Whipple Memorial

Pictures Raymond took at Junior High Age. . . .

John Whipple Sr. — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:53:39 +0000

Visit to 4359 Wooster Road in Cleveland 1958

John Whipple Sr. — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:17:15 +0000

When Raymond was about 15, (see Picture) Mother and Dad went back to Cleveland see old friends and to take a vacation. Raymond had his Argus C3 and although he was only 2 when he had left in 1945, he made a valued report to me on what had changed by my parents telling him what had been there that was not still there. Seems like most of the plants had died and things were going on in the neighborhood that indicated that I may not wanted to see it as bad as I thought I did.
He said the huge “Henry” house on the corner across the street from ours was now a department store looking for a parking lot. The people that had bought it had installed a swimming pool and bath house in the garden area and as you can see the row of huge pine trees among the North boundary have all died. I can’t see the big apple tree in the front yard, but the Maple and the Elm are still there by the road. Mother and Dad spent some time with Betty and Sully Sullivan and also the Brownells. That was Kirk and Nan’s parents. Kirk was my friend about a year younger and Nan was Jill’s friend.
I think if I was there I could have seen a better picture of things and I still have a desire to go. Jill and I talked a lot about it while she was at the Eden Home. Our favorite story was when we were going to run away from home because because we did not get something that we wanted and we would not have to be subject of their cruelty again. So we got up in the wee hours of the morning and cooked some french fries and a bottle of ginger ale from the refrigerator and went to the vacant lot on the end of the block where we knew was full of black berries. We ate and drank and talked about how sorry that they would be to find out we were never coming home again.
We finally got tired and went home. . . . . . .it was still dark!
We did not even tell them for years, but they still seemed to be unaffected!

This is Raymond exploring a cave. . . .somewhere!

John Whipple Sr. — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:28:59 +0000

I noticed this photo on the same roll as “SURPRISE” 2 post back.
I think the story was he had heard about a cave. . . .and we went to see!
Do you ever think about all the things we never get to know because he is gone?
I do!

July 1969, Russell was 10, Raymond Jr. was26, Dad was 63, Mon was 60, I was 32, The Square Nail was new and booming!

John Whipple Sr. — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:40:37 +0000

Another Tiki Photo. . . .

John Whipple Sr. — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:13:21 +0000

Leslie About 1962 . . . .

SURPRISE!

John Whipple Sr. — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:06:23 +0000

Ray Whipple Jr. wins 1969 Dr. Waldine Tauch scholarship award . . .

John Whipple Sr. — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:11:02 +0000

A Card From Raymond! . No date!

John Whipple Sr. — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:11:00 +0000

Santa Fe in 1969

John — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:57:51 +0000

Uncle Raymond and his childhood buddy Carl

John — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:15:37 +0000

I took this at Uncle Bill’s funeral. Both Raymond and Dad were really touched that we were able to reach Carl through the obituary and that he honored the family by coming. Their relationship reached back 50 years. It’s not like there are a million photos of Raymond, this is one of the better ones of him in last couple of years. We had a lot of time together between this photo and the one in the post below. All very precious. Click here to see other photos of that day. Clicking on the photo will advance through the slideshow or you can click on the thumbnails above. That is a very tight, wonderful family in those photos, a family we’re all very proud of and Uncle Raymond was such a huge part of the glue that held us all together. Now it’s up to us and our kids in the years to come.