Virtual Reunion June 2009

June 2009

Good Morning Mister Sunshine, You Brighten Up My Day!

This Past month has been BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!!!
Ist of all Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad’s out there!

Congratulations Graduates
College
Theresa Brownson & Susie Pierre
High School
Leah Lax, Micah Gunderson, Meredith Koch & Emily Futter

1.Leah Lax

2.Meredith Koch

3.Emily Futter

Newest Family Members

Congrats to Jeff & Nicole (Fameree) Gall
Nori Elaine Gall is finally here! Born May 16th @ 3:01 a.m... She weighs 7lbs 9oz and is 20in long. She looks just like her big brother Kalix, so adorable

Jeff & Nicole (Fameree) Gall with Baby Nori

Baby Baptisms

Oceane Fameree-Lippens
Daughter of Catherine Fammeree & Cedric Lippens
Grand Daughter Of Freddy & Anne Fammeree

5. Christelle Lippens, Philippe Fammeree,

Cedric Lippens, Catherine Fammeree &

Oceane Fammeree-Lippens

Evelyn Rose Ducat
Daughter of Deanna & Phil Ducat
Grand Daughter of Roland & Harriet (Collin) Ducat
She will be baptized Sunday May 17 at St Joseph Church, Champion, Wi.

Anniversary Celebrated
Craig & Marie (Pierre) Koch
25 years 5/5/09

Ryan & Jamie (Fameree) Elliott

1 year 6/21/09

We have lost another Family member.

Ardella Collins

72, Green Bay, died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at a local nursing home.
Born May 22, 1937, in Dyckesville, she is the daughter of Louise (Liebergen) Lemens and the late Art Lemens.
Ardella married Carl Collins on May 31, 1955, at St. Louis Church, Dyckesville.
Together, she and Carl were self-employed as cheese makers and drove milk truck for National Farmers Organization (N.F.O.) until they retired in 1992. They also were foster parents for 57 children throughout the years.
Carl preceded her in death on September 22, 2000.
Ardella was very talented at creating beautiful ceramic art. She also enjoyed playing cards, dining out, snowmobiling, the family's dogs, Peachy and Brandy, and time spent with family and friends. Ardella adored all children and cherished time she could spend with them.
She is survived by three children and spouses, Debbie Collins and Billy Tazioli, Illinois; Steve and Vicki Collin, North Chase; Dave and Lisa Collins, DePere; four grandchildren, Mitchell, Jacob and Jordan Collin, Amanda Smith; one great grandson, Charles Kitzman; mother, Louise Lemens, Green Bay; two sisters and brothers-in-laws: Rosella and Joe Collin, Green Bay; Betty and Gene Becker, Menasha; brother and sister-in-law, Ken and Janet Lemens, Green Bay; three brothers-in-law and spouses, Harold and Elaine Collins, Dyckesville; Alvin and Dorothy Martin, Green Bay; Jim and Diane Martin, Casco; two sisters-in-law, Bernice Krohn, Forestville; Judy Hauer, Houston, TX; nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by her father, Art Lemens; husband of 45 years, Carl; grandson, Mason Collin; brother, Fred Lemens; sister, Janice Schultz; two brothers-in-law, Bud Krohn and David Hauer; nephew and his daughter. Joe and Tammy Collin.
A very special thank you is extended to San Luis, Century Ridge and Kindred Hearts Nursing Homes, Asera Hospice for all the care shown to our mother over these last years; and especially all her friends and family who have supported her through her illness.

June Birthdays (in date order)

Special Birthdays Lundyn Foss 13th, Wayne Pierre 15th & Joyce Pierre 13th,

Adele Fammeree 21st

8. Lundyn Foss

9. Wayne & Joyce Pierre

10. Adele Fammeree

11.Amanda Beernsten

1
Jeffrey Joseph Buhr 1951
Charles Leslie Sivret 1953
Sandy Joy Cattani 1969
Amy Jean Naze 1975
Andrew John Fameree 1997
2
Louise Mary Bickel 1926
Grace Lillian DeKeyser 1927
Dennis Ralph Vlies 1956
Matthew John Gunderson 1964
Broc Adam Stroebel 1985
Broa Adam Stroebel 1985
3
Mitchel Stewart Derenne 1963
Jessica Leigh Pierre 1975
Jessica Ann Vlies 1980
Zacharia Fameree 1985
Brittany Fameree 1985
Jake William Pelishek 1991
Jordan Shaw 1995
4
Esther Mary Vlies 1919
Melvin J. Johnson 1953
Barbara Baierl 1953
Sue Ann Collin 1953
Michael Austin Johnsen 1962
Michael David Gerken 1970
Jeffrey Vlies 1977
Stephen Thomas Fameree 2006
5
Julie Simonart 1933
Debra Ann Miller 1961
Tammy Sue Rusk 1963
Ann Marie Fameree 1965
Craig James Lemens 1983
Cassandra Jean Lemens 1988
Jayme Lynn Brahmsteadt 1998
6
Grace Marie Fabry 1921
Lorraine Ann Vlies 1928
Norbert Rockus Derenne 1934
Ronald James Jandrin 1946
Vicki Lynn Vlies 1950
Zoe Ann Korth 1950
Patricia Simonart 1959
Sandra Jean Steede 1963
Suzette Ann Wittlin 1966
Steven Steede 1968
Penny Robin Vlies 1972
Ashley Lorraine LaLuzerne 1989
Melissa Ann Tatro 1989
7
Henri Jacobs 1901
Arleen Fameree 1926
David Ervin Villers 1959
Bridget Rose Bowers 1981
Megan Kowaleski 1993
8
Linda Magdalen Johnsen 1952
Susan Kitchen 1961
Amy Fameree 1987
9
Franklen Joseph Bader 1942
David Phillip LaLuzerne 1951
Brenda Mary Heraly 1961
Carolyn Henry 1981
Kathryn Henry 1981
Justin James Korpal 1981
10
Thomas Gerard Derenne 1961
Matthew James Lemens 1968
Christopher Deering 1985
11
Robert Guzman 1956
Debra A Seiler 1961
Jamaica Marjorie Schroedl 1994
12
Marlene Pague 1940
Stephen Guy Bates 1952
Rebecca Diane Delforge 1982
Luke Vandermeuse 1985
Bryan Keith Korpal 1985
Tiffany Ann Metzler 1986
Cain Fameree 2001
13
Joyce Wittlin 1930
Jody Ann Fameree 1962
Peggy Lee Steede 1964
Terry J. Evraets 1970
Weston John Landry 1986
Mindy Lyn Mc Kay 1986
Cory Allen Mc Kay 1989
Lundyn Foss 2008
14
Louis Rappe 1932
Allen Ralph Vlies 1955
Robin Sue Fameree 1960
Traci Lorraine Gengler 1972
Jessica Lynn Gengler 1977
Joshua James Fameree 1985
15
Wayne Francis Pierre 1929
Guy Henry 1946
Mary Johanna Schley 1953
Kristina Lynn Jeanquart 1989
Jonas Hill 2008
16
Katherine Ann Vlies 1954
Sara Lynn Reince 1981
17
JoAnne Eleanor Bickel 1953
Martha Anne Johnsen 1955
James Murlin Laluzerne 1988
18
Bonnie Rita Arendt 1948
Beth Ann Vlies 1974
19
Benoît Simonart 1956
Daniel Gerard Majeski 1956
Alyssa Mae Villers 1988
Nn. Le Captain 1988
20
Patricia Ann Vlies 1947
Scott Alan Jandrin 1964
Natalie Anne Vlies 1969
Faye Besaw 1969
Joshua Michael Pierre 1973
Robert Joseph Calaway 1976
Jessica Delvaux 1978
Kevin Jacob Jeanquart 1987
Allyssa Lorraine Kempke 1992
Courtney Jane Raatz 1998
Carson Elizabeth Junio 1999
Haley Veau 2008
21
Juliana Elsie Lemens 1950
Joanne Mary Vanness 1965
Mary Jo Theresa Derenne 1965
Timothy James Jandrin 1967
Sara Elizabeth Vande Walle 1991
Adele Dorothy Webster-Fammerée 2007
Nora Meggan Murphy 2007
22
Sandra Louise LeCloux 1981
23
Helen Ann Bluma 1924
Mary louise Bisiutti 1928
Christopher Jandrin 1962
Matthew Thomas Junio 1970
Robin Lee Vlies 1983
Amanda Jean Beerntsen 1983
Melanie Lee Jandrin 1990
Sarah Kitchen 1993
Tanner Christian Englebert 2000
24
Jean L E Rigot 1928
Todd Jandrin 1963
Alexander Anthony Vlies 1980
Nicholas John Vlies 1987
Rebecca Ann Madoche 1991
Aaron Steven Vlies 1991
25
Carol Henn 1946
Steve Gerard Tatro 1965
Jamie Leigh Lemens 1985
Zakariah James Sears Derenne 1992
26
Linda Rose Schneider 1947
Jamie Lynn Smith 1985
Louis J. Kasbohm 1994
Alecia Romayne Evraets 2000
27
Elaine Marie Everard 1931
Faye Mary Laurent 1954
Patricia E. Johnson 1960
Ryan Vandermoss 1984
Susan Marie Krautkramer 1987
28
Donna Mae LeCloux 1939
Wayne Francis Thiry 1942
Gene Allen De Bouche 1951
Gloria Ann Fameree 1952
Sharon Pluger 1958
Tami Ann Kasbohm 1961
Bradley Charles Heraly 1980
Carrie Beth Clark 1983
Samantha Sarah Vlies 1985
Kristopher Allan Pinnix-Fameree 1992
29
Grace Josie De Greve 1919
Robert Alan Vlies 1952
Chery Ann Platt 1960
Jean Bowman 1964
David Jr. Vandermeuse 1978
Nicole Ann Pelishek 1987
Emmett Thomas Samson 2007
30
James Francis Vlies 1952

Happy Birthday / Bon Anniversaire to all



Richard's Thoughts

I left home at eighteen years old for Paris with the blessing of my father (who had wanted me to become a doctor, certainly never a poet): “If you want to starve, you may as well begin now.” I carried a writing notebook, an acoustic guitar, a toothbrush, one change of clothes and fourteen dollars.

Before the great facade of the cathedral of Nortre Dame, where Esmeralda had enchanted mdievals, I began performing my young songs and poem-songs and poems. In the tradition of Joyce, Hemingway, Ginsburg and Ferlinghetti, I wrote--and slept as often as possible in Shakespaeare & Company bookshop juste en face across the Seine. My poems and songs had immediately become my vocation, my livelihood, my home. I was called a poete-chanteur, a troubadour, un trouvere, a “beat,” a sprouts-loving hippie, a young Jacques Brel.

There are very few recordings of my performances during the following two decades of my world adventures and pilgrimages. Some miraculously exist. Most of these recordings were sent to me, many by other pilgrims/travelers who found me via the internet years later. All are presented in their original, raw state.

One traveler wrote this, bless her heart:
“Poet and musician Richard Fammerée left home at eighteen with fewer dollars. Beginning before the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, he crossed Europe on foot, often inscribing impressions onto the face of his guitar, intuitively following ancient crusades and pilgrimages, culminating upon Mt. Sinai. Listen for evidence of faerie rings, trysting stones, Goddess temples, Gethsemane, marble theatres and medieval palisades in the west of Ireland, south of France, the mountains of Crete and Morocco, the plains of Turkey, deserts of Jordan and Egypt, and verdant islands of the Pacific. Fammerée is passionate as a renaissance philosopher, daring as the troubadours, profound as his faith in life. He elicits the complex purity of myth and metamorphosis. To experience the exotic--and often erotic--adventures of love and love lost, self and self found, to rekindle fantasies and faith, delight in these CDs, these seminal recordings, this
transcendence.” - A. de Stael

Richard & Rachel have been very busy with their performances, teaching & raising little Miss Sunshine.
Richard would like all our Family to please visit the myspace link below to experience a great treat!!!
http://www.myspace.com/famereetree

PLEASE SEND PHOTOS TO EITHER RICHARD OR MYSELF SO WE CAN ATTACH THEM
Blessings to all our dear family, Adele, Rachel, Richard
http://fammeree.blogspot.com
Please visit Richards blogsite as well as ours, the only difference being the double M's


"The Responders"

Harriet Collin-Ducat wrote 1st
Deanna and Phil Ducat, Son of Harriet (Collin) Ducat and Roland, had a baby girl on March 30,2009, on Roland's birthday. She will be baptized Sunday May 17 at St Joseph Church, Champion, Wi. Her name is Evelyn Rose, 7 lbs 13 oz, 21 inches tall.

Did you know Charles LeCaptaine passed away, son of Joe and Odile LeCaptaine.
And also another passed on of the family. Ardella Collin, wife of Carl Collin-daughter in law of Jennie and Noris Collin passed away Sun, 5/24/2009. She is the daughter of Art and Louise Lemens. Ardella is a sister to Rosella Collin, wife of Joe Collin. The visitation is at Malcore Funeral Home, West, on Wednesday night, with the visitation continuing on Thursday at 11:00 and the funeral at 12:00, at St. John the Baptist Church in Howard.
The full obituary is in the Green Bay Press Gazette, on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Harriet Ducat

Next Monica Koch-Coenen emailed the following update
Thanks for the update Jean! I enjoy the family history...and the good Lord knows I don't have the time to research it on my own!

Here's some news in the Wayne & Joyce Pierre clan...I don't think anyone will mind if you post any of it:
1. Craig and Marie (Pierre) Koch and Brian and Amy (Pierre) Brownson are both celebrating their 25th Anniversaries in 2009. Craig & Marie's anniversary was in May and Amy and Brian's is in July.
2. Theresa Brownson will be marrying Ross Frey in November of 2009.
3. Nicole (Pierre) Hill, daughter of Willy & Ginny Pierre, and Nicole (Werner) Pierre, wife of Jeremy Pierre, are both expecting new additions to the family soon...though I can't remember which month they're each due.
4. Graduations: Meredith Koch, St. Mary Central High School; Theresa Brownson, UW-Madison School of Pharmacy, D.Ph.; Susie Pierre, UM-Minneapolis, B.S. (I think Biology?)
5. Unfortunately, I personally have no major life events of my own to report, but I am excited to be singing in the select chorus in the Fox Valley Symphony's production of the opera Carmen tomorrow. I suspect my musical ability comes from the Belgian side of the family, because my dad can't sing. Cheers! Monica (Koch) Coenen

Then comes a note from my Cheery Friend Kathy Ducat
Hope this finds you doing well.
I am extremely busy at work – putting in 12 hour days.
Need to have a vacation to look forward too….
Will you help? Any news on a trip to Belgium?
How about a simple trip to Chicago? Have you any plans to attend a Richard concert? Take good care cousin!
All of our Sun Prairie Best, Kathy & Jim

I then Received an Email from Mary LeCaptain
Hi,
I'm Charles LeCaptain's daughter. I went with him many times to visit your father, Jules. My condolences on his passing. As you know, my dad just passed away, too.
I thought you might find the attached interesting. I made this into a book. If you are interested and would like a copy, I may have an extra one. It includes a lot more information, including maps of Belgium where our families are from. I believe I could trace the Fameree’s back to the early 1600s.
I have fond memories of growing up on the farm in Door County, eating Belgian cream pie, and going to kermiss. Mary LeCaptain

I responded
I am so glad to hear from you!!!
My Sincerest Sympathies to you & your Family with the loss of your Dad, I can empathize!!
I do find all the attachments very interesting, I admire all your hard work.
I definitely would like to talk with you more, I would like a copy of your book & any info you would care to share with me & I will reciprocate...
I have traced the Fameree's / Fammeree's / Famre's back to early 1700's then the roadblock arises.
I will attach my excel doc of the Family tree(it doesn't have updates for your Branch) in hopes you can help me. I will also attach the land deed from Jean Babtiste acquiring the land in 1859 signed by President Buchanan.
I also may have pictures you may want copies of.
I know that Franklin Bader (Alice Collins Son, Alice is the Daughter of Caroline Fameree Collins who is Odile & my Grandpa Joe's Sister), he has many boxes of old photo's & correspondences from the Fameree Family & he even has the original spinning wheel of Claire Stuter Fameree (Jean Babtist wife) that they took on the ship Gertrude from Belgium. I would like to go to his home in Indiana to view & take pictures of some of these things.
Well I have rambled too long now, again I'm so glad that you emailed me & I hope you enjoyed the Blog site.
I will include you on future notifications of the updates.
If you should know of any other interested Family members please share this info with them.
Also let me know a little about yourself & Family, send pictures too if it's not too much trouble. Kind regards, Jean Fameree-Miller