Fatherly tribute to a Cleveland-Area dad in 29 years at home
A heartfelt portrait of a father, William Misichko, a WWII veteran, U.S. Army dental technician, Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient, later a NASA Lewis program analyst. The narrative covers his youth in Cleveland and Chicago, education at Lane Tech and John Carroll University, family devotion, financial support during hard times, religious faith, and his hobbies of bowling, golf, and woodworking. He is portrayed as stern yet lenient, always prioritizing family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Dad
Chicago
Lane Technical High School
U.S. Army
Third Armored Division
England
France
Germany
Belgium
My Falther
States
Verna Kurne
John Carroll University University Heights
Parma
NASA
Lewis Research Center
My Father Abraham Rogowin a Lorain Shoe Merchant
Elyrian recalls her father Abraham Rogowin born in Vilna Poland who arrived at 18 and ran a Lorain shoe shop for nearly 40 years. He spoke several languages, valued education, welcomed all faiths, cooked, visited the sick, helped others find work, and cherished family with eight grandchildren and great grandchildren. His eldest son Frank died in World War I leaving a young widow and daughter. Poland’s families perished in World War II.
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Lorain
Dad
France
Frank
Army
Maxine Rogawin
Poland
Letters from the Gold Rush Part Four to Six 1852
Andrew Jackson Hinman writes from Independence Missouri to his wife Celestia Morgan Hinman detailing travel costs for the plains crossing. He lists oxen prices, wagon costs, livestock rates, and provisions as his party plans a 90 to 100 day journey to Fort Laramie and Eldorado County California with news of companions, health, and plans to write from Placerville and Fort Laramie.
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Andrew Jackson Hinman
Ripton
Camden Township
Lorain County
Celestia Morgan Hinman
Andrew Floyd Hinman
Lorain
Placerville
Eldorado County
Caliornia
New York
Fort Laramie
Pince Nez Tales and a Wagon Train Memoir
A fragment from a letter and reminiscences describe Edgar Twamley wearing pince nez in youth, a China sighting of bystanders puzzled by the glasses, and a long 1852 Fort Kearney journal detailing a wagon train trek toward Fort Laramie. The writer notes health, journey pace, river crossings, cattle losses, two cholera deaths, and emigration scales with Capt Dorland admired.
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Edgar Twamley
Family Téegram remembers Dad who died of cancer
The writer shares memories of a father who loved sending 10 cards for holidays to grandchildren, giving gifts and spending money. He quotes the dad on living simply, helping others, and modeling kindness. The note vows to follow his teachings and recalls a wonderful dad who passed four years ago from cancer.
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Kathleen Misichko
William Misichko
Elyrian
Mrs. Irwin Finegold
Abraham Rogowin
America
Vilna Wolcza
Lorain High School
Marion Gertrude Merowitz
Robert
Leah
Schwartze
Austin. Minn
Benjamin
Carrie
Rarchin
Culver City
Calif
Elyria
Indian Territory
Independence
Missouri
MR. Dorland
Qhio
St Joseph
St Louis
Canecata
A MB. Reynolds
Avenato
Darland
Dorland
Betty Hinman
China
Shanghai
Fort Kearney
Kansas
St. Joseph Road
St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Platte River
Ft. Laramie
Arnold Palmer
Weldon
Donegal Sportswear
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