JANNE FECHT AT POLICE MUSEUM

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Janne and her husband Jerry Fecht regularly explore the many things to see in Southern California. Here in July of 2009, she checks out an L.A. Police Department Rescue Unit. This vehicle was more like a tank than a truck.
The Museum was far more interesting than we expected, including two cars used in the huge bank heist of the Bank of America in North Hollywood. Check out the cars on Jerry's Museum of the San Fernando Valley blog
http://museumsanfernandovalley.blogspot.com/

DEATH OF ELIZABETH CRITES FOSTER

We have just learned from Aaron Crites of the death of kinswoman Elizabeth Crites Foster.
Elizabeth, called Hattie when she was young, was the second of two children for to Zella (Fast) and Claude “n: Crites. She was born on the 13th of JUne, 1924 in Minot, Ward County, North Dakota.
Elizabeth was married to Seth Foster, who preceded her in death on the 29th of August, 2000.
The Fosters had two children: James Donald and Sharon.
Elizabeth is related to our family through this lineage:
William Crites, John Crites, Josiah and Mary Ann (Secrist) Crites, John F. and Leona (Weaver) Crites, Claude and Zella (Fast) Crites
Elizabeth died on the 19th of July 2009

CARL FETTERHOFF AND STONEY REECE

Stoney Reese and Carl Fetterhoff 2008 (click on image to enlarge)
Carl Edward Fetterhoff is the great, great grandson of Mary Ann (Secrist) and Josiah Crites. He and his partner Stoney Reese live in Springfield Missouri.

ZACHARY FECHT

Zachary Fecht from a photo posted on Facebook.
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Zachary Fecht's Crites family heritage is:

John Crites, Josiah and Mary Ann (Secrist) Crites, John Franklin and Leona Belle (Weaver) Crites, Mildred Fecht, Robert William Fecht and Ronald Owen Fecht.

North Webster Indiana

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John F. Crites (Frank) visited North Webster, Indiana and while there purchased several postcards never mails (likely kept as
souvenirs.) He inscribed the back of this image:
"You are looking north in this picture. Ida's house (Frank's sister Ida Crites Gawthrop) is one block from the store on the right where it says Groceries - partly hidden by the maple tree. This is the store that I used to work in."
printed by S. B. McQuwn - Monmouth, Ill.
20 Main Street - North Webster, Indiana.

V-MAIL FROM THE FRONT - WORLD WAR II

V-Mail April 1944 (click on image to enlarge)

During the Second World War, to minimize the weight of transporting the mail, "V-Mails" were introduced to carry short messages from soldiers on the front lines to their homeland. Some kind of micro-filming process was used. I think that perhaps little cartoon messages were provided military personnel, such as this Mother's Day V-Mail from Jim Fecht to his mother Mildred Crites Fecht in Mexico, Missouri. April 1944

DAMON FECHT VISITS DODGERS' SPRING TRAINING CAMP

Both Damon and his mother Janne work long and hard at this time of year, so they took a break this last weekend to visit the Los Angeles Dodgers at Spring Training in Glendale, Arizona. To make sure that they got the full measure of their "sports fix", Damon and Janne went to see Phoenix play their NBA rivals, the Washington Wizards.
OK Janne, it's back to tax season.
Damon is the great grandson of Leona Belle (Weaver) and John F. Crites.