The Purkey's  

After leaving Siena's we drove to Durham NC. We were going to visit the Frog's Aunt Dot and his cousins, Eddie and Doreen. You may remember Doreen from the great family history that she wrote of the Roehler family history, While I was putting together a photo history of the Roehler family and especially Gig our grandfather. This history can be read by linking to the Lamoreaux Family History page and following the links to the Roehler History.  Doreen was actively tracing the history of our family in the Pittsburgh area and  Western PA.
The first slide is Aunt Dot. She lived in the Miami area until about 5 years ago when Doreen he daughter was able to convince he to move north to the Durham area so the family would be closer together again. I asked her how she liked Durham and her quick answer was it was too cold.
The next slide is Aunt Dot and Eddie her son. It looks like he hasn't found a barber he likes yet. Eddie is a year older than me and enjoys driving around the area and feeding the deer that come out of the woods each night. Eddie has a 30 year retirement from the school system in Miami where they lived. Eddie always worked the midnight shift as the janitor and to this day he can not sleep at night. He does sleep during the day. Since he is awake during the night he watches TV and has a nice collection of VHS movies, plus he watches out for the deer to come. The next group of  slides are of Doreen and her family. Wendy her daughter was expecting their next child any day, as you can see.  One last thing I want to say about this slide show. I will bet you that no one has ever seen a instrument like the one shown. It was called a cord a matic. Look closely and you will see it was made from the parts of an accordion. There were only 7 made, probably  none sold. My Uncle, Bill Purkey invented it while living in Miami. .If you look in the slide show that I made of the Roehler family you will see a picture of Doreen at about age 5 or 6 playing the Cord a Matic. Bill had Polio as a child but could probably beat me in a foot race in his prime, crutches and all. He made a living playing the piano in the Miami Beach hotels. He also played the accordion. Bill died many years ago.

 Now we must move on. Next stop would be Savannah GA. This would only be a rest stop as the next day we were on the road for Gainesville FL, to visit Dana and Bill  Gregory and their family. 

  Looks like Diane is going to the dogs, or the other way around the dogs are going to Diane