Betsy Van Halsema DeKorne

What can I say? To know her was to love her. It was really that simple.  Tell Uncle Jack we miss him and his tales of derring-do!

1929  l-r: Willemina, Betsy, Dick, Gerard, Bernice

Sept 1944 Nellie and 5 daughters standing under oak tree back yard 219 Myrtle: L-R Bernice, Betsy, Nellie, Helen, Willemina, Marian

Sept 1944 Bernice (left) and Betsy on ferry  to NYC, starting out for Calvin College (Betsy senior, Bernice freshman)

Sept 1944 Bernice and Betsy at Grand Central Station NYC

July 2001 Overview, MI  three Van Halsema sisters, Betsy, Bernice and Marian

The Van Halsema sisters 1940 and 1990

Good memories for a Christmas Day. Backyard of 219 Myrtle Avenue, Passaic, NJ, September 3, 1944:

l-r: Bernice, Betsy, (mother Nellie in the background) Helen, Will and Marian

Photo taken at the bridal shower for Betsy VandePolder, daughter of Helen Van Halsema VandePolder, August 10, 1990:

l-r: Bernice, Will, Marian, Betsy, Helen

Van Halsema Sisters

Love knows neither time nor space -- Bernice VandenBerg and her older sister Betsy DeKorne:

Two Bergman sisters, c. 1984 at Overview, Michigan

Christina MacDonald and Melissa Parker, the two oldest Bergman sisters

Sisters is much more than a word -- Susan Nell and Joyce Anne

This past Sunday, Susie and I packed ourselves into the Mini and headed north up I-95 to I-93 and then back onto I-95 as we made our way to Portland, Maine, and a rendezvous at the Panera in Westbrook with Dick, Dorothy and Joyce (AKA Joybell).

The five of us spent a pleasant afternoon of good food, warm conversation and siblings just being together sharing their affection for each other.

Unfortunately, Dick and Dorothy scooted out to Freeport before I could snap a photo of a brother with his two sisters. But I did get Joyce and Susan together. Some things never seem to change, like the bond between two sisters. It's a beautiful thing to watch in action and these images can only provide an all-too-brief glimpse into that phenomenon.

Susie, Mary and Mallory together one more time

It was just yesterday that Susie drove up to Westborough, MA, to spend a little quality time with her sister Mary before she heads off to a new life in Texas this summer. The smiles it all, eh?

(A friend of Mallory's, Mary's daughter stopped by and snapped this photo with Susie's camera.)

l-r: Mary, Mallory and Susie

So much time slips by and we have no idea why
Or where it goes
No one knows