Jerry's Family Christmas Gathering

Jerry got to have Christmas dinner with his six kids and their kids. A total of 27 sat for dinner with one grandchild already having left to catch a plane home to CA.

Jerry and the "kids":

Jerry and the "boys":

Jerry and the "girls":

The "outlaws":

Stephen's family:

Robert's family:

Michael's family

Eileen's family

Joan's family

Patricia's family

the grandkids 1

the grandkids 2

the grandkids 3

Jerry and the grandkids 1

Jerry and the grandkids 2

Enjoy!

Brouilland Christmas

Jerry went to the Brouillard monthly gathering, this time celebrating Christmas with a great potluck table of food and desserts followed by a Yankee swap.

This photo depicts the variety of foods available, all very good and worthy of 'seconds'.

Joyal Family brunch today

Joyal Family brunch today, originally uploaded by shersteve.

Jerry had baked scrod for brunch today at Darling's in Seekonk.

Mariette, Albert, Helen, Ann and Fred were there. I recorded a Christmas and New's Year's greeting from the group for the family and will post it soon.

Semper Fi birthday!

Jerry's son-in-law, Frank Moody, sent along these pictures of Jerry at the recent Marine Dinner. Frank writes in the email:

These are some photos from the 234th Marine Corps Birthday Dinner.  My Partner Steve has taken your Dad now for the last three years.  He sits with the Providence Police Marines.  I have to tell you, I'm not sure who looks forward to it more.  Them or your Dad.   One of the guys has posted the photo of the CREW on Facebook.  He refers to your father as the elder gentleman who was at Iwo Jima.  He equates the evening as dining with a ROCK STAR!

Needless to say, Jerry did have a good time.

The cake:

Note: The icing was 'corrected' to show the proper year.

Jerry and Steve Cileli: 

The full table of Providence Police (all former US Marines) with Jerry:

Semper Fi!

Brouillard brunch - logo chocolate

Andy brought some chocolate with the Pepin's Hospitality Centre logo on it to share after our monthly get together this time at Wright's Farm.


Brouillard brunch - logo chocolate from Andy's work, originally uploaded by shersteve.

I had intially propped the chocolate against my coffee cup to take this photo, then realized the chocolate was melting from the heat of the hot coffee. The water glass was a safer prop.

What is the Brouillard's recipe for getting rid of stress?
A great big ol'fashioned family gathering. The table had 18 today. Wright's Farm did it's usually good family style chicken dinner and we were out in about an hour.

Oh, the chocolate was delicious!

Karen Sherlock

SHERLOCK, KAREN, 55 of 1 Dawn Hill Drive, Bristol and formerly of Pawtucket died on Saturday.

She was born in Providence, a daughter of the late Edward P. and Mary J. (McNamara) Sherlock.

She leaves two sisters, Christine Sherlock of Rumford and Mary Frances Sherlock of Pawtucket and a wonderful extended family.

A funeral will be held on Wednesday at 9 AM from the CHEETHAM MORTUARY, INC., 1012 Newport Ave., Pawtucket with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 AM in St. Margaret Church, 1098 Pawtucket Ave., Rumford. Burial will be in Mt. St. Mary Cemetery, Pawtucket. www.cheethammortuary.com

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This was originally in the Providence Journal online here

Jerry's WWII Medals

The Asia-Pacific Campaign Medal
http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/apcm.shtml


American Campaign Medal
http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/acpm.shtml


World War Two Victory Medal
http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/ww2v.shtml


Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
http://www.usamilitarymedals.com/marine-corps-good-conduct-medal-ww-ii-style-c-2072_1545_746.html?ummID=a9b61e37677fb3b5123d8b2a7c3865c9


World War II Victory Commemorative Medal
http://www.medalsofamerica.com/Item--i-230-AAFNMCG-GRID


Navy Unit Commendation
http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/navyucom.shtml

Iwo Jima Veteran Commemorative Medal
http://www.soldiercity.com/iwo-jima-veteran-commemorative-medal.html

Medal showcase

Helen Geoffroy, sister-in-law on the Joyal side of the family, had Jerry's medals and ribbons put into this special case. Here Jerry holds the case:

Here is a closer photo of the full case:

Here is a closeup showing more details:

The photo is one of the few with Jerry in his US Marine Corp uniform from World War II. Who is he holding? Niece Paula Brousseau.

I'll get the descriptions of his medals and ribbons for another posting. I'll also take some more pictures on a day with better natural lighting. I was having some fun avoiding getting too much reflection in the glass covering the medals. 

Military Honros - Jean H Joyal (video)

The slide show and audio for this ceremony were shared here and here. I finally got around to completing the video compilation.


Military Honors - Jean H Joyal from Steve Sherlock on Vimeo.



I hope you enjoy!


Note: for those email subscribers, you will need to click through to the web page to view the video.

World War II Museum in Natick, MA

In today's Boston Globe, there is an article on a WWII museum in Natick:

World War II ended 64 years ago, but it comes to life every time Kenneth Rendell turns on the lights inside a squat, nondescript building in Natick. Amid the glitz of nearby shopping centers, the exterior is purposely plain to protect the anonymity of the place and its treasure - an evocative and jaw-dropping collection of more than 6,000 wartime artifacts Rendell has gathered over four decades.

You can read the rest of the article here.


The museum website to schedule a visit can be found here.


Sounds like a place to take Jerry sometime!

Jerry on Iwo Jima

This photo from the US Marines 4th Division book reportedly depicts Jerry (circled) on the beech awaiting word to board a ship to take them from Iwo Jima.

Ann Sherlock with the big dessert at the Sherlock Brunch

Ann Sherlock with the big dessert at the Sherlock Brunch, originally uploaded by shersteve.

The recent Sherlock brunch was held at Chelo's on Post Road in Warwick. Ann did have some help with her "big" dessert.

Jerry and I worked on our own dish of the "Outrageous Brownie Sundae".

It was outrageously large and very good.