Choices revisited : memories of the Flint, Michigan Vilet, Willett, Willette family
Publication Information
S.l. : Magee Print & Document Solutions, 2008.
Physical Description
348 p. : 22 cm.
Summary
The narrative of the Flint, Michigan Willette clan begins in Bohemia in 1860 and ends many years later in Kalamazoo,Michigan. Stops on the way include the steel mills of Cleveland, Ohio and sharecropping farms in Minnesota.
Contents
- Brief genealogy: Cleveland, Ohio Clan; Jackson, Minnesota Clan; Flint, Michigan Clan
- Preface
- Part one: Early Vilet, Willett history: Leading the way
- Early Vilet history, 1860-1900
- The second and third generations
- Part two: The Flint Vilet, Willett, Willette family, 1923 to present: James Willette
- Esther Kuntz Willette
- My brothers Bob and Mick
- The third base story
- James Keith Willette
- My athletic youth
- Being an air cadet
- Basic training; aircraft school
- Re-enlistment
- Furlough; waiting; New York
- The Texarkana
- A slow train trip, France
- Oberpfaffenhofen Air Base
- Going Stateside
- Western Michigan University
- Meeting the one , Toni
- My Colorado adventure
- Playing cowboy
- The holding pens
- Hunting Colorado style
- Together in Debeque, Colorado
- The senior dinner dance
- Taking the long way home
- A daughter is born
- Katie
- A son in born
- My Christian walk
- My career and other activities
- Golf
- Part three: My Minnesota trip, 2001: How it started
- Thursday
- Friday morning
- Friday afternoon
- Saturday
- Sunday
- Monday
- Tuesday
- The Christmas tree adventure
- Appendix
- The Vilet, Willet, Willett, Willette family tree.