Visiting the oldest Lovrien
Grace and I spent last weekend in Miami and Naples, FL visiting my great-aunt Gladys, the eldest member of the Lovrien clan, who will turn 96 next month. She became the eldest earlier this year when her sister passed away at 101. I sure hope I got some of them good genes!
We were worried because she had taken a fall a couple of weeks before and was still in rehab after back surgery. But we got there and she was as chipper as ever, excited to look through old photos with us and tell family stories. We did that for 5 solid hours on Saturday, and then after a short rest she asked us to “break her out of jail” and take her to the main dining hall at the retirement home. It was a bit of a production with the wheelchair, oxygen tank and all, but she really seemed to enjoy it and all her friends were glad to see “Glad” out and about. And when I say friends I mean just about everybody in the entire complex, because they all know her and she knows every one of them by name!
I took quite a few pictures (click the photo above for a slideshow), I also recorded a short video of Aunt Glad inviting my Dad down to visit her:
In addition to the great visits with Aunt Glad and also my Lovrien cousins Joe & Sonna Trotzig (who live in the same development), we also got some time to take an air-boat ride in the Everglades and lay in the sun on Key Biscayne. Excellent weekend!
dad said
am July 4 2007 @ 8:31 am
watched your slideshow with june. perfect way for us to travel these days, as we both ended up elevating our feet for a few days upon return from st. louis. think and talk about you often. love, dad and june p.s. some recommend going north in the summer.
dad said
am September 12 2007 @ 3:48 am
DEAR DAVID AND GRACE: WE HAVE BEEN HOLDING DOWN THE FORT–MEANING TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS HERE AND OURSELVES. I JUST UNDERTOOK A PROJECT–PARTLY TO KEEP MY MIND
OPERATING–USE IT OR LOSE IT. I HAD NEVER LEARNED HOW TO TRANSFER A CASSETTE TAPE TO A CD. I BEGAN THE PROCESS ON SUNDAY, PRODUICED A TEST CD ON MONDAY AND A FINAL PROJECT ON TUESDAY. I CHOSE THE COMMERCIAL RECORDING OF THE TEXAS SAXOPHONE QUARTET–SAVED FROM HOW MANY YEARS AGO? I DO NOT RECALL THAT RECORDING BEING MADE IN A CD. LOVE, DAD
Doug Hooper said
am October 11 2007 @ 4:51 am
I am tracing my family history and Joe Trotzig and I are both descended from Thomas Uglow who was born in Cornwall, England in 1585. Joe and I are 9th cousins. I live in South Australia and would love to hear from any family members.
Bradley Lovrien said
am July 4 2008 @ 9:53 pm
I’m the son of James Lynn Lovrien, and grandson of Sidney Monroe Lovrien, hopefully, longevity is inherant.
Glenn Lovrien said
am June 19 2009 @ 3:21 pm
It’s been interesting reading your website Dave. I guess some where back up the Lovrien tree we are related. My 3rd-great-grandfather was George Washington Lovrien, also. My grand parents were George and Emma Lovrien from Sioux Rapids,Iowa. They had 9 kids (7 girls and 2 boys). Two of the girls died back in the 40′s and all the rest are still alive. An yes, we do come from GOOD genes, My dad is 85 and his older sister, my aunt Gladys is 92, this year. My Mom and Dad is Cora Bell and Glenn Ellsten Lovrien. I have a brother Gary Lynn Lovrien. My mother died about 13 years go. I had two sons, Brent Allen Lovrien and Shenan Dean Lovrien. Brent was a Los Angeles Firefighter and was kill 3-26-08 in an explosion while responding to a fire alarm.
I’m sending you my dads email address, you might want to get hold of him to see if he can help fill in some of our families Geneology gaps.
sewknit.lovrien@roadrunner.com
My email is Glennlovrien1@yahoo.com
May God bless you and your family
Glenn Allen Lovrien