In Memory of Toni (Antonette) Hamilton

  After Josephine died in 1956, the children were orphaned.  The eldest son, Howard, insisted that they all stick together and not be separated, and thus they did so, traveling to a variety of different homes amongst their large family in Missouri .  This lady here is our Aunt Barbara Breuckner (married to Uncle Gus).  She was Josephine Coudle's sister and a driving force in the care and upbringing on the three children left behind after Josephine Coudle passed away at age 36.  I was always instructed to call her Grandma Barb  while I was growing up.  She was a nice lady.  Strict sometimes, but very nice.  She was always and forever knitting and also gardening.  One Christmas she knit me a pair of woolen socks that were SO thick and hot that I couldn't wear them...lol!  I still loved them and kept them for a very long time, but wow.  I remember her knitting those strange tubes to this day.   I spent a lot of time as...

Hi!  My name is Michael Hamilton, and I'm here to share stuff.  My mother, Antonette Hamilton , (no middle name) passed away on May 16th, 2013.  My father, being the stoic old man that he was, thought it best to erase Mom's digital footprint from the internet without informing anyone that he was going to do that.  With that, many many years of valuable family photos, videos, and memories were lost.  This is my attempt at creating some sort of online presence for her--a place where people can come to remember her as she was. I will use as little narration as possible while I do this.  Please know that this is a long-term endeavor, and I will likely be spending the rest of my natural life going through old slides and photographs and scanning them into digital format.  This project could very possibly outlive me and wind up unfinished! Birth photo of Antonette Coudle Birth, Childhood and Early Life: Toni was born to Josephine and Wm H Coudle on October 2...