A Birthday Shout-out Feb 20th

Eliot Timothy Fleury is celebrating his first birthday today! Well, his parents, Karen (Serpa) Fleury and Timothy M. Fleury, are celebrating, Eliot is observing the goings on.

As the photo indicates, Eliot is remarkably confident at such an early age. Just check out his jersey, he’s already referring to himself as #1.

Here is an earlier picture of Eliot that seems to accurately indicate this young fellow has his eyes set on the future.

”Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot

Happy Birthday, Eliot, may you have countless more.

A Birthday Shout-out Feb 15th*

It was an unusually mild day in Providence for a February 15th, when Stephen Francis Riley was born. The late Rita Patricia (Coleman) Riley (1917-1974) and the late Francis Charles Riley (1915-2004) welcomed their baby boy into the world and then brought him back to Pawtucket.

As always, Stephen is properly attired.

After graduating from St. Ray’s, it was on to Georgetown University where he received a Bachelor of Foreign Service. Then a few years later, Steve earned his law degree from Catholic University. Nowadays you can find Steve at the Potomac Community Resources, Inc. (PRC), where he is its Executive Director. If you have the time, click on this link ( https://pcr-inc.org ) to see the fine work of PRC.

Stephen and his wife Joan are living in the District of Columbia, where his eldest daughter Kate keeps both of them on the straight and narrow. Annie, their youngest daughter, lives on the West Coast, works globally and visits her parents and sister frequently.

Have a Happy Birthday, Steve. My guess is a nicely chilled chablis would go well with that tie.

A Birthday Shout-out Feb 15th*

Tammie (Daley) McNaught, the first of those Daley girls, entered into this world in the middle of national cold wave. Temperatures were close to 10º that February day, but her parents, the late Joan (Riley) Daley (1929-2019) and the late Frederick (“Nick”) Daley (1927-1991), were aglow with the warmth of love for their baby girl.

Now, after an unspecified number of years, Tamie is a teacher, now a remote learning instructor-zoom expert, a wife (husband Peter McNaught), a mother (Jonathan and Andrew), a mother-in-law (Meara married to Jonathan), and soon-to-be grandmother! That’s some exciting news for the Daley clan, and we look forward posting that event in the near future.

Grandmothers don’t normally look this good

Happy Birthday, Tam! Here’s hoping Peter delivered big time.

*see blog post February 15, 2020

A Birthday Remembrance Feb 12th*

Back on this day in 1931, “PJ” (1900-1985) and Margaret Riley’s (1900-1938) twin boys were born. William Francis (1931-1966) and James Augustus Riley (1931-2010) were identical twins . They looked like they should have graced the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.

9 year old Billy’s Potter Elementary School photo
Jim, same age, same grade, same school

*see blog post February 12, 2020