Charles &
Barbara (Rhodes) Seng – Now retired, they are enjoying a more relaxed phase
of their lives (without raising 2 sets of twins) traveling in their very large
RV and cooking very small meals somewhere in central Florida! They have 5 children and 25 grandchildren.
Mark Seng, son of Charles and Barbara Seng, married to Ginny (Martin Brock) Seng living in Canton, GA.
Charlene
(Seng) Fletcher, daughter of
Charles and Barbara Seng married to Michael Fletcher, son of Ronald & Nancy Fletcher. They both live with their 3 chidren in
Kennesaw, GA.
Christine
(Seng) Robbins, daughter of Charles
and Barbara Seng married to Martin Robbins living in Thornton, CO
with their 4 four children.
Amy
(Farnsworth) Seng, wife of Michael
Seng, son of Charles and Barbara Seng. The currently live in
Richfield, UT with their 6 children.
Stacie
(Barraclough) Seng, wife of Matthew
Seng, son of Charles and Barbara Seng.
They now live in Blandon, PA with their 5 chidren..
Ronald &
Nancy (Miller) Fletcher – Both just very recently retired and living in
Marietta, GA, now enjoying not having to live by an alarm clock or rush hour
traffic. They have 3 children and 6
grandchildren.
Patricia
(Rhodes) Kelley & Kim Kelley – Pat is the infamous “Aunt Pat” we all
love and adore. She is Barbara Seng’s
sister. She lives in Eustis, FL. Her daughter, Kim, is the equally infamous
“Cuzzin Kim” who now lives in Frisco, TX.
Lucille
(Lorentz) Rhodes – (1919-2000) mother to both Barbara Seng and Patricia
Kelley. She just recently passed away
after living many years in Eustis, Florida but has left us with many wonderful
recipes.
Nora (Geis) Miller
– (1911-1998) My grandmother, late mother of Nancy Fletcher, lived her many
years with her husband Edward Miller in Elmwood Park, IL and retiring for many
more years in Seminole, FL. She was a
wonderful cook, and has contributed some great old recipes.
Florence Geis
– My Great Aunt, she married Nora Miller’s younger brother, the late James Geis,
my Great Uncle (1916-1985). She now
resides in a retirement community in Chicago.
Lena Seng
– is the wife of Kenny Seng, a cousin to Charles Seng. She and Kenny live in Spanish Fork,
Utah. They have 4 daughters have all
just recently get married. Lena is a
wonderful cook.
Clement Geis –
(1900-1961) My Great Uncle,
the eldest brother of Nora Miller. He
was a baker by profession.
Lucille Miller
O’Connell – (1883-1959)My Great
Grandmother, she was the mother of Edward Miller (Nora’s husband and Nancy
Fletcher’s father)
Amanda Seng – Daughter of Mark Seng, now on her own,
thinking about joining the military.
Ryan Fletcher
– My son who likes to putter in the kitchen, usually eating!
Katelyn
Fletcher – My daughter, who has caught the cooking bug!
Eloise and
Carol Lorentz – both great Aunts to Charlene Fletcher. Both these great ladies live with their
husbands in the Spokane, Washington area.
Ruth Fletcher
– My grandmother. Married for over 65
years to my grandfather Ludd Fletcher (1913-2001) who only recently passed
away. She has since moved into an adult
care facility outside of Chicago.
Karen
Barraclough – mother to Stacie Seng.
She lives with her husband Roy in Orem, Utah. Many of the Seng family grandchildren (ours
included) affectionately call her Grammy Bear!
Thelma Daniels
– Charlene Fletcher’s grandmother, the mother of Charles Seng. Most recently has been living in Missoula,
Montana.
Janet
(Fletcher) Morrow – My Aunt and sister to Ronald Fletcher, living in
Canton, Georgia with her husband Jimmy.
Sandi
(Pollacci) Fletcher – My aunt and wife of Raymond Fletcher, Ronald
Fletcher’s brother. Raymond and Sandi
live in Roselle, Illinois with their four children. Sandi is a great cook with both Italian and
Polish influences in her own family background.
Nat Housholder
– a good friend of the Fletcher family originally from Michigan, passed away a
few years ago, and is dearly missed and remembered.
Gladys Kallas – (1899-1999) My Great Aunt, she was Ludd Fletcher’s oldest sister.
Ann Eads –
a good friend of the Seng family, living in Seabeck, Washington with her
husband George. Charlene Fletcher used
to babysit her daughters on occasion when she was a teenager.
Evelyn Nuffer
– the mother of the missionary who taught me the gospel before I was
baptized. She has some great ‘old’
family recipes of her own that aren’t all listed in here!
Trudy Neuffer
– the wife of Brian Neuffer (Evelyn’s son).
Trudy comes from a great cooking family too! I have several of their family’s cookbooks
with wonderful recipes.
Shalyn Kessler
– former wife and mother to one of Michael Seng’s daughters – Kaeli Seng
Kessler.
Shawna Manning
– was a former mission companion of Charlene Fletcher’s while she was serving
her mission in the Harrisburg Pennsylvania Mission.
Mrs. Crooks
– is the grandmother to some friends of mine I knew in Marietta, Georgia
several years ago. She was from Panama
visiting her son’s family in this country when I met her.
Gerry &
Sister Engle – Church members Charlene Fletcher met while she was serving
her mission in the Harrisburg Pennsylvania Mission.
Amber Edwards
– has become a friend of our family here in Kennesaw through church and other
activities. At one time their daughter
was attending the same karate classes our kids attended.
Laurie Wild
– is a friend of ours from several years ago whom we met while working with her
at a Tax Office. Laurie is of Lebanese
descent and has many other unique ethnic recipes not included here.
Madame Eveline
Pithois – was a French woman, and member of the church I met in Guadeloupe
while serving on my mission in the French West Indies Mission. She and her husband, originally from
Equerdreville, France have traveled the world through her husband’s job with
the French government and as a Douanier
(Customs Agent).
Jack Fearn
– was one of my former Boy Scout leaders in Michigan. Jack was also a father to one of the other scouts,
and always had some interesting meals to offer around the campfire.
Mama Jan
Carlisle – Jan was originally from La Grange, Georgia. The mother of two daughters “properly raised
in the Southern Tradition” as she would say, was also a great cook of ‘good ole
down home cooking’. She has since moved
to Kearns, Utah.
Sister Fisher
– was a lady from church Charlene met while she was serving her mission in the
Harrisburg Pennsylvania Mission.
Gayle Daly
– a good friend of the Seng family, she and her husband Fred still live in
Bremerton, Washington.
Sister Litz
- a member of the church Charlene met while she was serving her mission in the
Harrisburg Pennsylvania Mission.
Judy Bell – is a friend of my parents
from Huntington Woods, Michigan. I used
to babysit for their two children when I was much younger!
Irene
Philgence – was a woman from the church that I met while serving my mission
in the West Indies. She lived on the far
side of the island of St. Lucia. She is
the perfect example of someone who has everything yet has nothing. She lived in a 12 x 12 square shack, yet had
the wealth of family and friends constantly around her. She cooked all day outside her shack in the
coals, preparing meals for her many family members in the village.
Sister Niko
– was a lady from church Charlene met while she was serving her mission in the
Harrisburg Pennsylvania Mission.
Mary Ann
Gilchrist – She was a Young Women’s Leader at church for Charlene in
Silverdale, Washington.
Shirley Gillham – is a friend of my
parents from Huntington Woods, Michigan.
Her husband and son were involved with the Boy Scouts with me while we
lived their.
Shirley Ciemega - is a friend of my
parents from Huntington Woods, Michigan.
Gloria Olschiewski – is a friend of
ours from church in Acworth, GA.
Becci Rogers – Becci is a dear friend
and has been our girl’s piano teacher for a few years as well.
