Dr. Linda Fisher
Teaching is in her blood. Dr. Linda McLucas Fisher, now 72, was the only child of teachers Leonard and Margaret Cox McLucas. The family celebrated her first birthday in their new Murray Hill home on Attleboro Street after moving from Sanford, FL with Fisher’s maternal grandmother Maud Medill Miller. Her father was a new coach […]
Mimi Kersun
Mimi Kersun, an active 70-something with a cherubic smile, has 50 years of memories to share since she and her husband Mickey moved to San Jose in 1965 for him to open a McDonald’s restaurant. The newlyweds settled briefly on San Bernado Drive and soon bought their Montclair Drive home in 1968 where they raised […]
Sassy Pattillo
Although she’s answered the question countless times during her 80 years, Sarah Allison “Sassy” (McCarthy) Pattillo just laughs at the memory of a school classmate on the West Riverside Elementary playground who loudly declared her to be “Sassy!” The intended insult instead became her lifelong nickname. While this gentle soft-spoken lady seems a far cry […]
Richard LaMee
Richard LaMee, 74, sitting and reminiscing in his elegant Lakewood home is generations removed from his French great-grandfather Captain William LaMee, but he too has added a rich chapter to the family’s history. LaMee is the last family member to carry on the LaMee Florist business started by his grandfather Frank during the 1930s. He […]
Stephanie Guerin Schoof
Stephanie “Stevie” Schoof, 69, has been a nurse for 48 years, a profession she was practically born into (surgeon father, nurse mother). Yet she keenly recalls there seemed few other professional options for women when she finished high school. Schoof said there were three choices: nurse, secretary or teacher. “When I was growing up those […]
David Moomaw, M.D.
Dr. David Moomaw, 90, has a wealth of memories of practicing medicine in Riverside/Avondale since moving here in 1955 and until his retirement in 1996. He started his private internal medicine and cardiology practice in the Medical Arts Building at 5 Points where he stayed for 20 years, before joining a group practice that included […]
Marianne Ferlisi Jordan
Marianne Jordan, 76, has always lived in the St. Nicholas area because of its proximity to Assumption Catholic, her family’s church, and its school. In the 1970s her three children could walk from their home on Tiber Street to Assumption Catholic elementary and middle school. Later they attended Bishop Kenny High School. Jordan takes great […]
Linda Moseley
Reminiscing with Linda Moseley, 87, requires planning because this cheerful petite grandmother maintains a full schedule with her Book Club, Garden Club, friends and travels with her family. Recently back from a train trip across Canada, Moseley said it was an opportunity to be with her children and was not to be missed. Moseley and […]
