Celebrating Cindy

 

 

A celebration of the life of Cindy Koeppel was held on Saturday June 30 , 2012, in the Berkshires. Here are some pictures from that weekend:

http://burlingtonfamily.com/CSK/Memorial/index.html



Celebrating Cindy: http://somersfamily.net/CSK/index.html

My Homage to Cindy

Instead of trying to cover her entire life, I will talk about a short

period of time when we spent a lot of time together.

Cindy, one of my two older sisters and the one living at home with me during the mid-60’s, was a close confidant and an important influence in my life. She was six years older, worlds wiser, and an exciting force to be around. I idolized her.

To Cindy: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Where shall I begin with my memories of Cindy? She was my sister. I knew her for almost my entire life. I remember the first time I saw her, when my Aunt Valerie Somers brought me  to the hospital at the  U. S. Marine Base in Quantico, where she was born.  I remember standing outside and looking in the window at this baby with long black hair, thinking what a strange sister she was! It was quite a while before I realized that the long black hair had been my mother's!

Alice's Journal



In 1997, Alice Burlington Somers sat down to record her memories in what she called "my journal", so we're calling it that, even though I suppose it's technically a memoir.

The first chapter, entitled "Childhood", contains Alice's memories of growing up in Montvale New Jersey during the 1920's and 30's. It tells stories of her childhood and of her family, including the halcyon days spent at the seashore in Belmar NJ.  Alice had a great love for the Jersey Shore all her life, and this chapter gives us a glimpse of the happy days spent there by the whole family.  Alice was the youngest of six, having four older brothers and one sister. I remember her saying once that those childhood days were the happiest ones of her life. And they laid the foundation  for the woman she would grow up to become.

Hope you enjoy reading  Alice's Journal

Cindy's Memorial at Burning Man

Hilary, Jessica and Henry at Burning Man

Burning Man 2011

Henry, Jessie and Hilary and placed a memorial to Cindy in The Temple at Burning Man. Hilary made the photo montage, Henry added the note, and Jessie placed the verse by Rumi.

They placed the items in the right-most out-building. It was the last part of The Temple to fall.

Link to their album

Cindy would have loved being at Burning Man!

Cindy and Henry Koeppel

Picture gallery: Celebrating Cyn!

Jeanne Marie Baer

We were saddened during the Christmas season by the loss of our cousin Jeanne Marie, the first grandchild of Harry and Ella Burlington. 

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Craig Burlington's Blessing

    

"to behold the wonder of this amazingly beautiful tot, "Joseph Novello Burlington,"

new grandson to both our families, was truly a sacred moment for us all, "liminal" to say the least, where the veil between heaven and earth, is wafer thin.

A new Joseph Burlington in the world!

JOSEPH NOVELLO BURLINGTON

born Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 11:27

6 lbs. 14 oz. and
GORGEOUS!!!  

 

 Joseph's third cousin Kaishu:

Kaishu Ng

Born May 8 2006 At: 12:45pm

Weighing: 8lb 4oz

Measuring: 19"

Cyndy

Cynthia Somers Koeppel
Jan 14 1946 - Feb 20 2011

archive updates

Patsy Madden sent us a picture of the Burlington brick that was donated to Rosemont College. The brick contains the names of all the Burlington girls who went to Rosemont: Alice, Mary, Pam and Patsy.

Jeffrey Keahon sent in a wonderful picture of Alice and Arthur Somers and their wedding party, on the boardwalk in Belmar NJ. Jeff's mother Ethel Keahon was Alice's sister and beautiful Matron of Honor. My father's younger brother Edward Somers was Best Man. Click on this link and scroll to the bottom of the page to see the picture: http://burlingtonfamily.com/EBK/family.html

To go to the home page of the archives, click here:

http://burlingtonfamily.com/

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Deep thanks to Cousin Bob Burlington, a benefactor who has very generously donated a state-of-the-art scanner to the blog. Bob says the following:

Your work on the family blog has brought our family heritage to life. I feel strongly about making some contribution to your efforts.  I think the Blog is a great thing and I hope it floats in cyberspace forever. Eventually, I hope to get back to geneology. Right now I'm working full time with a side business and have little time for anything.  Hopefully, I will be able to join the ranks of the retired in 2014 (when I'm 66). I look forward to an ever expanding Blog, and as I promised, I will find some pictures and other items of interest for the "Arthur" section.

Bob Burlington

I look forward to working with Bob on future projects!

Do you have news to share with the family? If so, please send it in, along with any pictures. Also, we're short on dates, so if you can provide any birth dates, wedding dates or death dates, as well as corrections to any of the pages, please email them to:

news@burlingtonfamily.com

Happy New Year, Burlingtons!

Not only has our blog been revamped, but the Burlington Family Archive has also been totally reorganized! It now contains a site for each branch of the Burlington family -- for each child of Ella and Harry J. Burlington -- Arthur, Joe, Ethel, Bill, Walter and Alice. When people from each of those branches contribute pictures or stories, they will initially go on the pages for their branch, so the contributor gets credit for them, then eventually they will get merged into the section where they belong. There are also separate links to special family events such as weddings, funerals and reunions.

News from Craig

Craig Burlington's family
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2010 was an eventful year for Craig and Adelene Burlington and family.

Congratulations to Yaixia & Shane

Yaixia Justiz and Shane Wiley will be married on February 26, 2011, in warm and sunny Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.



Shane is the son of Julianne Keahon Wiley, and brother of Brenda Burlington Wiley, whose wedding we covered here in 2007.

Introducing our daughter, Tianshu!!!

First moments together

Dear All,

We are super excited to let you know that yesterday we met, and are now in progress on bringing home, our sweet daughter, Tianshu!

Thanksgiving

This time of year I'm reminded of the Thanksgiving gatherings we sometimes had at the Joe Jefferson Club in New Jersey, thanks to "Uncle Joe" Burlington, who was a member there. All my uncles were sportsman, following in the footsteps of their father, Harry J., who had a great interest in the outdoors, fishing, hunting and golf. Joe was perhaps the most athletic of the brothers. And my mother Alice Burlington was also quite an athlete in both high school and college, and was inducted into the Rosemont College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.

The last family gathering at the Joe Jefferson Club may have been the celebration of the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Joe and Phyllis. Thanks to Ann and Gene Hoban, we have pictures to remind us that it was a big family reunion, and a memorable day indeed. Pictures from that event have now been added to the family archives, and are viewable from the Joe Burlington page.

I did my best to identify people, but could use some help. If there's someone you recognize, or if I've misidentified anyone, please let me know. Each picture can be referred to by the identifying number displayed directly below it.

Jack Hoban

Jack is the son of Gene and Ann Burlington Hoban. He lives in "Burlington land" -- near the Jersey shore. He's a multi-talented former Marine Corps Captain, singer, songwriter, martial arts practitioner and author. Did I miss anything? If so, you can find it in his bio at: www.livingvalues.com/bio.html and you can find links to his various projects at: www.jackhoban.com/

Stephanie Burlington's Wedding

Just a week after her cousin Brenda Burlington Wiley got married, Stephanie Burlington had her beautiful outdoor wedding by the water, in Rhode Island.
See the pictures here

Brenda Burlington's Wedding

On September 27, 2008, family and friends gathered at St. Margaret's Church in Pearl River, New York for the marriage of Brenda Burlington Wiley and Vincent Commisso. This was followed by their magnificent reception at The Tarreytown House Estate in Tarreytown, New York - making it truly "the wedding of the century!"
See pictures here

Walter Burlington Jr. and Family

My profuse apologies go out to various family members for the delays in posting of pictures to this blog, but I was AWOL from my blogging duties for 2 years due to other distractions. It seems hard to believe that so much time has passed, but it has! These pictures are representative of October 28, 2008 and are dated as such.

Here is a picture of Cousin Austy (Walter Burlington Jr.) with his son Walt (Walter Burlington III). Austy is the son of Doris and Walter Burlington, and the half-brother of Craig Burlington.



This is Austy's family: Martha ( Austy's significant other) holding Caden (Austy's grandson), his son Walt, and Christel (Walt's wife)



Walt was a freshman at the time (Fall 2008) at Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte, NC. where he was studying to be a chef. Looks like a fun Parents' Day!

Burlington Wedding!

We're most happy to note this joyful announcement:



Brenda Burlington Wiley
daughter of Mrs. Hugh Peter Wiley
and
Vincent Commisso
son of Mr.and Mrs. Domenico Commisso
have announced their marriage on the 27th of September 2008, at three o'clock in the afternoon
at the Church of St. Margaret in Pearl River, New York.

Fellowship, dining and dancing will follow at the Tarrytown House Estate in Tarrytown, New York.

Brenda's mother is Julianne Keahon, who is the daughter of Ethel Burlington and Harold Keahon.

Best wishes to the happy couple!

Gary and Alice Burlington Battersby

Alice is one of Phyllis and Joe Burlington's girls.