Monday, July 14, 2008

A Portrait and A Poem


The above Munce/Caraway family portrait has a handwritten poem on the back by Bill Munce, the patriarch of this Munce clan.

If we counted our blessings as we count our little pains
If we soon forgot our losses and remembered just our gains
If we tried to be as big and fine as you and I should be
What a wonderful and happy place this world of ours would be

Photo identification:
Location: Bill and Erma's house at 6652 Brann Street, Oakland, California
Date: possibly 1959
Top (left to right):
Fred Munce (son of Bill Munce and Elsie Pump Munce)
Ann Caraway (daughter of Jake and Elsie Caraway)
Middle (left to right):
William "Bill" Munce (father of Elsie, Jack and Fred)
Patricia Munce (daughter of Jack and Jane Munce)
Sue Caraway (daughter of
Jake and Elsie Caraway)
Margaret "Pat" McCauley Munce (wife of Fred Munce)

Bottom (left to right):
Elsie Munce Caraway (daughter of Bill and Elsie Munce)
Erma Hazelton Munce (third wife of Bill Munce)
Kathleen Munce (daughter of Fred and Pat Munce)
Joanie Caraway (
daughter of Jake and Elsie Caraway)
John Munce squinting boy (son of Fred and Pat Munce)
Richard Munce (
son of Jack and Jane Munce)
John "Jack" Munce (son of Bill and Elsie Munce)
Jane Judd Munce (wife of Jack Munce)

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