The stories begin with my grandparents:

• Daniel Clifton Dudley (1920–1977) of Olean

• Blanche Edith Tolsma (1916–2010) of Buffalo

• Joseph Lubozynski (1923–2010) of Ontario

• Mary Rose D’Orazio (1924–1958) of Bentleyville

and my spouse’s grandparents:

• Paul Bernard Dixon (1918–2008) of New York

• Alice Rebecca Witheral (1920–2018) of De Peyster

• Donald Eugene Hulslander (1970–2013) of New York

• Eleanor Marie Humphrey (1935–1989) of Oswego