...A DAUGHTER LIKE YOU

a MEMOIR by

Sandra Lee Richards

Disclaimer: Some names have been changed and faces blocked for privacy.

Sherry and me (ages 8 and 5) in front of our new house in Allen Park, Michigan. July, 1951

My First Communion, age 7. Photo taken by my uncle who was a photographer for the Detroit Free Press.

1954 My cousin Melvin’s 16th birthday. L to R: Dad, Mom, cousin Ronnie, Aunt Josephine holding Cathy, Sherry holding Donn, Melvin, Aunt Adeline, me in front (age 8) The aunts are Dad’s sisters.

L to R in front: Cathy, Great Grandma Toth, Great Grandpa Toth, Donn. Me and Sherry in back. 1958

1959

Sherry (16) and me (13) in back

Cathy (5) and Donn (6) in front

1959 age 13

1960 age 14

My 16th birthday party at Connie’s house.

1964 My Graduation Picture

The Tomaszewski Family in 1932 L to R: Aunt Adeline, Aunt Mary, Grandfather Peter, Grandmother Jozefa, Aunt Josephine. My father, Chet in front (age 14)

Marge (L) and Goldie (R) Circa 1940

Chet & Marge 1942

Goldie and her first husband Teddy circa 1950

Chet and Marge – Circa 1950

Chet and Marge 1953. Every year they went all out for their Halloween parties. Notice Chet with a cigarette between his fingers.

Siblings 1964

L to R: Cathy, Me, Tim, Sherry, Donn

Siblings 1979 – 15 years later when Donn, Cathy and Tim came into town for Dad’s funeral.

L to R: Cathy, Tim & Donn in back

Me & Sherry in front

Tim’s 1978 Graduation Picture

Marge, Pops & Nanny 1941

1941

Auntie & Uncle Frank 1953

Nanny & Mr. Dodd 1960

Bob & Sherry 1965

Me on my wedding day January 1967

Me and Carl 1967

My sweet, beautiful daughters, Tracy age 2 and Kelly age 4 in 1975

Tracy and Kelly 2010

Tracy and Kelly 2019

Friends L to R: Connie, Margie, Cora and me. 1994

Tom and I when we first started dating in 2000.

L to R: Thelma, Tom and me at our 50th HS Class Reunion in 2014

L to R: Connie, me and Thelma February 2020

L to R: Thelma, me and Connie spending a few days together at our Indiana lakehouse in 2023

With Tim in Apache Junction, Arizona in October 2023.

With Donn in Palm Springs, California in October 2023