Interview with Grandpa Lavery, part two

Pop reminisces about his teenage years camping and swimming in Southeast Kansas and Southwest Missouri.

Lavery/Lillig Wedding 75 Years Ago

Charles William Lavery and Cecilia Marie Lillig married August 5, 1933 with her siblings, Fred Lillig and Frances "Tootsie" as best man and maid of honor.

Betty Lillig, daughter of Paul and Mary, perhaps the flower girl.



Grandma and Aunt Tootsie.



Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Betty, Grandpa's sister.

Bride and Groom at her parent's house at 1211 Lowell in Kansas City, Kansas.

The Bride.

Shirley Lavery, Grandpa's daughter from his first marriage and Betty Lillig again.

Paul Lillig, son of Paul and Mary, perhaps ring bearer.

Grandma & Grandpa with her parents, Kless & Lizzie Lillig.

Again with Fred and Tootsie.

back row: Grandma's mother, Lizzie, Aunt Johanna (Pittrich) Gunther, Aunt Tillie (Pittrich) Ryan, Grandpa, Grandma, Tootsie, Fred.
front row: Grandma's brother, John Lillig, his wife, Gertie, their son, John jr , Grandpa's sister, Betty, Grandma's brother, Paul Lillig.
Aunt Mary Lillig may have been behind the camera since she is not in any of these photos.

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See the house and neighborhood as it is today. Scroll around to see the same houses in the background as in the photos above.

Interview with Grandpa part one

A few stories of his days hopping trains in the 1920s.