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We
need your help with an upcoming project for the Spiker Family Gathering
Place that will highlight the military service of brothers Brad, Lynn and
Bob Spiker. Photos of them in uniform, copies of letters they may
have sent and received, and transcriptions of military documents, etc. are
desired. Please let me know in which branch of the military they
served, their ranks and years of service, if known.
Don't forget that digital photos can be taken
of items too large to be scanned (for example, the plaque received by
Uncle Brad honoring his service in WWI that hung on the wall of his home.)
Every piece of info that you can provide to help document their service is
greatly appreciated.
Information may be e-mailed to me at
urlovingit@aol.com .
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When
we were children, Mother would take us to task when she suspected we
were being "story-tellers" (that's what Mom labeled it because she
thought the word "liars" was too ugly to come out of
someone's mouth.) She was not
often fooled by our attempts to manipulate the truth. So as
adults, we found it somewhat difficult to fabricate plausible
"stories" that would allow us to carry out our plan for an 80th
birthday surprise. But we succeeded in becoming pretty good
liars over the last couple months. And we succeeded in
surprising her with her first-ever birthday party.
According to the Guest Book, 80 people attended Dean Spiker's 80th
Birthday Celebration at her home in Good Hope on August 2. With
the exception of granddaughter Haley and sister Wilma, all of Dean's
siblings, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were
present.
We want to thank everyone that worked with us to make this such a
special day. Mother said she had a GREAT time and was truly surprised and
truly blessed. Looking out the window from her bedroom chair
days later, she relived every detail in her mind. She told me
that she enjoyed the memory of it nearly as much as she enjoyed the
party itself.
Click here to
view some photos of the happy surprise.
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Submitted by Jeannie Spiker -- Dean Spiker loved Gay Spiker's Boston
Cream Pie but cannot recall how it was made. She remembers only that
it was delicious. Does anyone have the recipe?