by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | TEXAS, Uncategorized
Father Martin Malloy came to Texarkana, Texas straight from Ireland to serve as an Assistant Pastor at Sacred Heart Church. One of his first duties was to give a talk to the PTA about Thanksgiving. Not being well versed in the American traditions of the...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | 1961, Uncategorized
Giving the infant Duion a bath on McKay Street in the winter of 1961 was a challenging ordeal, The grate in the coal furnace in the basement was broken so D.J. was placed in charge of watching his brother who remained in a crib located in the front bedroom while...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | EARLY YEARS, Uncategorized
Sister Mary Lucina was a petite Irish nun who taught Latin with the Sisters of Charity at the Catholic, all-girls school, Presentation Academy. The Academy complex was located on the corner of Fourth and Breckinridge Streets in downtown Louisville,...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | EARLY YEARS, Uncategorized
All of my Catholic grade school years were spent at HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL which is located on Poplar Level Road in Louisville, Kentucky. The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth were our teachers. When I entered the first grade, we lived in a small bungalow...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | 1961, Uncategorized
Kernen Christmases had always been held dear when my father was young because the three boys and one daughter lost their mother at an early age. The children were reared in the family saloon by their father and they looked forward to the holidays when aunts came...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | 1961, Uncategorized
There were not that many photographs taken in 1961. I wish I had taken more. Life got busy and I neglected to record our lives in Louisville, Kentucky. Miles was stationed in Japan. D.J. and I were staying with Grandma Furgason on Sherman Avenue. and I was...
