It is with great sorrow that I must convey to family members the unfortunate passing of Ron Verdino, Sr.   To the best of my knowledge, Ron is the first of my "Baby Boom Generation" Verdino cousins to enter into Eternal Life with our Heavenly Father.  Sadly, many of us did not get to experience most of Ron's life because he moved from the Midwest to the Western part of the U.S. with his parents and siblings when he was a young man.   Since his passing, I have been in touch with Ron's wife Kathy and she generously sent me this wonderful picture of Ron, as well as a few other recent pictures of his family.  I hope those of you who knew Ron will say a prayer for his soul, and also keep his wife Kathy and their family in your prayers.

Ron,  we will miss you greatly!

Below are some additional pictures that I received from Kathy.  I hope you enjoy them.



This is a picture of Ron and Kathy at their home in Colorado in July 2004



This is a picture of  Kathy, Ron, Jr. (in dark glasses), Ron, Sr., and Vinnie in March 2003
Vinnie is Ron Sr. and Kathy's Grandson.



This is a picture of Ralph and wife Pat with Grandson Kyle


Kyle's Championship Hockey Team


The three brothers - Ron, Rick, and Ralph on Easter 2004


Rick and Ruby - Christmas 2006

I hope you have enjoyed visiting with our family in the West.  Our best wishes and sincere condolences go out to all of them!

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I have several pictures from family events earlier in the year, but it will take me some time to assemble them for posting.  For now I thought I would offer just a few pictures of a couple of "elder statesmen"  that are still an important part of our lives.

Mike's 94th Birthday - October 20, 2006

The Birthday Cakes - Notice the Pumpkin bundt cake in the background
 (It was baked by Michael and is one of Mike's favorites)



Mike - The Birthday Boy



Sig with Eugenia (Sig's current caretaker) at Mike's party

That's all I have for now.  Hopefully I can assemble a few more photos of earlier family events for 2006 before the year is over.