Janet Barbara Tait Anderson James Nathan Anderson Rebecca Anderson |
Marc Duane Anderson Jared Brent Anderson |
Jennie Tait Jim Tait |
Kin: Brent’s “Thicket” |
Duane Brent Anderson
& Janet Barbara Tait Anderson |
Brent will want to assemble his own account; so, I’ll just hit a few high points emphasizing the times and places we’ve shared most directly. You’ve seen a lot of him, as I’ve related our childhood times in San Bernardino, and our wondrous Christmas reunion in Geneva and Paris. There’ll be more, when I arrive at 1980, when we Arlingtonian exiles (as our kin tended to see us) rejoiced as Brent and his family moved in just down the street. And, should I live so long, when I get around to events of the 21st Century, when we both live in Utah. |
In 1968, soon after our Christmas gathering, Brigham Young University achieved its primary purpose in bringing Janet and Brent together. As you may discern, they got along very well. No nine-year nuptial lead-up for them: they wed in the Oakland Temple (Janet was an Oakland girl) on June 5, 1969: the wedding anniversary of Pappy and Mammy, and also that of Grandpa and Grandma Anderson. |
With old pre-mission friend (and returned Paris missionary) Dave Hutchings and his Marilyn, (Janet and Brent made an active and picturesque BYU foursome.
Can’t recall that anybody has ever told me why Dave and Marilyn are Bonnie and Clyde in this portrait. That’s an impressive cigar. Nor just who the angelic-looking Brent and (Janet might be, with their “Stolen Guitar Case.” College life clearly wasn’t just books and solemnities. |
By this time, Pappy and Norma Pardoe had obviously become acquainted and perhaps married: the venue is the Blue Mansion of Norma’s distinguished and dramatic parents, T Earl and Kathryn Pardoe, in Provo. I’m a bit unclear on the precise calendar. I think both couples (yea, all three) were married by this time; maybe somebody will correct me. |
Same place, outdoors, this time, on familially-historic Pardoe turf. The graduating couple isn’t delighted, or anything…
At left, below: Jennie and Jim Tait, (Janet’s parents; perhaps the best likenesses of them that I possess. Pappy and Norma, of course, at right. |
Mimi informs me that Rick’s adorable counterpart here is Oakland’s own lovely Elaina Clyde. Thuryle, her mom, served with the youth of the Oakland 4th ward. As (Janet’s best friend (and eventual successor), Mimi would normally have been in the line, except that her Michelle was born in Canada just a week earlier.
Anyway, here’s the Littlest Returned French Missionary, still charming them in Oakland as he did in Paris. Good thing Brent and (Janet were themselves so cute, or the competition could have become a mite touchy…
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As I remarked earlier, I’ll resist the temptation to empiétine upon the history that belongs properly to my beloved baby brother, except as our life-lines have intersected and intertwined—not nearly frequently enough to suit me. For now, I’ll just introduce Brent’s and (Janet’s children with a couple of photos that reliably melt me into a puddle.
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Rebecca (always and still, among us, “The Becca”) Marc Duane (after his Grandpa H Duane Anderson; less formally, “The Possum”) Cute, distinctive kids who’ve turned into strong, sweet adults. |
After Brent, (Janet, Nathan, Becca, and Marc moved to Batesville, Indiana (note Nathan’s Batesville Kiwanis t-shirt), they did return now and then visiting us at Timbaloo. Can’t say whether this occasion coincided with any of the three birthdays, but we seized the opportunity to celebrate all three, with color-coded candles.
Jared Brent Anderson, Brent’s and (Janet’s fourth child, entered this world in Cincinnati on 2 August 1981, died the same day, and is buried in Batesville, next to his mother, who died 18 November 1989 of a longstanding liver disorder. The doctors had told her she’d never have kids. Shows how much they know… |
Our Toad and Nuffin, preparing somebody’s birthday, in the kitchen at Timbaloo. Could be 1980, or maybe 1981.1 1The slide says it was processed Apr 81. |
Duane Brent Anderson
& Janet Barbara Tait |
James Nathan Anderson and Cyndie Lee Hardman |
Rebecca Anderson and Scott Wilhite |
Marc Duane Anderson and Sarah Stubbs |
Jared Brent Anderson |
Jared Brent Anderson, Brent’s and (Janet’s fourth child, entered this world in Cincinnati on 2 August 1981, died the same day, and is buried in Batesville, next to his mother, who died 18 November 1989 of a longstanding liver disorder. The doctors had told her she’d never have kids. Shows how much they know… |
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