As I mentioned in my previous post, I don’t recall meeting
my God Mother. After revisiting information about my Uncle Dick Dollen, I
decided to search for my her. I was in possession of two facts. Her
given name was Marilou and that she was my Uncle Dick’s high school sweetheart.
As I cleaned our coat closet, I pulled out a large blue
suitcase that I thought housed my Mother’s accordion. I had quite a surprise when I opened the alleged accordion
case for in place of my Mom’s accordion were baby books. My cleaning ground to a
halt as I stopped to enjoy the three baby books page by page. My interest in
genealogy seems to be predestined for my baby book held a family tree that shed
new light on a great, great grandfather and revealed the surname of my God
Mother!
Curious about her life and armed with a given and surname, I
began searching for her on ancestry.com. I located a Mary Louise who was born
in the same city and about the same time of my Uncle Dick’s birth. I decided to test
the find by messaging the owner of the tree. Could Mary Louise be my Dick
Dollen’s high school sweetheart? I asked the tree owner just that.
The owner replied that yes Mary Louise did date Dick Dollen
and a series of messages followed eventually leading to a phone call.
Good News! My Sweetheart of a God Mother is well. She has
been blessed with five children, four living children. She is also a
grandmother and enjoys her family very much. Marilou remembers her first love.
It was homecoming at Luther Institute when Marilou felt a tap
on her shoulder. It happened over and over until she finally caught her admirer.
Dick asked her to go steady and Marilou agreed. The girls thought Marilou was
lucky to be going steady with such a handsome guy. Dates consisted of riding
and going places. Dick would take her out to meet his family. They planned on
marrying and raising a family consisting of “a girl just like her and a boy
just like Dick.” Marilou and Dick were a match made in heaven!
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| Marilou and Dick Dollen; a gift from Marilou |
This is very coolly. We always heard the name and now have a face. I wonder if she would have been our aunt if Uncle Dick would have lived.
ReplyDeleteYes, I believe she would have been.
ReplyDeleteWhat a Great Find Linda! Sometimes you just have to do some searching! Congratulations!
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