I knew a family when I was a kid at Church -- the Dad was Joe, the Mom Joan. They had seven kids. For reasons which have never become clear to me, the parents decided to name them as follows: Joleene, Joanne, Joseph, Joe Jr., JoAllen, Joella, and Jodine. For verification I can send you a copy of the Church Directory. On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:09 PM, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > For one reason or another, today's post has not shown up in my inbox. > Here's a revised version: > > Velma Parks, born in Bethel in 1903, raised in Creswell, fell for > Prosinious "Pete" Skogset and married him in 1925. Her daughter, Lou Lahti, > survives. > > Wenton Redmond was born in McMinnville, which is exactly where he died, 81 > years later. He was a past president of the Oregon Purebred Sheepbreeders > Association. His daughters are JoAnn Briesenmeister, Julie Ann Early and > Jennifer Redmond-Noble. He married a Janet. > > Bill Babeckos went to Benson High School but spent summers at his > grandmother Lucinda Borquez's house on "Bainbridge Bridge island" before > going into "the boating business." > > Tavita Thompson, who weighs 308 pounds and who might be a tackle, will play > his first OSU game this season on Saturday. He was suspended for a year for > trying over-the-counter diet pills, which contained a banned substance. > > You don't share my interest in the weirdness of names and naming patterns? > How strange is it that you call your daughters all "J" names, because your > wife's name begins with "J," and, having had a "hit" with "JoAnn," you > decide the next one should be "Julie Ann?" How weird is it that anyone > should be called "Prosinious?" The rest is just odd alliteration. > > You can google "Prosinious Pete" and verify. > > David Ritchie, > Portland, Oregon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > -- Julie Krueger