Summer 2010 Edition Virtual Reunion

Summer 2010


I hope this Letter finds everyone enjoying their Summer & Vacations!

I write this letter with a heavy heart…
Our Dear Cousin Richard Fammeree has been diagnosed with a serious condition, ALS (Lou Gehrigs disease)!
Richard, Rachel and Adele need help!!!
They need ALL OF OUR PRAYERS! And also they need financial help. I’m reaching out to all to help in any way possible.

Please contact me for information regarding sending the donations

The letter below is from Rachel, Richards Partner.
You can see more information regarding donations in this link to Richards healing website, graciously created by Richard’s dearest friends Carrie & Lauren.
http://richardshealingfamily.wordpress.com/.

Please help in any way you can!


Dear Friends,
I am writing with sad news. Some of you know that Richard has been struggling with a neuromuscular illness over the last months. What we thought was a torn meniscus in his knee and then sciatica in his lower back has spread into a paralysis that is steadily taking over his body. As of today, Richard can only walk very short distances with a sturdy walker and he can no longer do the simplest things—like sit up in bed, brush his hair or sign his name. Most sadly, he cannot play the guitar or piano, so our home is not filled with the miraculous music it once was, (except on Tuesdays, when Richard and Carrie Ingrisano’s band St. Cloud practices here, cheering us all up).

Richard continues to inspire those around him with his spirit. He still works, writes poetry, runs UniVerse and does as much as possible independently, and his determination is absolutely heroic. He has been through a full battery of tests through the Northshore Hospital System and there has been diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease—a terrible degenerative condition for which there is still no treatment or cure. We are working with specialists at Northwestern and UIC to help us to navigate this situation, but in the meantime, we are doing extensive research into alternative therapies that will help Richard to improve his quality of life and, ideally, to heal.

Richard does acupuncture and shiatsu massage once a week (with the wonderful Steve Rogne, founder of the Zen Shiatsu Center) and we just began treatment through Dr. Mercola’s Natural Health Center and a natrapath named Jim Walters. These practitioners are brilliant and have many years of experience in holistic health care. Their treatment for Richard includes detox for heavy metals, repair of his gastro-intestinal tract through a special diet, active isolated stretching, emotional therapy, and restoration of key minerals that have been depleted in his body. These doctors understand that mysterious neurological conditions like ALS have many roots and routes, and they are giving us hope.

I am asking you to do the same. Richard has always had so much energy for all of US, few people would imagine how touched and excited he gets by the littlest email from a friend—a comment on a poem, song or UniVerse addition. Please send him your prayers and good thoughts. He has touched and inspired countless lives and is so very loved. Now is the time to let him know.
Carrie and Lauren have established a website in celebration of Richard:
http://richardshealingfamily.wordpress.com/.
Please visit and send a comment when you have a chance. In the next few days we will be able to send Richard’s new album to anyone who visits the site and makes a donation toward his care. His illuminating work has always been about healing, and creating a path into a brighter future. We are visualizing this for him now, and grateful for all of our friends on the journey.
With hope and love—
Rachel Webster

Poet, composer, international performing and recording artist Richard Fammerée is founder and director of UniVerse of Poetry [www.universeofpoetry.org]. Lessons of Water & Thirst, a book of his poems,
is included in the Poetry Library of Royal Festival Hall, London. Manfred Gordon (Cambridge University) describes this volume of poetry as
“sensual and psychological, lush in the tradition of French Symbolism.”
Fammerée is a pioneer of the global renaissance of poetry married to music and new media, scoring poems into alternative/contemporary art songs. His creations are “pansophic and visceral in the same breath,” twining passion, spirituality, sensuality.
Founder and co-director of Saint Cloud, a fine art performance ensemble [www.saintcloud.co.uk], Fammerée performs and records internationally. Collaborations include recordings with poet Li-Young Lee, Emmy award-winning singer Toni Childs, Grammy winner Frank Myers and poète-chanteuse Carrie Ingrisano.
Projects have been produced by David Tickle and Paul Christopher Greene.
Markets of Remorse © 2006 Fammerée/Nomadica Musica & Poetry, ASCAP
A widely published poet, Richard Fammerée is featured on ReVerse
with Mark Strand, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Li-Young Lee, Simone Muench and Lou Reed. He produced and hosted “Poetry & Its Music International” for the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. This program has developed into UniVerse of Poetry: Poetry + New Media.
UniVerse of Poetry embodies a celebration of international poetry encouraging dialogue, compassion and peace. UniVerse is dedicated to featuring a laurelled poet from every nation in the world, regardless of territory, and to showcasing the work of poets working in exile and writing in endangered languages through public programs, free curricula and online publication. UniVerse is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
To enjoy a series of outstanding poetry programs, please visit the
Universe of Poetry & Chicago Public Radio/Chicago Amplified Archive.




* I received a lovely note & picture from Jane Corsten
She mentioned she had visited her Aunt Ellen (LeCaptain) Naze
& Ellen asked that I share the picture below with all our Virtual Family!
It is a photo of a memorial for her Son Peter.
It is located on the Fox River Trail in remembrance of Judge Peter Naze.
He died April 1st 2009 at the age of 66. He was an avid biker and will be remembered for his love of the outdoors.
Peter was the son of Ellen LeCaptain Naze & Ben Naze.
Ellen was the Daughter of Odile Fameree LeCaptain & Joseph LeCaptain.
Thank you Ellen & Jane For Sharing!

Summer Birthdays

June Birthdays

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

July Birthdays
• 1
o Anne-Marie Renders 1929
o Samuel John Lardinois 1946
o Christine Ann Kaczmarek 1958
o Jerry Ernest Villers 1965
o Luke Leonard Villers 1989
• 2
o André Auguste Simonart 1917
o Dennis Le Roy 1955
o Kimberly Deanna Vlies 1981
o Brock James Agamaite 1990
o Morgan Patricia Jandrin 1994
• 3
o Cindi Lou Heuer 1955
o Diane Patricia Killick 1957
o Lori Ann Jandrin 1960
o Lynette Renee Mindak 1975
o Chad Robert Derenne 1978
o Antonia Joan Girard 1985
o Raphael Zilberstein 1996
o Natalie Claire Lamirande 2006
• 4
o Shawn Thomas Ropson 1982
• 5
o Patricia Ann Braun 1933
o Arlen Jacob Wendricks 1952
o Ericka Marie Jandrin 1975
o Madison Tonta Arendt 2002
• 6
o Nancy Jane Naze 1946
o Lari James Wagnitz 1948
o Kathy Ann Batten 1958
o Zeke Mata 1981
o Jeremy Todd Carey 1984
• 7
o Dorothy Ellerton Vlies 1906
o Agnes Barette 1910
o Peter Joseph Naze 1942
o Al Daniel Gengler 1947
o Jennel Stewalt 1955
o Dennis Fred Villers 1958
o Jesse Ryan Nelson 1978
o Joseph Edward LaLuzerne 1986
• 8
o Jeanine Virginia Dobbs-Schroeder 1971
o Patrick James Mc Caffery 1971
o Alexander Thomas Famree 1988
• 9
o Donald Francis Wery 1952
o Xavier D'harveng 1953
o Kevin Arthur LaCosse 1960
• 10
o Lois Ann Buhr 1952
o Harvey Fred Jr. Villers 1955
o Melissa Stachowiak 1981
o Brielei Luchon-Ledvina 2005
• 11
o Linda Marie DeBouche 1960
o Sarah Lee Christianson 1988
o Clifton Fameree 1988
• 12
o Vincent Simonart 1962
o Scott Allen Lischka 1968
o Nickolas Greiling 1982
o Michelle Laurent Bauer 1987
o Adam Leroy Van Pay 1993
• 13
o Mary Ellen Thiry 1941
o Julie Ann Fameree 1956
o Michael John Vanness 1963
o Carol Ann Thompson 1963
o Jordan John Jandrin 1993
• 14
o Gerald Wittlin 1929
o Bernadine Elaine Mary Delfosse 1936
o Clarence George Jr. Villers 1947
o Mark Laurence Villers 1960
o Jason Orville Hafeman 1976
o Jacob James VanSchyndel 1990
• 15
o Alan Brian Liebsch 1957
o Amy Sue Piesler 1971
o Jeanine Ann Jandrin 1972
o Jeromy Joseph Dart 1977
o Brian Gary Jandrin 1979
o Joseph David Delcorps 1983
o Steven Michael Laluzerne 1984
o Cameron Heraly 1990
• 16
o Pamela Jandrin 1971
o Michael Alvin Fameree 1974
o John Michael LaLuzerne 1980
o Jason Lee Derenne 1980
o Julia Mae Maskell 1981
o Katie Collin 1984
o Emily Marie Derenne 1989
o Macey Ledvina 2004
• 17
o Dustin Jandrin 1992
• 18
o Ernest Dale Fameree 1942
o Barbara Ann Vlies 1951
o James David Laurent 1966
o Lori Jandrin 1973
o Leah Marie Lax 1991
o Mitchel D. Gerondale 1997
• 19
o Harvey Fred Villers 1936
o Gary Clarence Jandrin 1954
o Debbie Hagney 1958
o Susan Mary Robak 1961
o Jacob David Seipel 1976
o Nathan Joseph Hokenson 1987
o Jonathan Michael Dethardt 1988
o Adam Laurent Bauer 1990
• 20
o Elaine Fammerée 1921
o Mary Kay Majeski 1959
o Sara Johanna DeVillers 1983
o Jonathan Jandrin 1985
o Erik Dean Derenne 1985
• 21
o Dian Skinner 1936
o Paul David Ropson 1955
o Dan Burkart 1964
o Michelle Marie Ropson 1967
• 22
o Peter Joseph Jr. Buhr 1924
o Jule Honore Louis Joseph Fameree 1926
o Dennis Wayne Clark 1958
o Michael John Flynn 1959
o Stephanie Marie Ledvina 1975
o Stephanie Marie Ledoina 1975
• 23
o Elizabeth Ann Picka 1932
o Cletus Andrew Heim 1936
o Lois Mary Hafeman 1953
o Rodney Lemerond 1966
o Kelly Ann Fameree 1968
• 24
o Anthony John Jandrin 1970
o Monica Mary Thiry 1972
• 25
o Jerome Thomas Ropson 1912
o Alek Daniel Majeski 1987
• 26
o Adam Brookman 1959
o Scot Michael Wendricks 1970
o Glen Vlies 1971
o Karen Deutschbein 1974
o Camron Alfred Villers 1981
o Casey Claire Pierre 1981
o Jamie Jo Gerarden 1983
• 27
o Carrie Sue Heuer 1961
o Christopher Steven Collin 1968
o Kathryn Jo Gengler 1980
o Andrew Paul Krautkramer 1986
• 28
o Ruth Ann Marks 1953
o Brenda Sue Lu Maye 1962
o Dawn Marie Jandrin 1969
o Cassandra Audrey Fameree 1988
o Bianca Gabrielle Lang 1990
o Cameron Paul Derenne 1997
• 29
o Kenneth Scott Gengler 1960
o Paula Ducat 1965
o Amy Marie Heraly 1981
o Trevor Ducat 1993
o Brayden Scott Bailey 2001
• 30
o Marthe Marie Mathy 1909
o Elaine Bernice Ida Delfosse 1937
o Dominique van Heuken 1952
o Richard E. Futter 1954
o Tammy Collin 1979
o Nicole Michelle Fameree 1980
• 31
o Ethel Amelia Fameree 1923
o Roger James DeVillers 1931
o Robert Fife 1953
o Cedric Lippens 1978

August Birthdays
• 1
o Roger Julius Jandrin 1939
o Ruth Marie Haegele 1963
o Kevin Roger Walter 1967
o Randy Joe Soletski 1968
o Scott James Kitchen 1977
o Amy Lynn Christianson 1980
• 2
o Denise Woll 1939
o Ben Francis Lemens 1952
o Sally Louise Krohn 1953
o Neal Michael LaLuzerne 1962
o Donnie Rathe 1967
o Erin Marie Rueckl 1975
o Kristel (Crystal) Stachowiak 1978
o Barbara Jean Staven Bowser 1986
• 3
o Dwight James Fameree 1983
o Logan Allen Heraly 1998
o Reid Macquire Milton 2001
• 4
o Mary Jennie Gilson 1909
o Annie Jeanne Francine De Decker 1952
o Daniel John Lemens 1975
o Mark Nicholas Delahaut 1988
o Tyler David Zima 1989
• 5
o Charles Clifford Le Captain 1918
o Raymond John Thompson 1959
o Erika Jean Gengler 1971
o Brett Kowaleski 1990
o Logan Giesler 2006
• 6
o Steven Joseph Heim 1972
o Sarah Lynn Villers 1985
• 7
o Diane Mary Williquette 1960
o Michael John Collin 1965
o Lori Ann Vlies 1968
o Cory Jandrin 1979
• 8
o Fernand Simonart 1936
o Diane Verna Jandrin 1946
o Emilio x 1964
o Jennifer Lea Hawkins 1967
o Ronald James Vlies 1968
o Bernard Joseph Lu Maye 1968
o Danielle Carin Fameree 1981
o Michael James Chouinard 1997
• 9
o Elsie Margaret Fameree 1927
o Joseph Émile Simonart 1934
o Judith Marie Garland 1947
o Jean Marie Fameree 1962
o Amy Lynn Lemens 1984
o Marek Majeski 1984
o Timothy Laluzerne 1988
• 10
o Nancy Ann Keyser 1953
o Marian Lea Salkilld 1960
o Suanne Louise Cappelle 1960
o David Maskell 1976
o Joseph Laurence Lemens 1992
o Vanessa Wirtz 1999
• 11
o Martha Simonart 1923
o Billie Maree Graham 1946
o Jonah Luke Pierre 2006
• 12
o Gregory Kitchen 1956
o Joshua Scott VanLaanen 1989
• 13
o Augustin Brabander 1920
o John William Kitchen 1928
o Eugene T. Vlies 1955
o Wayne Rathe 1968
o Amy Vandermeuse 1982
o Amy Vandermeuse 1982
• 14
o Yvonne Maree Vlies 1941
o Bruce Peter Buhr 1949
o Leann Renee De Champs 1964
o Tim Ducat 1966
o Craig James Vlies 1970
o Kaela Lynn Ropson 1994
o Tate Sawyer Milton 2004
• 15
o Daniel Fredric Dart 1975
o Angela Vanness 1983
• 16
o Lynn Ducat 1963
o Anne Laura Brookman 1990
• 17
o Jane Barbara Ropson 1934
o Renee Christine Jandrin 1961
o Billy John Dart 1980
o Rachel Miquelon 1987
o Kalanie Marie Jandrin 1993
• 18
o Collin Platt 1930
o Catherine Faut 1943
o Beau William Niedermeier 1973
o Jacob Albreck 1977
o Greg Scott Hafeman 1979
o Christian Lee Delos Santos 1992
• 19
o Denise Urban 1930
o Victoria Lynn Sibilsky 1955
o Bozena Korbiel 1962
o Nicole Marie Pierre 1983
o Melissa Thompson 1991
• 20
o Veronica (Vicky) Jandrin 1961
o Joseph Gerard Arendt 1972
o Jaclynn Leigh Collin 1984
• 21
o Randall Allen Vlies 1954
o John Robert Stroebel 1955
o Kevin Kitchen 1960
o Joseph Michael Kloiber 1981
o Sarah Jean Johnson 1984
o Thomas Lawrence Ropson 1992
• 22
o Ernest Frank Villers 1917
o Jeffrey Scott Toepel 1949
o Charles Edward Fameree 1950
o Daniel Joseph II O'Hern 1955
o Riley Ann Dison 1996
• 23
o Ralpheal Jr. Vlies 1929
o Francis Brabanders 1949
o Dale Dethardt 1956
o Jennifer Sue Wittlin 1964
o Brian Rathe 1965
o Marianne Lison 1965
o Chris Anthony Heraly 1970
o Hollie Jandrin 1976
o Glen Mitchell Donnan 1992
• 24
o Janielle Elaine Culpepper 1959
o Julie Lynn Breitbach 1963
o Matthew Shawn Derenne 1964
o Laura Elizabeth Vlies 1982
o Jessica Lynn Corsten 1982
o Konner Scott Hanamann 1993
o Lucy Josephine Murphy 2004
o Ashlyn Naze 2005
• 25
o Richard Lee McDougal 1940
o Françoise Jeanne Tirtiaux 1943
o Cinthia Lou (Cindy) Jandrin 1956
o Ellie Louise Vandermeuse 1962
o Timothy Jandrin 1966
o Kim Marie Prokash 1966
o Jeremy Francis Pierre 1969
o Angela Jean Girard 1981
o Tyler George Wagner 1992
• 26
o Ida Ferron 1916
o Patricia Irene Englun 1944
o James Gaston 1952
o Jane Marie Fameree 1952
o Jerry Clarence Jandrin 1953
o David Allan Fameree 1966
o Craig Nellis 1977
o Cayden Joseph DeGrave 2004
• 27
o Richard Paul Bickel 1945
o Robert John Vlies 1950
o Serge Stranart 1963
• 28
o Noretta Theresa Vanness 1937
o Joe Renard 1949
o Lynn Rose Niedermeier 1953
o Lynn Ann Vlies 1969
o Robert Frederick Le Captain 1976
o Michael Steven Delahaut 1982
o Bryce Kitchen 1984
• 29
o Colleen Ann Shaw 1965
o David Daniel Vlies 1975
• 30
o Margaret Marie (Peggy) Raynier 1965
o Jeffrey Paul Kempke 1965
o Jo Ann Gerard Fameree 1966
o Brian Randall Fameree 1978
o Michael Steven Derenne 1979
o Sarah Irene Ropson 1980
o Tyler Mark Wautier 1986
o Emily Shaw 1993
• 31
o Deborah (Debbie) Erdmann 1956
o Christopher Charles Hockstock 2005
Happy Birthday / Bon Anniversaire to all

Adele Fammeree

http://fammeree.blogspot.com


Sincerely, Jeanne