MEMORIAL DAY 2018

WELL THE WEATHER COOPERATED AND WE GOT THE PARADE AND CEREMONY IN LAST NIGHT WITHOUT A RAINDROP.  THERE WILL BE MORE PICTURES ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE BUT JUST PUTTING 2 HERE.  THE ONE IS CLARENCE ROUSH AND OUR SPEAKER BEN LEITZEL.   THE OTHER WAS OUR LITTLE SURPRISE.  A FEW MONTHS AGO CHERRY AND RON WILL TOLD ME THAT THE GRAVE OF CYRUS SHRECK , A MAZEPPA NATIVE , DIDN'T HAVE A MILITARY MARKER. HE PASSED AWAY IN 2014 AND SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR.  CHERRY AND RON ASKED IF I WOULD ASSIST IN FIXING THE PROBLEM.  TURNED OUT TO BE AN EASY FIX AS THE VA OFFICE HAD ALL OF HIS RECORDS AND I GOT A MARKER RIGHT AWAY.  BUT WE FELT IT WOULD BE PERFECT TO ACTUALLY PLACE THE MARKER AS PART OF THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE AND IT ALL TURNED OUT QUITE WELL.  AGAIN THANKS TO CHERRY AND RON FOR NOTICING THAT CYRUS'S GRAVE WAS UNADORNED

MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

ADDING THE AD FOR THE CHICKEN BBQ , YARD SALES AND ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY , THE NEXT DAY , MAY 27 AND THAT STARTS AT 6 PM.  A LITTLE SURPRISE IN THE SERVICE THIS YEAR BUT YOU HAVE TO ATTEND TO SEE WHAT IT IS.  A HAPPENING WEEKEND IN MY OLD HOMETOWN

WANDA FINCK

SADLY WE LOST LONG TIME MAZEPPA RESIDENT WANDA FINCK.  SHE AND MEL WERE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS .  BORN SEPTEMBER 6 , 1927 AND PASSED AWAY MAY 8, 2018. DAUGHTER OF HOMER AND NELLIE WAGNER.  MARRIED TO MELVIN  AND THEY HAD 2 CHILDREN KEITH AND KAREN.

JIM BAUMER

WE LOST A DEAR FRIEND THIS WEEK WITH THE PASSING OF JIMMY BAUMER.  JAMES EDWARD BAUMER DIED MONDAY FEBRUARY 26 , 2018.  BORN AUGUST 12 , 1960 AND THE SON OF G. MARLIN AND MARGUERITE BAUMER.  MARRIED TO THE FORMER LENA REITENBACH AND SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER JESSICA AND SON TIMOTHY.   ALSO HIS                                                                                                                                          

BROTHER DAVID , SISTER BARBARA EDINGER AND WAS PREDECEASED BY SISTER   BEVERLY.   WHAT A GREAT GUY AND WE WILL REALLY MISS JIM.

CYRUS WILLIAM SHRECK

RECENTLY CHERRY AND RON WILL BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT AN OLD MAZEPPA RESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE A MILITARY MARKER FOR HIS GRAVE.  I AM DILIGENTLY WORKING TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFO THAT I CAN SUPPLY THE VA OFFICE.  HIS NAME WAS CYRUS WILLIAM SHRECK AND HE SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR.  BORN AUGUST 8 , 1931 AND PASSED AWAY  JANUARY 16 , 2014.  BURIED BY HIS PARENTS  S. CATHERINE  ( KOCH )  AND DANIEL SHRECK.    ANY INFO IS APPRECIATED AS THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE HIM ON FILE ALTHOUGH HE DOES HAVE A MILITARY HEADSTONE.  WHAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IS TO HAVE THIS RESOLVED IN TIME FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY.  MY EMAIL IS   mazeppa@ptd.net.    I AM ATTACHING PHOTOS OF CYRUS.....ANOTHER OF HIS PARENTS AND ONE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITH CYRUS SITTING AT THE PIANO.

LEMOYNE

BINK AND I WERE DOWN TO LEMOYNE A FEW DAYS AGO AND AS WE PULLED INTO THE ANTIQUE MALL WE LIKE A CAR CAME RIGHT IN BEHIND.  MOST OF YOU KNOW MY LICENSE PLATE IS......MAZEPPA.  AS WE GOT OUT THE FELLA ASKED.....MAZEPPA , PA ?   I WAS STUNNED AND REPLIED YOU KNOW WHERE MAZEPPA IS ?  I BOUGHT MY FIRST CAR THERE AS I GREW UP IN LEWISBURG.  TURNS OUT HE AND BINK GRADUATED A YEAR APART AT LEWISBURG AND KNEW EACH OTHER.  HIS MOM STILL LIVES IN LINNTOWN AND BASICALLY NEIGHBORS TO US.  A SMALL WORLD OR WHAT ?

13 MORE PERCY

A WEEK LATE POSTING THIS PERCY BUT I CAUGHT 13 LAST SUNDAY AND JUST LOOK AT THE PHOTOS I TOOK.  A GREAT MORNING IN THE CREEK