Mother’s Day

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I met him I knew he was just great.” It was love at first sight. Not long after they met, Fran proposed to Nancy, and they were married on April 4, 1959. The young couple moved to Pittsburgh. Soon after, on July 1, 1960, I was born. Then came Eric in 1962, followed by Scott in 1963, Julie in 1965, Mary in ’66, John in ’67, Elizabeth in ’69 and finally, Nina in 1971. Between the ages of 23 and

34, my mom gave birth to eight children no one could claim she was an underachiever!

In 1965 Fran and Nancy built a house in Lake Harmony Estates and our family traveled from Pittsburgh to spend summers and holidays at the lake. We finally moved to Lake Harmony full-time in 1973 after my parents’ ill-fated attempt at running a restaurant in Bear Creek called Shades Glen Inn. The move to the Poconos was certainly an adjustment for Nancy,

See MOTHER’S DAY, page 9