Author Archives: Sonya Schryer Norris

Elaine’s father was Loren Darvel Jackson after whom she would name her first son (Norman Loren). Loren’s parents were both born in Ohio (1910 Census). Norm remembers how Loren, as a child, played with a local kid in Detroit whose father liked to tinker with motors. The child’s name was Edsel Ford.   Loren wasContinueContinue reading “Elaine’s Background: the Jacksons, the Quiggles, and the Rocheleaus”

Norman Loren Schryer Married:  Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan Janice Marilyn Schryer (nèe Eklund) When I asked Norm about his life, the first thing he said was that he was blessed in wooing and winning the hand of his wife, Janice Eklund. The two began dating their freshman year at the University ofContinueContinue reading “Norm and Jan Schryer Family”

Diane Elaine Fichter (nèe Schryer) b: 3 June 1946 Married: 23 Aug 1969 First Presbyterian Church, Hillsdale, Michigan Divorced: 3 June 1985 Lynn Stanton Fichter b: 24 Apr 1942 Diane had this to say when asked to share her memories in this family history: I am very fortunate to have been born into a lovingContinueContinue reading “Diane Fichter Family”

Jack’s first marriage: John Millard Hess b. 25 Aug 1916 Married 27 Jan 1951 Widowed 19 Nov 1961 Esther Josephine O’Riordan b. 29 Jan 1929 d. 19 Nov 1961, London, England Jack’s first wife, Jo, was born in the Bronx. Her son Greg shared a story of how, as an infant, her family took aContinueContinue reading “Jack Hess Family (Grandma’s Second Husband)”

Comments, corrections and additional stories welcome! Use the “Leave a Comment” link at the bottom of this post. Greg was born in Munich, Germany while his father was stationed there. Greg’s mother Jo (Esther Josephine O’Riordan), Jack’s first wife, died in an accident when their family was stationed in London; Greg had just turned four.ContinueContinue reading “Greg Hess Family”