anniversary
Whalen-Kay A lovely winter wedding was solemnized on Saturday, January 5th, when Miss Marjorie Ann Kay, daughter of Mrs. Howard Kay and the late Mr. Howard Kay of Youngstown, N.Y. became the bride of Mr. Kendall C. Whalen of Sackets Harbor, N.Y. The wedding took place before the immediate families…
Loretta Garvey Kay, 7 September 1896 – 13 September 1981
Our maternal grandmother, Loretta Garvey Kay, was born on the United States’ very first Labor Day, 7 September 1896. That is 124 years ago today. And this year, her birthday again falls on Labor Day. There is a funny mix-up associated with Grandma Kay’s birthday. She celebrated it on the…
Mom’s Baked Beans
Margie Whalen was known for her baked beans. If some ladies group was holding a dinner, someone would always say, “Marge, you bring the baked beans.” They were the beans to have. Shortly before Mom passed away, a friend came over specifically to ask for her recipe. Mom told her…
Mom’s 100th
Today, September 4, 2019, would have been our mother’s 100th birthday. Marjorie Ann Kay Whalen had a short life–she died just weeks before turning 50–but a full one. She was a wife, mother of six, a part-time bookkeeper, and a registered nurse who later taught nursing. It is difficult for…
Happy Anniversary Kendall and Marjorie Kay Whalen
Today is our parents’ 73rd wedding anniversary. Kendall Charles Whalen and Marjorie Ann Kay were married January 5, 1946 in St. Peter’s Catholic Church rectory, Lewiston, New York. They were married in the rectory rather than the church proper because in those days couples entering “mixed marriages,” such as a…