Memory Eternal

Remember, O Lord, the soul of Thy departed handmaiden. My grandmother, Mabel Rosetta (Christine) Healy, died Saturday, 10 September 2005, about 11:20 p.m. Grandma was born 27 June 1920. She was eighty-five years old when she died. Give, O Lord, to Thy handmaiden, Christine, eternal rest, and memory eternal!

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My Branch of the Healy Family Tree

Last night I worked through the Healy family genealogy I came across yesterday. I was able to work out the direct line of descent from William to me. A call to Grandma Healy got some of the details surrounding Clifton Dwight and Clifton Arthur worked out. (I’ve left out the information related to my dad [...]

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Healy Genealogy

Bored at work, I did a Google of “Clifton Healy” and came up with this INCREDIBLE page of Healy genealogy. Why is it incredible you ask? Scroll down to Generation no. 7, no. 54 “Children of Abiel Healy and Mary Adams,” small Roman numeral iii–almost to the bottom of the page . . . which [...]

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Grandpa Healy’s Legacy

I had a great time reminiscing with Grandma this past week. (If you remember, Grandma lost her second husband, Wilbur, last month.) She spoke quite a bit about my late grandfather, Clifton F. Healy. I am, as far as we know, the fifth Clifton in an unbroken line on the Healy side of the family. [...]

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Clifton Fitzroy Healy, 9 August 1913-10 February 1991

At work, one of my rather mindless tasks is to test books for pH levels. This requires the demanding duty of placing a small amount of water on the page of a book, and placing a sensor tube in the drop of water. Then I wait a few minutes until the pH level registers, and [...]

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