On Friday July 21, 2000 I was greeted at the home I lived in as a child by my parents, my mom's stepsister Susan Lietzman Dalida, her son Jason Leitzman and my grandfather Barker's grand-niece Beverly Harris.

I hadn't seen Susan, Bev or Jason in at least fifteen years.

What a joy to see family and hear the stories...



My mother Beverly Franko with Susan and "little" Bev.




Susan and her son Jason.




Jeff Franko, Bev Harris, Jason Leitzman, cousins and 2nd cousins.




As I get older the jokes take longer to set in...




Bev, Susan and Jason.




Backyard photo op
Susan, how do I work this thing?

Thanks everybody, it was great...

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