Old Family Photos

Grandma has thousands of photos and over the week we poured over them remembering times long past. We each took a few of her photos as keepsakes.


1945: Grandpa (right) with a friend.


1946: Grandpa (far right) with a friend and a Red Cross worker.


1946: Juanita and Grandma.


1968: My dad, Rick.


Not sure the date on this one. Grandpa, Grandma, Rick.


1975: My mom, Mary, pregnant with me.


1976: Me with my plastic pants.


1976: Me playing dress up with dad. Look how skinny his legs are! Ew!


Christmas 1976: Me opening presents.


Christmas 1976: Grandpa.


Christmas 1976: Me.


1977: Me and Donald. Donald is still in my bedroom today.


1984: Grandma visits WI, our house on Pine St. in New London. Rachelle, Grandma, Richard.


1985: Family vacation to Orlando. Grandma and Richard.


1985: Family vacation to Orlando. The oranges weren’t ripe so me, Richard, and Lisa held up ripe, store-bought oranges to the tree for this photo.


1985: Family vacation to Orlando. Rick, Richard, Rachelle, Mary.


Dont know when exactly this is. Mid 80s. Mom and Dad.


1985: Sabrina, Richard, Rachelle, DJ.


1985: Sabrina, Dawn, Richard, Rachelle, Anna, DJ.


1985: Richard, Molly, Rachelle. Nice flip-flops. And notice how I’m giving the camera The Finger.


1986: Richard, Bill, Stephanie, Erica, Bethany, Rachelle, Kacey, Amanda.


1987: Richard.


1990: Doug, Richard, DJ, Rick.

The Kitchen is the Heart of the Home


When I think of grandma I picture her in her kitchen. Even though she is no longer with us, her kitchen still overflows with activity. The kitchen is the heart of her home. Dawn and Rachelle.


Sampling the homemade apple pie liqueur. Jim, Deb, Elissa, Dee.


Deb and Mary cooking chili. Notice the box of elbow noodles. Only people from WI put elbow noodles in their chili.


Richard and Buddy.


Mary and Shannon.


No one can figure out why Doug likes to wear this outfit. Or why he thinks these shorts, ahem, swim
trunks are sexy.


We’ll still be fighting like 6 year-olds when we’re 80. Richard and Dawn.


Rich and Dawn.


Steve filleting and preparing a salmon to be grilled.


Elissa, Rick, Deb.


Rick.

Celebrating Life


Rick & Mary at Perkins.


Richard & Rachelle at Perkins.


Grandma’s dog, Buddy.


Mary, Rick, Juanita.


Doug & Bill.


Buddy.


Shannon & Sabrina.


Rachelle & Mary looking at old photos.


Dawn swears she never starts the fights she’s in. Dawn & Rick.


Jason & Steve.


Stephanie & Mary. Steph is due to give birth in June.


Beer can count after day 1.


Grandma & Grandpa’s orange trees.


Grandma & Grandpa’s orange trees.


Brannon & Grandpa picking oranges.


Rachelle crouching by the orange trees.


Juanita picking oranges.


Buddy.


Wayne, Doug, Richard, Rick.


Doug and his godson, Richard.


Jason and Dawn.


Jason, Sabrina, Shannon.


Richard, Rick, Jim.


Rick and Carol.


Rick, Steve, Doug.


Beer can count after day 2.


Feeding hangovers at Denny’s. Rick and Elissa.


Mary and Sabrina.


Doug.


Wow, I was hungry! Doug and Rachelle.


Taking Buddy for a walk.


Damon, Falon and Ashton climbing a tree. Shannon throwing oranges at them from below.


Flower


Richard and Ashton.

Paying Our Respects


Mom and Grandma planted this tree when I was a baby. So this tree and I are the same age. It’s grown quite a bit taller than me. Damn these Norder genes! Mary and Rachelle.


Richard, Rachelle, Mary, Rick.


The pall bearers before getting into the limo. Grandma’s grandsons: Shannon, Chad, Jason, Brannon, Richard, Bill.


Richard Howard Bowden III, Richard Howard Bowden IV, Richard Howard Bowden II.


Richard Howard Bowden IV, III, and II.


Grandpa and his kids, Darlene, Mary, Deb, Elissa, Steve, Doug, ReneƩ and Rick.


Grandpa and Grandma have 22 grandkids and 7 great grandkids. Here are some of the grandkids. Back: Shannon, Sabrina, Bill, Richard, Ashton, Jason, Falon, Brannon, Damon, Chad. Front: Stephanie, Dawn, Grandpa, Rachelle.


Rich, Deb, Grandpa.


Sabrina, Doug, Wanda, Dawn, Grandpa.


Elissa and Grandpa.


Chuck, Ashton, ReneƩ, Falon, Brannon, Grandpa, Damon.


Brother and sister, Juanita and Grandpa.


Kirk, Darlene, Erin, Chad, Grandpa.


Richard, Rachelle, Rick, Mary, Grandpa.


Shannon, Wayne, Mary, Jason, Grandpa.


Bill, Stephanie, Carol, Steve, Grandpa.


Jim, Dee, Mary, Rick.


The guys. Shannon, Chad, Rick, Jason, Richard, Grandpa, Brannon, Steve, Doug, Bill.


In the cemetary.


The view from Grandma’s final resting place.