Rita Sherlock et al - August 1983 (audio)

Welcome to Jerry’s Story. This is Steve Sherlock. I am the first of the 6 children Gerald and Rita Sherlock brought into this world. 

This podcast episode shares some original oral history recorded in August of 1983 by Helen Geoffroy and made available by her son Eric.  Helen was one of the younger sisters of Rita. Rita was the oldest of 10.

Helen apparently visited Rita with Mémère and recorded this conversation. Patty is also a part of the discussion. 

Mémère (Ernestine Joyal) was the mother of both Rita and Helene. Patty is the youngest of the 6 “Sherlock kids”.

Frank Moody comes in for a visit. 

Rita left us all in November 1983, Mémère in December of the same year but both voices sound vibrant in this recording.

My special thanks to cousin Eric for allowing me to share this recording and to my brother Bob for instigating the search for it.

Audio link ->  https://jerry-sherlocks-story.captivate.fm/episode/gs-008-rita-sherlock-et-al-august-1983/

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The music for the intro and exit comes from “Through Golden Fields” by Dee Yan-Key licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Graduation Party

Steve, Jerry, Carolyn and Helen



Dan shows how to ace the ladder ball game




First pass at the food spread




Lining up for the second pass, this time for desserts




And the Sherlock cousins rest for a moment to take a picture





This was originally posted to Steve's 2 Cents

Paul V Sherlock Center

Jerry's brother Paul was a long time RI State Senator and an educator at RI College. His work at RIC was recognized with a building dedicated in his name. Jerry took pictures with Helen and Albert at the building on the RIC campus earlier this year. Helen and Jerry:

Albert and Jerry:

A view of the building

And Jerry in front of the building:

Enjoy!