Great Grandma Nugent

CAMBRIDGE, OH -- Christine S. Nugent, 91, of Cambridge, died Friday (July 10, 2009) at Southeastern Med, Cambridge.

She was born April 6, 1918, in Claysville, daughter of the late John P. Hulka and Anna Valenta Hulka.

Mrs. Nugent was a graduate of Brown High School. She was a homemaker and a long-time member of St. Benedict Catholic Church, Cambridge, Catholic Daughters of America and Guernsey County Right to Life.

She was a great cook, seamstress and long-time primary caregiver for her daughter, Barbara.

She was preceded in death by her husband, L. Paul Nugent, who died July 11, 1988; two daughters, Barbara Nugent and Libby Jackson; four brothers and two sisters.

She leaves four sons, Larry Nugent of Cambridge, Jim (Guliz) Nugent of Alpharetta, Ga., Bill Nugent of Longmont, Colo., and Paul (Deb) Nugent of Elkhorn, Neb.; four daughters, Sister MaryAnn Nugent of Manitowoc, Wis., Peggy (Bill) Ditto of Cambridge, Winnie (Henry) Wells of Lore City and Tricia (Jerry) Jones of Columbus; 14 grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth, Eric, Christine, Susan, Will, Erin, Paul, Michael, Arthur, Ted, Selin, Jimmy, Dana and Evan; 14 great-grandchildren; son-in-law, Richard Jackson of Coshocton; brother-in-law, the most Reverend Msgr. James Nugent of Columbus; sister-in-law, Mary Helen Hulka of Canton; many nieces, nephews and friends.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Cambridge with wake services at 7:30 p.m.

Funeral service will b e 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Benedict Catholic Church of Christ Our Light Parish with the Rev. Fr. Robert Borer officiating.

Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Cambridge.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Bendict School, 701 Gomber Ave., Cambridge, OH 43725, or Guernsey County Right to Life.

Personal condolences may be sent to the family at http://www.thorn-blackfuneralhomes.com/.

Happy Birthday, Henry!

One guess who's idea this was....

Saturday night

Paula's 'Did You Ever!' List

I was sorting through some papers after our move, and I ran across this list written by my Grandma Rish. It's a photo copy, but it's in her handwriting.

Did You Ever! by Paula Rish

1. Did your father die when you were 3 days old?
2. Did you set the curtains on fire when you were 5?
3. Did you raise a brother when you were five?
4. Did you go to school in a covered wagon with horses?
5. Did you ever warm an iron on a wood stove?
6. Did you ever start a wood stove?
7. Did you ever start school at seven and speak no English?
8. Did you ever do your homework on the back of wallpaper?
9. Did you ever go to school with an outhouse and 2 rooms downstairs and 2 up?
10. Did you ever have a kerosene lamp you carried from room to room?
11. Did you ever milk cows and watch them eat grass, then they would chase you?
12. Did you ever hoe 5 acres of corn and chop snakes heads off?
13. Did you ever live in furnished rooms on the 5th floor with cockroaches?
14. Did you ever win a dance contest to Glenn Millers Band?
15. Did you ever work for $3.00 a week?
16. Did your family want you to leave when you got out of school?
17. Did you ever die twice, once with 2 blood clots, another when the hospital broke my intestines?
18. Did you ever have colitis 25 years and be pregnant?
19. Did you ever stay home for 30 years because your husband wouldn't go out?
20. Did you ever raise 2 sons and have no problems?
21. Did you ever have $100,000 and go downtown?
22. Did you ever feed people that can't use their hands?
23. Did you ever feed bums and bag ladies and get a 5 cent tip?
24. Did you ever to go to Florida 20 times?
25. Did you ever go to Europe twice?
26. Did you ever have an -ostomy?
27. Did you ever sue three Doctors at a hospital?

Grandma was a character for sure. I continue to draw on the example she set...her selfless giving and her belief that everyone deserves a fair shake regardless of who they are or where they come from.

Thanks Grandma

Henry thanking Grandma Wells for letting him pick raspberries.

Janet McLallen Hagerty

EDINBORO, PA – Janet McLallen Hagerty, 88, of Edinboro, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at Bedford University Hospital in Ohio. She was born in Edinboro on July 28, 1919, the daughter of the late Hoyt and Ethel Ryan McLallen.

Janet was a 1938 graduate of the Edinboro High School and then attended Edinboro Normal School for 3 years.

She was a past member of the Garden Club, the Shadbush Club and the Order of the Eastern Star - Edinboro Chapter #359. Janet was also a member of the First United Presbyterian Church of Edinboro.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband, James Hagerty in 1986, and a sister, Jean Culbertson.

Survivors include her daughter, Kay Rish and her husband, Henry of Boston Heights, OH; a son, Paul Hagerty and his wife, Patricia of Edinboro; a sister, Louise Fuller, of Meadville; five grandchildren, Ryan Rish, his wife Erin, Nathan Rish, his wife Aerie, Bruce Hagerty, his wife Nicole, Erin Richer, her husband Jeff, and Colleen Martin and her husband Robert; also, six great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Glunt Funeral Home, 210 Erie Street, Edinboro, on Sunday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. An Order of the Eastern Star Service will be held there at 8:30 p.m., Sunday. A funeral service will be held there on Monday at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. John Dietz officiating. Burial will be in Edinboro Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Edinboro Fire Department, PO Box 776, Edinboro, or the First United Presbyterian Church of Edinboro, Edinboro, PA 16412. To send condolences please visit http://www.gluntfuneralhome.com/.

Art's Pictures

Art posted some pictures of Paul's wedding and Grandma Nugent's 90th birthday party.

Rogies

Great Grandma Rish would be proud.

The Perfect Gift

When you're a little kid the box a gift came in is as equally interesting as the gift.

For Henry, his favorite Christmas gift wasn't meant for him. Winnie gave Erin a hand-held massager that lights up and vibrates.

Henry turned this into a space gun, with which he can vibrate anything within his reach: the wood work, floors, windows, tables, people's legs, Xola's head, etc.

Happy Thanksgiving

Henry & Henry sitting in command central with coffee mug and sippy cup on hand.

Dave Wells and I were marveling at Henry's accounting system: see the wall behind him.

Sorry we missed the Hagertys and the Rishes this year; but it was nice to have all of the Wells siblings, significant others and children together.

THANKS for understanding. And THANKS to Bruce for posting coverage of the Hagerty Thanksgiving.