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(01-18-2024 Updated Version)

(Added Christmas Cards & Potcards & Letters from Family & Friends in 2023, added Missing Hope & Bill Gregg's Gazette's of 2018 & 2020)

(Added Blanche R. (Berkey) Mericle's 95th Surprise Birthday Party held 10-13-2014)

(Added Bill & Hope (Phetteplace) Gregg's - Christmas Gazette - Through The Years - Pink Table Section of Thumbnails 2006-2022 1/3rd down Page)

(Added links to a few photos and some links that were missing...)

(Added Bill & Hope (Phetteplace) Gregg's - Christmas Gazette - Through The Years - Pink Table Section of Thumbnails 2006-2019 1/3rd down Page)

(Edited Author John E. Hoyt Email jeh49341@gmail.com)

(Updated links to Blanche Berkey Mericle - Rosie-The-Rivitert links)

(Added Blanche (Berkey) Mericle & her America-Rosie-the-Riveter Assoc. Photos at WWII 40's MusicGala Veterans Event -Grosse Ille, MI Airport 09-10-2010)

(Added C.W. "Pete" & Helena (Mericle) Phetteplace at East Ignacio Cem., CO Headstone)

(Added 2016 Christmas Cards, Photocards & Family Updates from John & Barbara Hoyt)

(Added Helena Mericle Phetteplace's Death Notice, also at the Sympathy & Condolences Page).

(Added 2015 Christmas Cards, Photocards & Family Updates from John & Barbara Hoyt)

(Added Video Photo Slideshow of Blanche Mericle's Final Celebration of Life / Tribute on June 21, 2014)

(Added Blanche R. (Berkey) Mericle Family Tree Register Page link)

(Added and fixed link to Blanche's Master Photo & Letters Docs, etc.)

(Added Link to Blanches Family Albums and Docs)

(Added Copy of Original , Blanche R. (Berkey) Mericle's Death Certificate)

(Added Blanche R. (Berkey) Mericle's Obituary at top of page, and a note on her burial on January 8, 2014)

(Added link to a Photo Slidershow Movie of Blanche Mericle's Funeral & Burial)

(Added Hope & Bill Gregg's'Christmas Letter 'The Gazette', along with Blanche's 2013 Christmas Cards to John & Don Hoyt

& 2 letter Cards to Patricia Watkins from Blanche Mericle in 2009 & 2011)

(Added photo and link to Flikr photos to view Blanche Mericle Photo Collections)

(Added Blanche R. (Berkey) Mericle's Obituary at top of page, and a note on her burial on January 8, 2014)

(Added Old Belleville High, 1940's with Blanche R. (Berkey) & Kenneth B. Mericle's old Belleville High School, with Lottie (Belt) Mericle in center of archway in rt. top photo)

(Added New films & videos online of WWII Willow Run Bomber Plant)

(Newly made, Rosie-the-Riveter, Article & video short, showing Blanche Mericle, by the Detroit Free Press on Willow Run Bomber Plant)

(Added John & Barbara Hoyt Annual Christmas letter 2012)

(Added link WWII Willow un Bomber Plant Film link, just below)

(Added links to article about Blanche's Rosie Event at Grosse Ile Municipal. Airport)

(Added photo album link & WXYZ TV Detroit Pre-Announcement Video of Greatest Generation's,

....WWII Gala Veteran's & Rosie's night of 09-10-2010, in which Blanche Berkey Mericle was honored.)

(Added Hoyt-Mericle Family Recipies Page link)

 

NEW ITEMS OF INTEREST

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2023 Christmas Cards & PhotoCards & Family Update Letters

to Author, John & Barbara Hoyt

Click Here

 

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CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF:

HELENA (MERICLE) PHETTEPLACE - Age 95

b. 17 SEP 1919 - d. 3 SEP 2015

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c1936 ............................c2010 ...............................2015

Death: Helena Mericle Phetteplace, age, 95,
A Phone call from 1st Cousin, Hope (Phetteplace) Gregg, [daughter of Helena (Mericle) Phetteplace &
Clarence W. (Pete) Phetteplace], at 9 pm, to let me know that my Aunt, her Mother, had passed away at 1 pm, on Sep 3, 2015, and that a graveside service for her, will be held , after Memorial Day on Tuesday, Sep. 8, 2015. -per JEHoyt

- There was NO Obituary -

Please View the Funeral Card Above. Thank You!

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----Update: June 30, 2014----

CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES & MANY FRIENDS OF:

BLANCHE RONETTE (BERKEY) MERICLE

October 06, 1917 - January 03, 2014

Blanches Family Albums, Photos,

and her K.F.O.C.I. & her Rosie-The-Riverter, LIST of Photo Files Link:
Please Click the Highlighted Link ---> Mericle-Berkey-Beckley-Master-Photo-Files.html

*Updated Connection 06/21/2020* Click here to View A.R.R.A. at MAURADER Hist. Soc. WWII 40's Music Swing Band photos 2010

Click to VIEW A.R.R.A. National Convention WWII Bomber Plant, Yankee Air Museum Plaques Unveiled & Dearborn Inn Meeting 2013

 

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VIEW the Berkey, Beckley, Wright & Mericle

Family Trees Page (Register Gen. Format)

 

**NEW**

BLANCHE R. BERKEY MERICLE's FINAL CELEBRATION OF LIFE - TRIBUTE

Took Place on June 21, 2014 at Hillside Cemetery, Belleville, MI-->

Please View this VIDEO SLIDESHOW <-- by Clicking here

(Note: This video may take a while to start for buffering as it's 255,000 MB's and it may start in, Firefox with your own Default, Video Player, or, in Windows Explorer, this video may go Automatically to Quicktime Player, and plays either in a small window or if you wish to go to "full screen" option. Also, you may wish to change your volume to diff. sections of this Video. Enjoy The Tributes! Note: One video was corrupted and I have recovered it on Audio Only, and it's about Gilbert Chesney's Tribute & Condolences to the Families of Blanche from the National K.F.O.C.I. and they will have a Special Toast to her at end of this Year's Annual Show out in WA, also, Gilbert is from the Ypsilanti Auto Heritage Museum, in Ypsilanti, MI nearby, Next you will hear from Donnaleen Lanktree, (the A.R.R.A. American Rosie-The-Riveter, National Past-President) and her delivery of the Annual Conv. Association's, recent Tributes to the Rosie's that have passed-on, this year, by giving the Family, via Nephew, John E. Hoyt a White Rose, in name of Blanche, and also the Plaque at Yankee Air Museum will not be forgotten as her name was installed on this Plaque, back in June of 2013..)

The Family hopes you will ENJOY this video of that day and of the photos that are old to recent!!

Please Visit the websites below or the Locations...

http://kfclub.com/

http://www.ypsiautoheritage.org/

http://www.rosietheriveter.net/

https://www.arrawillowrun.org/ Local Belleville, Michigan Chapter

http://www.yankeeairmuseum.org/

HELP "SAVE THE BOMBER PLANT.ORG"

 

Blanche Ronette (Berkey) Mericle Obituary


Blanche R. Mericle
(October 6, 1917 - January 3, 2014)

Blanche R. Mericle

Blanche Ronette Mericle, age 96, passed away Friday, January 3, 2014 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. She was born Saturday October 6, 1917 in Windber, Pennsylvania, daughter of the late Miles & Laura (Beckley) Berkey.

She has been a Belleville resident for 70 years. She was a member of the Myrtle Lodge Eastern Star, Manager of the Seaway Region Kaiser Frazer Owner Club for 38 years. Blanche was one of three women who was known as Rosie The Riveter at Willow Run Bomber Plant Factory.

She is survived by son-in-law Mark (Melissa) Dierks of Huntersville, North Carolina, neighbor David (Carolyn) Hildebrand of Belleville, Michigan, and special friend Keith Kriener of Niles, Michigan, sister-in-law, Helena Mericle & Pete Phetteplace of Ignacio, CO, niece, Hope P. & William Gregg of Fort Collins, CO, and 3 nephews, Paul J & Meta Hoyt of Newport News, VA, Don & Charlene Hoyt of Apopka, FL and John & Barbara Hoyt of Rockford, MI, and niece, Judy Hoyt of Tucson, AZ. Many thanks to all that helped Blanche.

She was preceded in death by her husband Kenneth Bernard, daughter Loralee, and two brothers.

Visitation will be Tuesday, January 7, 2014 from 4-7 P. M. followed by a funeral service at David C. Brown Temporary Viewing Chapel, 500 E. Huron River Drive, Belleville, Michigan with Pastor David Hildebrand officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made to Feed the Children Please sign her on-line guestbook and share a memory for her family to cherish.

NOTE: At 10:30 am, on Wednesday, January 8th, 2014, Blanche Mericle's body was BURIED today, next to her husband, Kenny Mericle and next to them is their lovely daughter, Loralee Ann Mericle. Officiating the Service was pastor neighbor & friends, David Hildebrand & wife, Carolyn. Family members present were; Blanche's son-in-law. Mark Dierks, and Nephew, Dr. Donald E. Hoyt, and Keith Kriener, a long-time friend & assistant with Blanche's Kaiser Car's & Club's. (-JEHoyt per phone call from brother Don). You can view her Kaiser Cars at Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum, Depot Town, Ypsilanti, MI

^(Blanche's Death Certificate is now shown above Cemetery Section of this page, click image to view larger image)

* Due to the weather at this particular time, the Relatives & Friends may hold a Celebration of Life for Blanche at a later date.

Blanche will be missed by so many people as she was involved in so many activities throughout her life. Her surviving family member's

know that she went to be with the Lord with her Daughter, Loralee & husband, Kenny Mericle, which she do dearly loved the both of them,

and surely missed them both!!

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SURPRISE BRTHDAY PARTY FOR 95 YEAR OLD

BLANCHE R. (BERKEY) MERICLE

 

Collections of Photos of Blanche Mericle, sent to author, John E. Hoyt, January 2014

(Please view the other Photo "SETS" at this "hoytjohn319" Flickr Account)

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FUNERAL VISITATION & BURIAL SERVICE PHOTO SLIDESHOW MOVIE - JAN-7 & 8-2014.wmv

FUNERAL VISITATION & BURIAL SERVICE PHOTO SLIDESHOW MOVIE - JAN-7 & 8-2014 .mp4 mpeg

(2 Formats depends on your O/S Operating System, and what plug-ins you have)

CREDIT:

Thanks to Dr. Donald E. Hoyt for taking these photos, as most of the Family members

and many Friends & Car Club members coudn't make this solemn event, due to the terrible Winter Storm!)

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Other Links that Blanche was a member & involved with:

Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum - Ypsilanti, MI

Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Int'l [K.F.O.C.I.]

Myrtle Lodge #89 - Ladies - Order of Eastern Star

American Rosie The Riveter Assoc. (A.R.R.A.)

 

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****NEW 2014****

Blanche Mericle's Cards & Letters to Family

John Barbara Hoyt 2013 Christmas Card Letter / Don & Char Hoyt 2013 Christmas Card Letter
John & Barbara Hoyt pg1
John & Barbara Hoyt pg2
Don & Char Hoyt

 

Patricia Watkins Letter Card from Blanche in 2009 / Patricia Watkins Letter Card from Blanche in 2011
Letter card 02-02-2009 pg1
Letter card 02-02-2009 pg2
Letter card 02-02-2009 pg3
Letter card 02-02-2009 pg4
Letter Card 05-31-2011 pg1
Letter Card 05-31-2011 pg2
Letter Card 05-31-2011 pg3
Letter Card 05-31-2011 pg2

(Please send any Letters Cards with stories, etc. from Blanche Mericle, if you had saved them.. Thanks in Advance! john hoyt)

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AND

WWII WILLOW RUN - BOMBER PLANT FILMS/VIDEOS FROM THE 1940'S

Our Hoyt's & Mericle's worked here to help war efforts

We Thank them for there Service as a Military Civilian Worker

Owen Allan Hoyt - Over-Head-Crane Operator & Receiving Parts for B-24 Planes

(See below Articles Photos/Videos Links)

1. The Story of Willow Run from a huge Ford Farmland - 10 Minutes

2. Willow Run & Ford Motor Co. Film - 7 Minutes

3. Women on the Warpath - Rosie's - 12 Minutes - Willow Run Women Workers

4. WWII Willow Run Bomber Plant-B-24 "The Lib" Film (wmv)

5. FLICKR's Photostream of the WW II BOMBER PLANT, Willow Run, Ypsilanti, MI.

Photo sites:

Yankee Air Museum and the Willow Run bomber plant - Click on the B-24 plane to see the photos..

Ford's B-24 Bomber Plant at Willow Run - FOTKI -over 120 photos

Henry Ford Museum - Photos and History -

Willow Run Bomber Plant - Flickr Photostream

 

Books sites:

The Story of Willow Run - 1956 - Ann Arbor Press

Willow Run - The Colusus of American Industry

 

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06/14-16/2013

NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE A.R.R.A. AMERICAN ROSIE THE RIVETER ASSOC. - DEARBORN, MI

~~~~ Blanche Mericle's Interview with the Detroit Free Press in a Video by Nathan Bomey Twitter: @NathaBomey Email: nbomey@freepress.com ~~~

 

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JANUARY 2023

 

Bill & Hope (Phetteplace) Gregg - Christmas Gazette's through the Years

 
2006
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

 

 

 


Author's Family is a Direct Descendant of a Mayflower Pilgrim, Magna Charta Barons & Emperor Charles Charlemayne & Roman Emporer's Marc Anthony & Tiberius Claudius "Nero" & Joseph* of Arimathea & Most of World's Royalty; See our, LARGE PEDIGREE TREE MAP. (Start below from my Mother's Mericle's, James & Cora (Spillman) Mericle, Jacob F. & Gertrude (Kaveman) Mericle, to Elmer Mericle & Charlotte Ann (Belt), upwards to right).

Click here to View DESCENDANCY LINKED LISTS / (.RTF) - (.PDF) formats

Outline Ancestors Map / Pedigree Chart of World's Royalty to John E. Hoyt Line (.rtf) - (.htm)

 

June 28, 2012

NEW Photo found of the Spillman sisters and husbands, Meicle & Watkins

Sisters & Husbands in Mexico at a Movie House 1940-50s
Cora / Dot / JD-Mericle / Ray (Homer) Watkins - Courtesy of Bob Watkins

(Click on photo above for larger image)

 

 

****NEW 2011****

 

WWII WILLOW RUN - BOMBER PLANT FILMS FROM THE 1940'S

Our Hoyt's & Mericle's worked here to help war efforts

1. WWII Willow Run Bomber Plant-B-24 Film.wmv

2. Willow Run & Ford Motor Co. Film

 

We have 3 Mericle relatives that are living:

Blanche (Burkey) Mericle, age 93, (Husband Ken Mericle & Dau. Loralee both dec'd)

Helena (Mericle) Phetteplace, & Husband C.W., and daughter below;

Hope Phetteplace (Gregg), & Husband Bill.

Bill & Hope's - Christmas Gregg Gazette 2010

 

****NEW**** 09-10-2010

Blanche (Berkey) Mericle honored as a "Rosie-the-Riveter"

\a WWII Worker at Willow Run airport from 1942-1946

(Also, see below images of WWII Bombers at Willow Run Air Festival August 2010 located 3/4's down page.)

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****NEW**** (August, 2018)

Click here to View A.R.R.A. at MAURADER Hist. Soc. WWII 40's Music Swing Band photos

Articles links below, on this event on 09/09/2010

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A.R.R.A. ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE ROSIE'S AT DEARBORN INN, M I --->

John & Blanche's WWII Bomber Plant, Yankee Air Museum Plaques Unveiled & Dearborn Inn Meeting 2013

PLUS

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/17/rosie-the-riveters-willow-run-bomber-plant/2430235/

*Courtesy of Nathan Bomey - nbomey@usatoday.com

 

http://islandchronicle.com/local-news-briefs/swing-dance-gala-at-the-grosse-ile-airport/

http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/wayne_county/world-war-ii-veterans-and-rosie-the-riveters-will-be-honored-at-grosse-ile-gala-friday-night

http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/09/22/ile_camera/localnews/doc4c925b1d876bc638905322.txt

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http://www.grosseile.com/html/community/VeteransGala.html

 

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Hoyt - Mericle Family Recipies

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JAMES-JD-DELL & CORA MERICLE FAMILY TREE CHART

New Page - James brother, JACOB F. & GERTRUDE (KAVERMAN) MERICLE FAMILIES PAGE

 

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(Privacy Protection Now in effect for persons born after 1930, unless death date in below descendants files)

VIEW the 9 GENERATIONS OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MERICLE / MERKEL / MERIKLE Families Tree. (.rtf)
, (.pdf)

VIEW the 11 GENERATIONS OF THE DESCENDANTS OF BURGI, BERKEY FAMILIES.htm, (.rtf), (.pdf)

VIEW the DESCENDANTS of WYMAN PHETTEPLACE - 4 Generations / (.rtf format) / (.pdf format)

MERICLE ZIP FILES FOR DOWNLOADING
AND INDEX IMAGES PAGES FOR VIEWING ONLINE IMAGES



(to 'Find' Yourself, go to your Web Browsers top tab 'Edit', then go to 'Find' line & 'Enter", & type in your name,
if your related, I hope you are in this Mericle descendants page, if not, let me know, my e-mail is below)

 



Dorothea Spillman &
Paiuline Mericle

Elsie (Foster) & Milan Spillman's 75th B-day & Anniversary

(Click each thumbnail to view larger images)


OUR 'SIMON HOYT' BRANCH
IMMIGRATION from ASIA-MIDDLE EAST-N.AFRICA
to ENGLAND & to AMERICA to CT, NY, MI, OH, WA
 & OTHER STATES

(1. List of Hoyt Names & Dates Where they lived)
(2. Map of what Hoyt lived where in MI)
(3. Timeline Table #1- Imigration in MI & to Other States)

 

LOOKING FOR FAMILY PICTURES

Hoyt-Watkins Cousins meet in Rockford, MI 12-28-06;
Patricia Watkins from Prescott Valley, AZ, and her brother, Robert Watkin's from Roseville, MI
drove up to compare and give John Hoyt documents and Histories of the Watkins Families,
relationship to my Grandmother who was 'Cora' Spillman, and their Grandma "Dot', a sister Spillman.


Daniel H. Spillman, wife Polly died
dau. Bertha-Cora-Iva-Dot-Earnest
Dreux & Elaine Benoit, Bob Watkins, John Linda Hoyt, Patricia Watkins
Rockford, MI 12-28-06

Watkins Histories & Narratives - Image Index of pages

"My Grandparents" - Frank & Anne Watkins

Narrative by Ray Homer (Fritz) Watkins Jr.

Watkins Journal/Diary

by Homer (Edward Lewis) Watkins b. 1826

(150 hand-written pages, w/ some missing pages)

A typed short Version of above Edward Lewis Watkins's Journal/Diary by Betty (Dane ) Watkins
Watkins Journal/Diary #2
(10 Pages, and some pages have been left out for Privacy Protection)

SPILLMAN - WATKINS FAMILY HISTORY

Written by Betty (Dane) Watkins of her Mother's Family

Dorothea Ellen (Spillman) Watkins

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ABOUT 1901


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August 1911

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James D (JD) Mericle's WW I Draft Card Registration 1917-1918

(Click above image to view larger image)

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4 of Henry Spillman Daughters

Henry Spillman Daughters - Bertha-Iva-Cora-Dorothea - 1904
 

Mericle Families Reunion - 1946

(Click image above to view photo & list of names of the persons)


Cora Ann - Spillman Side
Earnest Spillman goes into Army
Marcile Spillman Family Photo
Milan pillman & Wife Portrait
Earnest L. Spillman Selects Army
Camp Custer, MI WWII

Bertha-Marcile-Dorothy
& Floyd Spillman

Milan & Wife Spillman
 Jennings, KS

Daniel Henry Spillman Obit
Earnest Spillman Memorial Obit

Iva Ora (Spillman) Deal - Memorial Obit
Daniel Henry Spillman Obit
Earnest L. Spillman Memorial Obit
Iva Ora (Spillman) Deal Memorial Obit
(Click each above thumbnail to view larger image)

 


THE HOYT-MERICLE CONNECTION

(WEDDING DAY BELLEVILLE, MI Dec 27, 1941)

Hugh & Betty & Paul & Pauline Hoyt

Hugh Huntington Hoyt, Paul Millard Hoyt, Charlotte Pauline Mericle, Helena Mericle

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JD & Cora Mericle Photo's

Cora Mericle about 1945
Various Helena Mericle pics
Cora (Spillman) Mericle
Assorted Photos of Helena
JD & Cora Mericle Farm -US 20  Swanton OH
ssorted Mericle Photos

Mericle Grill - Picacho, AZ 1950s
P. & H. & H. Phetteplace
with Cora Mericle & Pauline (Mericle) Hoyt - Clinton, MI  Sept. 1965
Assorted Mericle Photos
Mericle Grill
Picacho, AZ - 1950's

(Click each above thumbnails to view larger image)


JD & Cora Mericle Families
Cora with 4 Grand Children
Don Hoyt, Loralee Mericle, Jim, & John Hoyt)


(Click above photo to view larger image)

JD & Cora Mericle Farm location


Click here to view the MERICLE FARM MEMORIES PAGE      



About The CHARLOTTE PAULINE (MERICLE) HOYT FAMILY :

Hello!

Click here to see the Paul M. Hoyt Web Page for this update.



  

     

FAMILY 1
The pictures below is of THE CHARLOTTE PAULINE (MERICLE) HOYT FAMILIES



         Don & Judy & Paul James Hoyt          
 John & sons Joshua P, Jason C, Justin E. Hoyt

John-Matthew-Don Hoyt - Rockford, MI 2003

John Hoyt & sister Marilyn Vandenberg Oct. 2003
D. & M. & P. J. Hoyt
                Tucson, AZ  
 
J. & sons, J., Ja, & Ju. Hoyt
taken at J.P. Hoyt & S. Ablak Wedding
Pittsburgh, Pa.
   J. & D. 's son, M. , & D. Hoyt
Rockford, MI

J. Hoyt w/ sister, M. Vandenberg
September 26, 2003
Tucson, AZ
(Click each Thumbnail to view larger image)

   
  


 

FAMILY2
The pictures below is of The KENNETH & B. MERICLE FAMILIES:

LORALEE MERICLE'S FRIENDS NORTH CAROLINA

 


LORALEE WITH
CINDY KENDALL & DELLA FREEDMAN

PRODUCTION 
TAPED AT THE CHARLOTTE MECHLENBERG PUBLIC ASCCESS
CORP. STUDIO 

JULY-02-2004


      

 
About The KENNETH & B. (BERKEY) MERICLE FAMILIES :  

LORALEE MERICLE

****NEW****

Blanches Family Albums, Photos,

and her K.F.O.C.I. & her Rosie-The-Riverter, LIST of Photo Files Link:
Please Click the Highlighted Link ---> Mericle-Berkey-Beckley-Master-Photo-Files.html

DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MERIKLE, MERICLE

DESCENDANTS OF MR. BURGI, BERKEY - 11 Gen

JOSEPH BERKEY GRAVEYARD - BERKEY CEMETERY

Paint Twp., Somerset Co., PA

     

Click on Photo to View Larger image




LoraLee Mericle Bellevile HS Class Photo 1964





 

Kenny & B. (Berkey) Mericle
Celebrate 60th Anniversary - July-10-1934 - 1994
Kenneth Mericle passed on Oct. 12, 1994

Loralee Mericle - 1964
Belleville, MI
High School Class Photo
& growing up at her Home

Loralee with her black Kaiser Darien

View these NC Auto Club's Newsletter pages on Loralee's passing: Page 19, Page 20. Page 21

HAPPY MOTORING LORALEE!

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View 62 Images Thumbnail Files Page of 08-07-2005 of

Mericle Kaiser Cars at Heritage Museum in Ypsilanti

& Belleville Cemetery with Blanche Mericle

*WW II Bomber Fly-Over at Yankee Air Museum

 

* (Incidentally, B. (Berkey) Mericle was a "Rosie the Riveter" she worked in the "cell" (a B-24 bombers engine cowling, electrical areas, & in the wings of WWII bombers, being built at Willow Run Airbase in Ypsilanti, MI, because she was so petite.)

Blanche was Honored as a "Rosie" at the

Gala WWII USO Style Big Band & Swing Dance Sep. 10, 2010 at Grosse Ile Munipal Airport, article link:

http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/09/22/ile_camera/localnews/doc4c925b1d876bc638905322.txt

The Original Rosie-The-Riveter, Geraldine Doyle, dies:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/30/rosie-riveter-dead-geraldine-hoff-doyle_n_802772.html

 

 

 

Kenneth & B. Mericle have been involved with their love of Kaiser Frazer Antique Automobiles, and both have held held positions as Kaiser Frazer Owners Club International, and Blanche, as a Regional President of the Seaway Club, throughout the past few years.

MANY OF KENNETH'S & B. 'S KAISER'S ARE SHOWN AT

YPSILANTI AUTOMOTIVE HERIATAGE MUSEUM, Ypsilanti, Depot Town, MI

http://www.ypsiautoheritage.org/

 

Rare 1951 Kaiser Traveler
B/ with Darien - storage
P.J. Hoyt with Henry J car
Inside Heritage Museum - Ypsi

B. Mericle with her prized 54' Kaiser Darian at a rent Michigan car show - Summer 2006
(Click on photo to view larger image)

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4 Old Belleville, MI Photographs - Belleville Register - July 2013

Old Bldg Photos of old Belleville in the 1940's

Belleville, Register of July 11-17, 2013

Lottie (Belt) Mericle is shown left in archway, of center of H.S.Photo,

as the Mericle's Restaurant, "Mary Ann" was nearby
*(Blanche Berkey married Ken Mericle after High School Grad. on July 10, 1934)

Blanche explains in Letter about the photos

07/23/2013

 

 

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FAMILY3
The pictures below is of The H. & P. PHETTEPLACE FAMILIES

2019 Christmas Letter from Bill & Hope (Phetteplace) Gregg (.jpg)

 

D. & C. Hoyt, a Collage of photos; Arch National Park, Black Canyon, Aspen, and visit Uncle P. & Aunt H. Phetteplace in Ignacio, CO.

(Click above thumbnail to view larger image - October 2007)

     









       
Helena Mericle on Family Swanton, OH Farm

    B. Gregg with H. & P. Phetteplace
Traveling w/ Fifth Wheeler - Dec 2003 Quartzite, AZ

H. Phetteplace & B. Gregg
Valentines day 2004
Fort Collins, Colorado
H. at Family
Farm & Home near
Swanton, OH along US 20,
circa 1950's

H. PHETTEPLACE & B. GREGG WEDDING 05-01-2004

 

H. & B. GREGG
May 1, 2004

B.'s Parents

B. & A. Gregg

H. 's Parents

P. & H. Phetteplace

(Click each Thumbnail to view larger image)

VIEW the DESCENDANTS of WYMAN PHETTEPLACE - 4 Generations

      

 


^DOCUMENTS, VITALS, MISC

(Click on image to view a larger image)

Blanche Ronette (Berkey) Mericle - Death Certificate 1-3-14
Copy of Blanche Ronette (Berley) Mericle D.C. mailed to J.E.Hoyt

 


CEMETERY SECTION

 

(Courtesy of Dennis Buttelwerth)



(Courtesy of Dennis Buttelwerth)


Elmer & Charlotte* (Belt) Mericle
 Walnut Grove Cemetery, Delphos, OH (See above List) No Photo
James Delford & Cora (Spillman) Mericle
Walnut Grove Cemetery, Delphos, OH  
Jacob Frank & Gertrude (Kaverman) Mericle
St. Johns CC Cemetery, Delphos, OH  


Click to view larger image)

Paul & C. Pauline (Mercile) Hoyt Headstone Clinton, MI

Kenneth Bernard Mericle
12-22-1915 - 10-12-1994
Hillside Cem. Wayne Co.,Belleville, MI taken Dec. 2001

Blanche R. (Berkey) Mericle 10-06-1917- 01-03-2014

Loralee Ann Mericle
08-21-1946 - 09-13-2006
Hillside Cem. Wayne Co.,Belleville, MI
taken Sep. 2008

Helena (Mericle) Phetteplace
09-17-1919 - 09-03-2015

Ignacio East Cem., La Plata, Colorado, USA

C.W. "Pete" Phetteplace

01-20-1927 - 03-02-2016

C.* Pauline (Mericle) Hoyt

 05-15-1911 - 04-22-1978
Riverside Cemetery, LenaweeCo., Clinton, MI

Paul Millard Hoyt
08-01-1900 - 08-06-1975

 

 

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Blanches Family Albums, Photos,

and her K.F.O.C.I. & her Rosie-The-Riverter, LIST of Photo Files Link:
Please Click the Highlighted Link ---> Mericle-Berkey-Beckley-Master-Photo-Files.html

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Credit & Contact to a Mericle Family Historian, J. E. Mericle,

Email: jemericle@warpdriveonline.com

 


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