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 1952 (13 yrs); Conneaut Lake Park |  |  Bliss, 1960 (21 yrs). Libbie Sandra Gillis Marries Harvey Sherwood Lederstein |
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 Conneaut Lake; Sun Lover |  Happy Hanukkah! 1972. |  June 19, 1960, B'nai Israel Synagogue, Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA |
 Joy. Beauty. Bliss. Hope. |  May 4, 1956 with some happy looking guy - high school dance? |  At the cottage at Conneaut Lake |
 Just after you two got engaged. 1959'ish |  I love this picture! You were about to give birth to Mitch. |  1990 (51 yrs). The shoulder pads! |
 Goofballs |  Big hair, big goals. |  |
 |  You loved this spot - A creek in Wellfleet |  Insanity. Newborn twins and a 3.5 yr old. :) Your are feeding Max and Joe's got Connor. |
 |  I still remember the sound of your laugh in this picture. We laughed so hard it hurt. Something Emma did. Pure joy. |  |
 Sisters |  You two cracked each other up. |  |
 |  Thanksgiving in NY, NY. Maybe 1996. |  In the park, NY, NY. |
 Glamour prom pic |  The trio. |  |
 1999, Wellfleet, Cape Cod. 60th surprise party and photo shoot on the beach. Three generations of female awesomeness |  February, 1993 (54 yrs) |  |
 |  Seattle |  Vermont |
 Siblings. Surprise 60th birthday family photo shoot on the beach, Wellfleet, Cape Cod |  |  Ev's Favorite Pic of Mom and Joe. "Happy and Loving" ♡ |
 |  "When life was perfect" -- Evie (at her wedding to the wonderful Ronald Taylor). September 28, 1969 |  One of the early pioneers. Wonder woman! |
 Working the phone |  Thanksgiving, 1978 in Fulton, NY (39 yrs) |  |
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 |  Florida, February 1954 (15 yrs) |  Thanksgiving, 1948 (9 yrs) |
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 |  1956 with wheels (17 yrs) |  April, 1958 (19 yrs) |
 High School |  Glamorous |  Always a talker, 1956 (17 yrs) |
 Conneaut Lake |  |  |
 |  January, 1956 (17 yrs) |  January, 1956 (17 yrs) |
 |  May, 1942 (3 yrs) |  |
 July, 1941 (2 yrs); Drawn to the court at an early age. |  |  With your Brownie camera |
 Aunt Bea's house; 1947 (Libbie 8 yrs, Evie 6 yrs, Harvey 4 yrs) |  |  With Aunt Esther in Detroit; 1940 (1 yr) |
 |  Daddy's little girl. Martin David Gillis was a proud papa. |  |
 Alexandria, Virginia; July 1942 (3 yrs); Your mom and Ruthie |  Now that's a snowsuit! At the Giant Eagle. |  |
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 |  Emma's Bat Mitzvah, 2008 (69 yrs) |  Oh! Emma's Bat Mitzvah, 2008 |
 You built your own greenhouse! Plants grew if you just looked at them. |  Berkley Springs, West Virginia; September, 1940 (15 months); Sweet. (With Aunt Lenore) |  Lillian (Baseman) Gillis with a bun named Libbie in the oven. May 30, 1939 (4 weeks away!) |
 So cute! |  Love this. So you. Happy in the garden. |  You always loved bright colors. |
 Emma in your wildflower path. |  Love on the Cape. |  |
 |  When you're the Assistant Principal (John Jay High School), you go to a lot of proms! |  |
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 On the lifeguard stand, Newcomb Hollow Beach, Wellfleet. You were happiest with these three close to your side. They loved their Bubbe! |  Thanksgiving in Fulton, volunteering at the soup kitchen. |  Another summer at the Cape, 1999. Emma (4 yrs), Max & Connor (9 months) |
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 You LOVED sharing nature and your garden with your grandchildren. Max always picked the tomatoes with his Bubbe. |  |  Thanksgiving in Pelham, NY. 2009'ish |
 |  At Mark and Melinda's wedding, Fishkill, NY September 29, 1991 (52 yrs) |  |
 Love this pic. The very best memories happened during summers at the Cape. |  Three generations, knitting in Fulton, NY. |  Looking up from our knitting. |
 |  With Jane McLaughlin, Thanksgiving in Fulton, NY. Volunteering at the soup kitchen. |  Pics from your garden. |
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 Your handiwork. |  You grew the very best tomatoes. |  |
 Bliss. |  The Cape House. |  Only you could grow flowers in the sandy soil of Wellfleet. |
 |  You loved frogs! This is the side of your outdoor shower. |  Reading with Max |
 Laughing with Emma in the kitchen. Thanksgiving, Pelham, NY. |  |  |
 Family in Pelham, NY. 2000. |  |  The Nice Cream Shoppe, Wellfleet, Cape Cod. Yum! |
 |  1999, Wellfleet, Cape Cod. Emma (4 yrs), Max and Connor (8 months) |  You and Joe look like models in a tennis magazine! Where your love began... at Cross Court, Wappingers Falls, NY. |
 1998, Pelham, NY. Boys were just born. |  At your sister's house in Fulton, NY. |  In Seattle with Harvey, Wendy, Evie, Ron and Joe. |
 The best part of this pic is your sister's hair! |  Marrying me off. :) 1991 |  Sisterly love. |
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 Poem written by Libbie's brother Harvey, 2013 (about the progression of Alzheimer's) |  Evie's wedding, 1969 |  Evie's wedding, 1969 |
 With cousin Cindy and Shelly, cousin Bernie's baby girl. |  Harvey and Libbie at Evie's wedding, 1969 |  A proud mom (Lillian Baseman Gillis) and her kids. |
 |  |  A proud mom and the joys of her life. |
 Libbie and her little bro. |  At Marla Lederstein's wedding in McDonald, PA |  With Paul Lederstein - Libbie's brother-in-law |
 With Aunt Sondra (sister-in-law), Irwin and Sylvia Lederstein (brother- and sister-in-law) and Joe. |  |  With Aunt Sylvia |
 Proud big sister with baby Evie |  Sisters |  Pics from Evie |
 Pics from Evie |  Pics from Evie |  Pics from Evie |
 Pics from Evie |  Yet another prom! |  |
 Mom, Mindy and Jason - probably Stone Harbor, NJ |  Visiting Carolyn and Mel Heilweil in Boynton Beach, 2004 |  Carolyn and Mel Heilweil visiting Libbie and Joe in Englewood, Florida, 2005 |
 |  Jason and Mitchell |  |
 Libbie and Evie on left in 1952; With cousins Bernie, Linda and Cindy |  |  The Terrific Trio |
 |  With her first grandchild -- Emma Harper McLaughlin -- in NYC |  |
 Animal Lover :) |  With Emma |  From Evie: Memorial plant for Lib from her good friend from high school, Carol Sullivan. Reminds me daily of my sister and the beauty of friendship. |
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