Yet another opportunity for family and friends to get dressed up and celebrate together.
Unlike Jeremy’s Bar Mitzvah, Michele’s was a double and shared with another classmate (not someone we really knew). Photo #6 shows the other girl.
A not too uncommon Bar/Bat Mitzvah is to have a baby photo blown up onto poster board and all the guests sign it with a greeting. See #20
The table center pieces contained a decoration of flowers and M&M’s. Luanne and Michele are making these in #4. Note Michele’s cornrow hair style.
#12 shows that by this time Lenny had had his stroke (he lived for 7 years after this), but Betty brought him, along with helpers and a friend from the VA Center where Lenny stayed after his stroke. Note standing behind Betty is Pat Zentner, the neighbor from across the street on Graceland Dr.
#13 Seated from left to right: Tim and Edie Biddle, Ken Hart. The standing gentleman is a friend, Boris Vilner
#14 Standing, left to right, Russell and Judy Douthit, Dan Bloom, Betty; seated left, Frieda and Jay Brick (Elsie’s brother and wife), Elsie, who by this time was in her 90’s and needed assistance; her helper, Maria
#15 Family friends Johnny, Maureen and John Keys, (back from left) Paul, Dona Sinigiani, Lottie holding Jacob, Larry (Dona’s husband)
#16 Seated right, Rob and Shelly Siegan; standing left, Barry and Denise Tronstad (the latter Luanne has known since the third grade; their family is in #5)
#17 from left, Michael and Sue Barclay (Ira has known Michael since the ninth grade), standing center is Jim Bloom and his family; right, seated Judith Bloom, standing Sioux and husband JD Rogers
#19 next-door neighbor Paul Bakyonvari and his friend
