Family

Forest Ranger, Journalist and Priest    Born June 29, 1961 in the Bronx, Joseph was baptized in the Star of the Sea Church on City Island.  Years later he would come to be the pastor of San Francisco‘s Star of the Sea Church on the other side of the country. His nickname was Jody after one […]

A match made in heaven, or at least in church which is where these two discovered each other   A very memorable day, sailing in the 1980’s Robert and Debra at brother Joseph‘s Ordination with sister Camille and mother Janice and their two children Dara and Jason – 1991   At home and loving life!

July 31, 1994 – the day Bob and Camille joined forces   There we were, just noodling around with our two horses on a two-acre rented property outside of town and Bob made Camille a proposal she wouldn’t in a million years have considered refusing. Romantics that we are, we asked the CEO of Data

John – first born son John was born while Janice and John were living in a garden apartment in Bergenfield. When he was 5 weeks old, they bought a two-bedroom house in Bergenfield for $14,000 which is where this picture was taken.   As many first-borns do, Camille embraced John as her very own. The

John and Darla, first to get married     John and Darla met in High School and have been together ever since. Therefore, Darla has long been a part of the family. Darla‘s parents and grandparents lived close by and therefore are also very much a part of our family history. Here they are at

Camille was the first of eight grandchildren for Frank and Helen and the only granddaughter.     1954 – Baby Boomer Camille, first daughter of John and Janice and first grand child of Frank and Helen enters the scene.    Camille as a baby in Bergenfield, NJ and at age six or seven on City Island

A plethora of youngsters!   1985 Brandon, Charity and Aphia     Two of Aphia‘s school pictures.     Two of Charity‘s school pictures.   Debra and Robert (2009) and their two youngest, Taylor and Theresa (1995)     Theresa, Debra, Robert, Camille and Bob – 2009 and Debra with Theresa and Taylor – 2012

Emily, Amy and Molly are our three little girls. During most of their childhood, they joined us for the summer where ever we happened to be. One year it was Virginia. The next two Belize. Then China and Nicaragua. Here are some glimpses of their childhood.     It all begins with Emily in 1987

Bob    September 1960 – Bob sits in the high chair next to his older brother Jim on his second birthday.    Like all young men of his generation, Bob loved dinosaurs and trains. He knocked his front teeth out on the terazzo floor – beautiful, durable, cool, and hard.    New Orleans where Bob

BILL AND ALICE  Bill and Alice are Bob‘s parents. In 1969, when Bob was nine years old, his father‘s work in the aluminum industry took the family to Ghana so he could run the Volta Aluminum Company or Valco. They stayed in Ghana through the mid-70’s. Most of these photos are from that period of