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Clarice (Martcie) Zuiker 1911-2008
Clarice Zuiker has passed from this world. She was a special woman and a humble matriarch.
Listen to her story (an interview conducted by her grandson, Jeff Nolan).
Post your tributes to Grandma Zuiker in the comments. Or call 919.724.4220 to speak your tribute.
Milestones
Happy birthday to my mother, Cheryl Zuiker, celebrating today.
And congratulations to my brother Matthew, who successfully completed the police academy in Phoenix and is now an official badge carrier of a major metro police department there.
John at Lake Anna
#738 this year
My father is running the Honolulu Marathon again. He’s #738 this year, and he’ll be taking the course slower than the last few years. That noble Race for a Common Sense Congress diverted him from his marathon training, I suspect.
Fall news
Some quick family news to report:
- Dad and Dot are traveling through Hong Kong and the Philippines.
- Matt just celebrated his 25th birthday. He is in the police academy in Mesa, following his dream of being an officer of the peace.
- Chris and his family moved to Minneapolis. No word yet on how they like the great North.
- Joel and Gabrielle will be in a Thanksgiving play together.
More news to come …
Grandma's oral history
Over at my podcast page, I’ve posted the audio from Jeff’s oral history session with Grandma. When Jeff’s edited his video recording from that session, we’ll get it onto the site for all to see.
Reunion wrap-up
The reunion list is busy with family members posting their thoughts about the awesome week we had at Oglebay. Kate Nolan offered her list of awards for the MVPs of the reunion:
- Most Experienced Traveler: Grandma
- Most Trooperest Child: Josie
- Most Patient Parent: Chris
- Most Photographed: Grandma (by a long shot!)
- Most Prolific Documentarian: Anton
- Most Smiliest: The Kalinowski Krew
- Most Silliest: Tie between Justin and Kathy
- Most Competitive: Linda (but in a good way!)
- Most Tallest: Shane
- Most Shortest: Josie
- Most Vegan: Staci
- Most Sweetest: Tracey
- Most Kidlike: Anyone under 10 (and Justin)
- Most Perfect Moment: Shane reading Pinocchio to Beck
- Most Creative Use of Tennis Ball: Grandma signed tennis balls as trophy
- Most Volleyballiest: Erin
- Most Hunkiest of Husbands: Jeff
- Most Missed: Grandpa
- Most Valuable Players: John and Patti
- Most Humbled by you All: me
And Aunt Sue added this:
- Most generous: Mark (He was always emptying his pockets or picking up some tab!)
TJ and Jeff are working on a master collection of photos from the week. I’ve begun posting some of mine here. Here’s the first image I snapped:
Together again
Time to gather
The big Zuiker family reunion is upon us. This weekend, more than 60 uncles, aunts, cousins, brothers and family friends will gather at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, West Virginia. We’ll sing, eat, talk (though politics is strictly off the list, courtesy of the enflamed but differing passions fueled by George “I’m a uniter, not a divider” Bush), walk and play (tennis, disc golf, poker). The last time we gathered for a reunion was the 1984 jamboree in Tomahawk, Wisconsin on the family’s Ravens Roost campsite.