Thomas Joseph Naglieri...my daughter-in-law Michelle's father.
I would need help from Michelle (my daughter-in-law) as to who all of these relatives are. The man in the middle in red striped shirt is her father, Thomas. She is leaning forward over his back, with high curly hair, wearing white. Her mother, Joanne is right above her with short dark hair. I don't know who the two little children are he's holding. **
** UPDATE: Michelle gave me some identifications. Back from left to right: Grandfather Joe Fiori, John Nichols, wife Debbie, Joey, Joanne, Grandma Rose Fiori, Vicki (Joe's second wife.) Children are Michelle's cousins Justin and Stephanie.
For a man full of life, Tom was killed in a boating accident when he was only 56 on April 17, 1994. Michelle was almost 26 and living in New York City. Her parents were living in Greenwich CT. I think the publication refers to the Greenwich newspaper where Tom worked for 10 years.
Michelle speaks so fondly of her father whenever he's mentioned. You can tell they had a special relationship. I wish I knew more about Tom Naglieri.
Tom and Joanne had friendships with another couple who lived nearby. Gerhart (Gerry) Kurth and his wife Carol Jaroszewski Kurth. The story I was told was that the husbands had an agreement, that if either would die, and one of their wives might die, they would take care of the other's family. Perhaps one or the other of them was sick at the time. Gerry and Carol had more children than Tom and Joanne (who had 2). I can't find more details about Gerry and Carol's family, except the two sons who died - as living relatives on Ancestry are kept private.
Anyway, Carol Kurth died in August of 1994, a few months after Tom Naglieri. Gerry's address for the next few years was in Hawaii.
In Oct 1997 Joanne Naglieri and Gerry Kurth got married.
Michelle keeps calling him Gerry, which is normal enough for a step father of a grown woman. Joanne kept her Naglieri name as Tom's widow. My son Russ and Michelle were married 25 years ago, in 2000.
Joanne and Gerry now live in Florida, having sold the family home in Connecticut several years ago.
It is good to keep track of who is who and more so from the old well preserved photos.
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