From: "Pat Eberly" <memrse@clarinda.heartland.net>
To: <dgatx@earthlink.net>
Subject: Hello from a newly found relative
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 01 23:50:35 -0500

Just a quick note - know you have been in communication with my cousin Judy (Combs) Herzberg.

She contacted me after finding your cannister at Grandma & Grandpa's gravesite this past weekend.

This is a really busy time for us, so haven't delved into your website yet, but look forward to it.

Interested in who is currently in the Wichita, KS area. Since 1973 we have been taking a baseball team there for the National Baseball Congress tournament each summer.

I am Pat (Heil) Eberly, only child of Verla L. (Good) and Alfred J. Heil. Mom is the only surviving child of Levi's. She had a severe stroke in early August and has been hospitalized and/or in a nursing home since that time. Right side and speech were the areas most severly affected, but she has managed to keep her sense of humor and we manage to communicate even though her "new language" is not always easy to interpret. Physical therapy has allowed her some limited mobility with help and we try to keep her active and involved in as many of the family's outings as possible, the latest of which was the marriage of her oldest great-granddaughter last month.

Not sure how much of our family you have on your geneological charts, but will give you names of our children and grandchildren in the hopes that it will be of some help to you.

Patricia L. (Heil) married Merl J. Eberly October 6, 1954

Children - Julie Kae, March 23, 1955 married Fred Windhorst 1973

                         Children - Brian James Windhorst, May 22, 1974
                                              Temple Renee Windhorst, April 6, 1978; married
                                              Chad Netten, May 12, 2001
                   Julie married John R. Brummett, April 10, 1981
                       Children - John R. Brummett III, Dec. 7, 1983
                                        Blake Eberly Brummett, Oct. 30, 1986
                   Ricky James Eberly, April 25, 1957 married Angela Kincaid November 11, 1990
                   Jill Ann Eberly, January 21, 1959 married Jonathan Scott Sunderman, June 2, 1979
                   Children - Jara Kae, October 22, 1980
                                     Jacob Scott, July 13, 1983
                                     Jared Levi, June 29, 1987
               Joy Sue Eberly, Dec. 7, 1960 married Dave Cox February 7, 1991
                   Children - two stepdaughters Carmen and Meghan Cox
               Ryan James Eberly, March 18, 1967 married Kristine Cassen November 11, 1989
                    Children - Bryce James, January 8, 1991
               Rodney Jacob Eberly, Oct. 30, 1975

Two of the children, Julie in Waukee, IA and Rick in Highland, KS, live away and the rest are here in Clarinda.

Look forward to hearing from you and/or other family members - hopeful to be able to look into my "roots" a little more in depth now that we are retired.

Do stay in touch.