****There are many photos here, they will take some time to download, but I have included a lot of pictures of family and friends.******

These are a few photos of myself and my first wife Marion who I celebrated over 50 years of marriage with. We were married in Indiana on September 8th, 1938.

We spent many years travelling in Mexico during my wrestling days, and built a successful chicken farm and sold eggs on a piece of land close to where the Humane Society of Windsor now is. There is a newspaper article from the Windsor Star dated Thursday, March 12, 1987 about Marion and I which tells the story of our "dream trip that turned rocky" . The article was too large to scan. We were both 72 years old and planned a dream vacation to Key West Florida. But the dream ended on the way home when Marion got blood poisoning and rheumatoid arthritis the same time as I came down with a very bad case of emphysema and we were both rushed to the nearest hospital which was Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. We were there for six days. We were so lucky to be cared for by such a great hospital. They arranged our flight home and supplied Marion with a wheelchair.

 

Marion & Barney March 1989

 

I built this house on our fruit farm in 1946

Dog Kennel Hwy #98 in 1948

Aerial photo of all the buildings I built myself. Taken in 1953

House of Louis

Marion & I in 1957

Barney, Marion and our friend Lucy

Barney & Marion at Gatorland, Florida in 1990. (I built the spare seat on my scooter)

Barney & Aunt Mary on her 100th Birthday party

  

Aunt Mary's 100th Birthdayin 1991

Barney & Marion/Chicken Farm 1963

Left to Right: Sharon Wilson my niece, husband John, Angela & Jeffrey

Five generations of the Girodat Family, Aunt Mary in 1981

Golden Anniversary picture from the Windsor Star.

 

Verna, Laurier, Marion & Barney Mar. 12/84

Left to Right: Bill Middleton, Barney & Sherry Middleton

Barney & Friend June Middleton in 1992

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I hope you have enjoyed seeing my photos. I have had a good life and have met so many great people, that I did not want to leave anyone out.

This is my first web page and I welcome suggestions or just e-mail to say hello.

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