Hi Joey, I have had several request for my 60th Wedding Anniversary Story and Pictures.
We had a wonderful time and many happy memories. Here we are at 84 and 89 yeas old and still enjoying our life together. We are so blessed.
Love your blog. Virginia (Frontiero) McKinnon
60th Wedding Anniversary Party Virginia (Frontiero) McKinnon
My Wedding Anniversary’s actual date is November 26, 2013. I planned our celebration early, June 8, 2013. I did not want to wait until winter. The party was such a wonderful celebration. Over 100 guest attended at the Gloucester House’s Compass Rose Room from one to 4 o‘clock. Most of our seven children, eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, brother, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends attended. All having a wonderful time. Many highlights: Father Kiley renewed our marriage vows, a wonderful buffet lunch, my brother Paul playing his trombone for a fabulous sing-a-long. And the Rose Ceremony, two dozen large long stem roses. All our children, grandchildren and even our little adorable great-grandchildren and many family and friends presenting us with a rose and professing their love for us and telling stories of happy times, events and jokes. One by one they came to us with joy, hugs and kisses. Life could not get any better than this! Our granddaughter, Jennie, read a tribute to her grandfather. Also our two other beautiful granddaughters, Jessica and Cheryl rose to the occasion with endearing memories. I sang a love song to Bob “You Belong to My Heart.” Remembering how Bob loved to dance to the beat of the Rumba. We were dancing in spirit.
Our friend Pat Cecilio presented us with a masterpiece of an Anniversary Wedding Cake. No professional could have competed with this, The cake was adorned with a picture of us at our wedding cutting our original Wedding Cake. The cake was a homemade lemon cake with raspberry filling and very ornately decorated with frosting and roses. For lunch we had appetizers of calamari, chicken wings, fruit, vegetables, cheese and crackers. A berry, berry salad with strawberries, blueberries, cranberries, walnuts and blue cheese with a raspberry dressing, soda and coffee were served at our tables. Then the buffet of baked haddock, chicken Alfredo, seafood Newberg, sausage, peppers, carved roast beef and roasted potatoes. For dessert we enjoyed strawberry shortcake, our Anniversary cake and Italian cookies.
Our guest enjoyed the acrylic frames with their name and table number, which they could take home as a souvenir and also we had match books to remember this occasion. Most of our original wedding party were present. I encourage my brother Paul to take my Dad’s place in our pictures. My sister Rosalie and her husband Rit were our maid of honor and best man, we missed them, and ushers Jack Lucido and Gordon Hilsey have also passed on. My junior bridesmaids were my twin sister’s Mary Ann and Ida. My bridesmaids, Mary McCoy, Mary Herrick, our ushers, Joe Orange and Bob Beard and our ring bearer, Vito Piscitello were all in attendance. Bob’s cousin, Anne and his niece, Moira from Danvers sat at our table. My brother Paul and his wife Dorothy came from North Carolina and his family; Dena from California, Michael from Virginia, Wendy and her family from Beverly. My sister’s Mary Ann and Ida from Essex and their children even Ida’s newest baby great-grandchild Alexa. My nephew Ric came from working in Pennsylvania and his sister Diana from Rhode island. I was so happy to have my mother’s last two siblings, my Aunt’s Frances and Millie with their family present. My niece, Krista, took lots of pictures. Our family picture is a treasure of remembrance for generations to come. So many precious memories of this joyous occasion.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Thanks for sharing Virginia. Also thanks again for the photos of my dad.
You have a beautiful family. But Of course you do, they’re Frontiero’s!
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Congratulations Virginia and Robert ~ I trust November 26 will be a wonderful evening as well!
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Thank you Virginia for sharing your beautiful life stories and photos; please keep them coming! So wonderful to hear that most your your original wedding party were present!
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Does not get any better than this with family and all the friends blessings – put a smile on my face seeing the strong spirit of family – Sort of reminds me of this told to me at 16 from a good friend
Native American isn’t blood. It is what is in the heart. The love for the land, the respect for it, those who inhabit it, and the respect and acknowledgement of the spirits and elders. That is what it is to be Indian. Navajo White Feather
And I may add a American God Bless and many many more! 🙂
So Rare-Jimmy Dorsey-1957
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Thank You, David Moore. What a wonderful way to start my day! I just love Tommy Dorsey. Bob and I danced to his music and Frank Sinatra. Did you know my mother was born in Sicily? Strong family spirit for us too! Love the Indian Navajo spirit,too. God Bless You I am enjoying all the links. Love, Virginia
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Virginia & Family God Bless -:)
You are most welcome and family is the foundation for everything – I had sort of rough one with biological dad that way result of his Korean War Service BAR guy 7th ID and Pork Chop hill I know there pain now! Tried to reconnect to him later in life when I was able to forgive him for his ways – but it was too late he had passed on sort of never reached closure here by faith, family and friends keeps us on track! My great Grandmother Just when I needed here most and was always there for us along with Grandfather, Ms. Chester Mac Neil passed at 106 almost 107 she lived in Bay view and final years were in Grey Cliff nursing home with great caretakers who have an extremely difficult job – like police who see the pain of these issues daily – The Memorial (They that got down to the sea in ships stands through all the storms and hardships of those lost at sea). My foundation was built in both Somerville MA St Elizabeth’s hospital and Lanesville, Sacred Heart Church Lanesville, First Holy Communion 17 May 1964, Rev Edward Galvin, that’s something you carry all your life and can never be taken from you only given by your choice! To all the veterans too God’s blessing and please come home to those who need you the most your family and country, Monday, November 11, Veterans Day 2013 stay safe
That’s why family items and music is so important to me! “Persistence is to the Character of man as carbon is to steel. – Napoleon Hill
Capt Joe GMG staff please keep the memories coming sure makes a cloudy day bright one!:-)
The Hollies Look At Life
Dave Ret Veteran.
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Dave, My husband is also a veteran, having served in the Asiatic Pacific in WW2. He has PTSD and is finally able to tell me some of his war stories. I was a Social Worker at SeniorCare,Inc for 16 years and had a delightful client, Millie MacNeil from Bay View, also her daughter-in-law, Terry MacNeil was my co-worker and good friend. Were they related to you? Love your videos and comments. Love, Virginia PS if you type my name on “search” you can read some of my other stories.
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Dave, My husband is also a veteran, having served in the Asiatic Pacific in WW2. He also has PTSD and finally sharing some of his war stories. I was a Social Worker at SeniorCare, Inc and had a delightful client, Millie Mac Neil, from Bay View. Was she related to you? Love your comments and videos. Virginia
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What a great memory you made! I love the photos of your beautiful family, and the pictures of the wedding party, then and now. I’m sure it was a lovely time for everyone.
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Another wonderful story,Virginia! Thanks for sharing it and your photos,too.
Your classmate,
Marion O’Connell Frost
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Thank You everyone for your kind words. Our 60th Anniversary Party was a blessing for my family and friends. We had a wonderful celebration! Love, Virginia
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Thanksgiving Day was my parent’s official wedding day 60 years ago. . Yesterday. . So blessed to say. My parents and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving at their home..
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