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Arnold and Eunice Perry Looking Back

This book is dedicated to our parents Arnold and Eunice Perry We listened to Dad s words every Sunday at church and sometimes at home We listened to Mom s wisdom and insight on a daily basis Words can be fleeting memories can be temporary and we wanted to preserve them both permanently Thoughts turn to words Words turn to action Your thoughts on love and family changed lives and the world We thank you for raising and loving us and we could not be prouder to have you both as our parents Love to you both God bless Your children Adam Lloan Lydia and Jacob 2021

Arnold s parents Arnold and Martha Perry 1942 With infant Arnold 1943 Arnold and Eunice nee Herberg Perry have a love story for the ages They each have their own take on the events that led up to where they are today and the people and experiences that shaped them along the way This is their story Arnold s Origins Arnold was born December 7 1943 to Finnish parents Arnold Herman 1917 1986 and Martha Ellen nee Kukkonen 1918 1998 Perry on an Army base in McComb Illinois His father s Army career was cut short My mom got really sick after I was born and petitioned the general for a hardship discharge She hung on but stayed sick for a long time and my mom s sisters all helped raise me The family moved around a lot from Michigan to California and back before Arnold was 10 His father wanted to go to seminary but his family didn t have the funds Eventually he worked odd jobs mostly at a creamery in Dollar Bay Michigan while attending seminary I don t know how he did it My parents had five kids by that time We were so poor that we d pick up coal on the side of the road to heat our hot water heater Friends from school would bring us bags of groceries and we got excited by a bottle of jelly It wasn t easy but it wasn t awful either 3

Arnold was the oldest followed by Joanne b 1947 David b 1951 Elaine b 1954 and Glen b 1955 As soon as he could Arnold started working to help support the family I was in middle school when I started peddling papers in Houghton Michigan in rain shine sleet and snow I was taught that everyone pitched in But then I came down with dry pleurisy and was sick as a dog That was the end of my paper route Arnold grew up in the Lutheran tradition going to church on Sundays where he sang along to the songs and absorbed the Good Word Many of his uncles were ministers Arnold s mother would play the church organ for the Finnish services and his father even though not ordained was licensed to conduct services in Finnish and celebrate Communion Most of the young guys coming out of seminary didn t speak Finnish so my dad would drive 100 miles to preach in Finnish almost every weekend My sister and I would go with him to give my mom some peace and quiet It was a life of faith and once I was old enough I joined the choir groups and youth groups Church was our social and religious life Arnold s extended family included paternal grandparents Herman 18791969 and Maria nee Mattson 1881 1955 Perry Maternal grandparents were John 1881 1954 and Marie nee Huttula Kukkonen All immigrated from Finland exposing Arnold to the language and some of the foods from their home country 4 Arnold 1944 With his maternal grandfather John Kukkonen 1945

Playing basketball at Wakefield HS 1961 Most of the words I know I can t use in public We ate Nisu a Finnish coffeebread some mornings The rest of his mother s cooking was remembered as budget friendly including hamburger meat stews and plenty of canned goods Everyone had a garden but not a freezer so you had to can everything you could We had a basement full of jars and cans used for storage There were seven of us and my mom was the last one to eat She ate whatever was left in the pot We didn t know we were poor and gave thanks when there was a little more In 1958 the Perry family moved to Wakefield Michigan Arnold was a sophomore in high school and was a good student thanks to a competitive streak I was in the top 10 of my class of 50 I couldn t let all the girls beat me His spirited nature also helped him excel in sports I played every sport offered football basketball track baseball my letter jacket was so heavy I could barely wear it Arnold was well rounded a jock who also loved to sing and he surprised everyone when he walked into the high school chorus practice one day The chorus director asked Can I help you Later I had recruited some other guys It was a room full of girls why wouldn t we want to be there 5

High school graduation 1962 Concordia Lutheran Choir Arnold graduated in 1962 and was able to attend college thanks to scholarship help I went to Concordia in Moorhead Minnesota because it was the first school that accepted me and gave me the most money In my heart I knew a smaller school would be better for me and liked that it was Lutheran Arnold enjoyed history and P E so had goals of teaching and coaching but seminary was also at the back of his mind He also wanted to continue to sing and auditioned for Concordia s choir I ended up trying out for one of the top choirs in the country I was just this little Finlander just out of the woods of Michigan I didn t know the choir director from beans The director was Paul J Christiansen son of Olaf Christiansen the famous composer and conductor Arnold made the choir and quickly moved from the last chair to the first chair second bass by his sophomore year singing all the low notes for Concordia s Lutheran Choir for the next four years 6 We traveled all over and sang in Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center I took a month off from school to go sing I don t know how I made my grades but I did I wrote all my papers the night before they were due and maintained a B average

Arnold worked campus jobs such as manning the entrance of the school dining hall where he saw all his fellow students coming and going including a young woman named Eunice Herberg She was smart and took classes I couldn t even pronounce so I just saw her in passing The two wouldn t meet until a charity car wash in 1964 when Arnold threw a soapy sponge at Eunice I hit her and she wasn t too happy about it but I called her to apologize and ask her out for pizza She was smart funny and so cute I didn t know much but I knew I wanted to keep seeing her They dated through college but spent their summers apart Eunice going home to her family s farm in rural Minnesota and Arnold doing odd jobs in Minnesota North Dakota and Wisconsin to raise money for college Once he left for college he never really lived back home We wrote letters to each other with five cent stamps Eunice Herberg Concodia College 1967 7

Eunice s Origins Eunice was born September 1 1945 joining older brother Wesley b 1942 on the family farm in Beardsley Minnesota Her parents were Corrial nee Gill 1912 1995 and Bjarne 1908 1989 Herberg Mother Corrial was of German and English descent one of eight children who spent much of her young life caring for her siblings Her parents Eunice s maternal grandparents were Harry 1878 1959 and Rosalie nee Pinske 1884 1959 Gill After two years of post secondary education Corrial taught students from K 8 in one room schoolhouses around rural Beardsley She met Bjarne walking to one of the schools My dad was a farmer and they would walk and talk on her way to school After they were married and after many years of raising her children Corrial went back to teaching Years later Mom got a good paying job and retired from teaching in Browns Valley Minnesota She loved to teach and enjoyed teaching fifth grade the best Father Bjarne was Norwegian His parents Eunice s paternal grandparents were John 1875 1954 and Bertha nee Peterson 1875 1923 Herberg My grandfather came to the U S when he was young He had three wives the women kept dying off 8 Eunice s parents Bjarne and Corial Herberg on their wedding day June 6 1940 Maternal grandparents Alice and Harry Gill 1953 Eunice and her brother Wesley 1949

Eunice 1953 1954 1958 1959 Eunice remembers eating lefse a thin Norwegian pancake at Christmastime and grew up Lutheran Besides faith other family values included hard work modeled by her father s endless hours out in the field and the importance of education Eunice did her best to help with farm work but the rest of her focus was on her studies at Beardsley School where she attended through the 12th grade The farm was seven miles from school and thankfully there was a bus service to pick up all the farm kids I enjoyed school I liked to read and see other kids I appreciated interacting with other people outside of my family I also enjoyed music and band lessons but couldn t do that well They told me not to sing I was better with debate and theater and enjoyed putting on plays at the school Eunice graduated high school in 1963 sharing the title of Valedictorian with another student Her parents disagreed on her next steps My father wanted me to work and suggested I become the town s Postmaster because there was an opening But my mom wanted me to continue my schooling and that won out Options were North Dakota State University in nearby Fargo Moorhead State or Concordia College both in Moorhead Minnesota Concordia offered more financial aid so that s where I went I loved it there I studied chemistry and made good friends including Arnie at the end of my freshman year We were in societies that did a lot together and planned a car wash fundraiser He threw a sponge at me and I threw it right back at him 9

Eunice sitting with her brother Wesley at their childhood home turned museum 1992 Eunice 1963 Eunice had not dated much so her feelings toward Arnold Perry were new and exciting We didn t have cell phones so if you wanted to talk you had to call a shared phone in the hallway of the dorm If you got a call from a boy your friend would pick up and announce to the whole floor that you had a call There was no privacy Eunice and Arnold spent their next few years at Concordia together getting to know each other In the mornings I would walk to the chapel and he would meet me there He also had a car so we went to the local hamburger stand or the pizza restaurant by the river To earn some extra money Arnold was in a quartet that sang around campus and nearby cities Eunice enjoyed the music and found his singing incredible They had sad goodbyes in the summer months as they each went back to summer jobs We wrote letters to one another 10

A Life Together Arnold graduated from Concordia in 1966 majoring in history and political science He then took summer classes Greek and Hebrew in Minneapolis as required for seminary I knew I had to do something or I d be sent to Vietnam I later found out some of my choir buddies went into the army and became singing Sergeants Now had I known that I may have chosen differently Arnold decided to pursue theology and went to Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary He worked nights at a local gas station and at a church to help pay for expenses None of it was that hard though Hebrew and Greek were tough The hardest part was getting up in the morning Professor Elmer Flack said to us You can t get up with the eagles in the morning if you re up with the owls at night Eunice was still finishing at Concordia but would take the train to visit some weekends The rest of their correspondence was through letters How does love happen I don t know said Arnold It just seemed natural I knew her parents liked me They came to see her and brought me a bushel of apples I decided to ask her to marry me at this church we both liked It was late in the afternoon and we took a drive and I pulled into the empty church parking lot and asked her Eunice enthusiastically agreed When he did propose I wasn t too surprised I knew it was coming Their love would be tested from the start Though Arnold was gifted some apples he was not necessarily given their blessing Her mom said to her If you marry him I m not paying for it and I m not coming We went to see her and I told her We re still getting married and you re invited to come I ll find another job and pay for it She came and paid for it and better yet came around to like me 11

Eunice graduated from Concordia at the top of her class and a few weeks later she and Arnold were married on May 27 1967 They exchanged vows in front of family and friends at Holden Lutheran Church followed by a reception in the church basement All the ladies of the church made everything said Arnold It was a small church but it was full standing room only We left around 4 and I put all the wedding cards in my briefcase I said Let s see if we have enough money to go where we want to go They spent a night in a honeymoon suite in Fargo and then drove up to Bemidji Minnesota to soak in nature It s beautiful up there There are more trees and rocks than people said Arnold It s where the Mississippi River starts said Eunice I really loved it They came home and started their life in an apartment in Bloomington Minnesota Eunice worked as a chemist for Ashland Oil which became Archer Daniels Midland ADM When I heard what I was going to be making for a salary I said WHAT I couldn t believe it It was a lot of money for the time said Eunice I could walk to the office from our apartment but Arnold often gave me a ride on his way to Minneapolis I liked the job a lot and met plenty of nice people 12 Wedding day May 27 1967 Honeymoon in Bemidji Minnestota 1967

Ordination in Wakefield MI 1971 First Call at Zion Lutheran Church in Superior WI 1971 In 1969 they spent a very busy year in Pittsburgh completing Arnold s seminary internship At West Penn Hospital Arnold completed his second quarter of Clinical Pastoral Education CPE while also being assigned to First Lutheran Church in downtown Pittsburgh and Lutheran Service Society of Western Pennsylvania Eunice found research work at the University of Pittsburgh It was great we had a huge house said Eunice I worked in a lab and had a motor scooter that I could drive back and forth to work In 1970 they returned to Minneapolis and Eunice was able to pick back up with ADM Since she was making a good salary they decided Arnold should stay in school and pursue a master s degree in Theology While pursuing that he returned to Lebanon Lutheran Church in South Minneapolis doing a bit of everything They called me the Youth Director but I was washing dishes teaching confirmation helping with sermons and even preached a few times My first sermon my knees were knocking together Getting up to speak in front of 100 people was nerve wracking In 1971 Arnold was ordained and they moved to Superior Wisconsin where he formally began his Lutheran Ministry with Zion Lutheran Church They moved into a parsonage and Arnold put his heart and soul into his work I thanked them for putting up with this Finlander from the woods of Michigan But I did everything I could there I fixed the furnace when it broke I wrote the newsletter 13

Adam in 1972 and 1976 His work paid off I had long hair and they called me the hippie priest but I grew that church from 350 to 700 parishioners in three years When they moved to Superior Eunice did some substitute teaching work but her heart wasn t in it I could do it but I didn t enjoy teaching as much as I enjoyed working as a chemist in a lab Both of them had their hearts set on becoming parents which came true for them in 1972 with the adoption of a son Adam Adam was a big kid said Eunice I was surprised by that I didn t have a lot of practice with kids Arnie had more experience with younger siblings I remember riding my bike with Adam when he was little and enjoying that a lot but it was also really cold in Superior Adam was 12 weeks old when he came to us He was young but he was never little Arnold said He came from a mixed background of French Indian German Polish and Black The social worker was young and na ve and asked us if we were going to tell him he was adopted He looked black and we were two white parents What else would we tell him 14 In 1974 Arnold took a new job with Augustana Parish in the inner city of Milwaukee which was set to close if they couldn t increase membership

Arnold was up for the challenge My heart was wanting to do inner city ministry and so I requested an inner city congregation and this was offered to me It was time to walk the talk to serve a community that was largely ignored by the church I hired people from the community and worked my way in I gave them jobs I talked to their families I loved their kids I hugged the grandmas and drank their coffee I believed in that neighborhood and proved it could be done The church thrived under his leadership and again Arnold wore many hats for the church I ve been told that I made the impossible look easy I got very good at fixing things They had a preschool on the church grounds with a wooden playground Someone set fire to it one night and people called me first I said Can you call the fire department The need for the change was also more personal We had this biracial kid and I wanted him to be able to identify with a more diverse community The neighborhood we moved into had other biracial families which helped Adam grew up loving to read Time magazine cover to cover and was an involved kid He now likes to surprise people by telling them he was a competitive swimmer in his youth and was in the high school show choir the Cavalier Singers First Parsonage in Superior WI The Perry house in Milwaukee 15

In 1975 the family adopted another child Lloan who was from Vietnam She may have been in a plane crash she was airlifted out of Vietnam to the Presidio in San Francisco said Arnold A friend of mine was involved in the International Adoption Project there and saw Lloan He called me and said Arnie I saw a baby with your name on it Get to the airport Off the plane came two off duty flight attendants with bags and the baby They handed everything over and got back on the plane Then we had to publish our adoption intentions in the paper for several weeks before everything was formalized and then we went through the naturalization process to make her a citizen We don t know her birthday so we were not sure how old she was but she was close in age to Adam who was then three said Eunice They picked on each other a lot Adam still does Lloan brought a unique set of challenges She was malnourished partially deaf and had experienced much trauma in her early life She was skin and bones when we first met her and she wouldn t sleep in a bed at first said Arnold She slept in the corner of the room on the floor with her back against the wall She couldn t hear so she wanted to see all around her and watch for danger 16 Lloan in 1974 and 1976

Grandma and Grandpa Herberg visit 1976 Family in 1979 Grandma Herberg with Jacob early 80s She was tiny and would lay down at my feet said Eunice She ate rice and not much else and would not stop eating it once she started When we discovered her hearing loss we got her a hearing aid and she eventually taught herself how to play the piano She played for a long time A year after Lloan joined the family Eunice and Arnold had their first as they refer to as homemade child Lydia Lydia was bright and athletic She bloomed like a beautiful flower She s smart like her mother said Arnold She was a good student involved in sports and wrote for the school newspaper She was recognized by the Silver Knight program for her academics but also service to others In 1979 Eunice and Arnold were blessed with one more child also homemade Jacob Their youngest grew up loving music like his dad and later formed a garage band during his high school years which his dad promptly kicked out of the garage Jacob was also very active with sports like his older siblings While growing up the kids were always expected to do a sport each season Jacob was a busy baby remembers Eunice I had my hands full with him 17

Celebrating Grandpa Herberg s 80th birthday 1988 Eunice receives her MBA 1999 Eunice remembers her parents taking the train from Beardsley to Milwaukee to visit By this time her mother Corrial was suffering from memory loss She started showing clear signs at 60 and lived a long time with it I m glad my kids got to know her even if she didn t know who they were most of the time By 1980 the family left the Midwest and moved to Miami Florida Eunice easily made friends with neighbors and their kids played together Once all her children were school aged Eunice went back to work starting with a part time office job with the League of Women Voters It was an office job but it wasn t just making coffee said Eunice I felt like I was on the cutting edge of society surrounded by these sharp ladies In 1986 Eunice started working as an academic advisor for the undergraduate business school at the University of Miami She was promoted to Assistant Dean and stayed for 27 years It was a great job and I had an easy commute I loved pushing students to succeed efficiently I d question their path often moving them from a five year plan to four It was less discipline than teaching required and I enjoyed working one on one with students 18 In Florida Arnold served the Lutheran Church in America which later became the ELCA His new position was Director of the Miami Coalition He had recently completed his doctorate degree about inner city ministry and was eager to apply it

I hated Florida at first said Arnold I couldn t get cool For a year I was hot I worked in an office job trying to help struggling congregations We were having issues reaching people in the inner cities How do you talk to the people in the shadows That has been a lifelong quest for me His office was located within St Mark s Lutheran Church When the pastor of St Mark s retired the people looked to Arnold to step in I told them they had to bring it up with the bishop They did and it all worked out I answered the call and remained there for 30 plus years Other jobs while in Miami were volunteer from working as the Chaplain for the city s fire and police departments to running the campus ministry program at the University of Miami I ve held many volunteer jobs I did a lot of stuff in my life for free But the best job of all for both of them was that of parent which they both took seriously but allowed the kids plenty of space Adam was always independent He still is He and I would get into it because we re both stubborn and hardheaded Because of his work with the town s police department Arnold had insider knowledge on his kids behavior Installation St Mark s Coral Gables 1986 Arnold in police uniform 1990s 19

The cops at Adam s high school all knew me and would let me know they saw him hanging out in the parking lot smoking instead of going to class He never went to class He eventually left school and took the GED passing it easily He s turned out just fine Lloan was very musically inclined Even though she was mostly deaf she taught herself to play piano and then in turn many other instruments such as oboe organ marimba among others As an adult she was an organist for some churches Lloan was also athletic and participated in many sports while growing up Lloan loved taking care of children and loved her cats and was a loyal friend Lydia grew up very responsible During high school she saved up all her babysitting money to travel with a friend through Europe after graduation People thought I was crazy to let her do that said Arnold but I knew she was a good kid They raised Jacob to be independent and self sufficient When Jacob was little he played football and soccer and we had him ride his bike crossing busy streets to get there said Arnold He had this little bike that he would hide in the bushes during practice 20 Family 1980s

Lydia and Eunice singing Christmas carols 1986 Cooking turkeys for Christmas at St Mark s 1990 I remember I was at work when Jacob broke his shoulder at football practice one day They called me and I knew the local orthopedic doctor across the street so I just had him go there The doctor treated him and they called me again and I had them send him back to the Youth Center Christmas and Easter were time for family and for work When we were in Milwaukee we would spend time with Arnie s sister Jo and her family Usually I cooked said Eunice I would get up first thing in the morning to get things going Holidays were a busy time for Arnie In Florida they were not close to family so they made new friends and new traditions We invited all sorts of people to join us said Arnold including older ladies from the church who didn t have family If the crowd got too big we d host people at the church I d cook 50 pounds of turkey and Eunice covered the sides We invited the police and fire department over to join us and make it a big feast Memories of family vacations are some of the best including many trips through the national parks in their pop up camper or RV with Arnold behind the wheel and Eunice as navigator 21

Eunice s amazing smile as Adam and Court Perry shake hands 2002 Eunice retires 2014 They couldn t give me a raise so they gave me a good amount of vacation time said Arnold We always had a fear of Mother Nature intervening in our vacation a tornado would ve torn our little camper apart One time a storm spun the whole thing around while we were sleeping but we were OK We had a lot of fun touring places where there were more mosquitos than people The outhouses were rough though One year they rented a larger RV and took it out for a month They left Miami to visit grandparents in Michigan and Minnesota before touring through Oregon Vancouver and south through California and back through the Grand Canyon It had almost no miles on it and when I returned it we had just shy of 10 000 miles said Arnold By 2013 Eunice decided to retire for many reasons My boss left and the new dean was not as supportive There was way more computer work than what I wanted plus I was having memory lapses I would lose my coffee cup Then it got worse Eunice is managing well with Arnold s support but words now often evade her 22 I don t do much talking on the phone these days it s too difficult I like to spend my days sitting on the front porch with a cup of coffee

Arnold retired from St Mark s Lutheran Church in 2015 but still volunteers as Chaplain for the first responders of Coral Gables Florida It s mostly ceremonial There s not a lot of bad things happening here I ll help swear in new officers together with a rabbi from the local synagogue he s a new addition I also handle a lot of baptisms and weddings for cops and their families There are some funerals some for officers who died on duty and those are tough assignments Sometimes I function as a counselor We ll meet for a coffee and just talk The police community is a tight knit group and I m lucky to know them Arnold knows most of the people in town these days Even my garbage guys will wave to me and ask How you doing Rev This is my town and I try to help however I can Though his volunteer work keeps him busy Arnold loves spending the bulk of his time with his lovely wife of 54 years The best two words I ve learned to say are Yes dear I m proud of what we ve done together Adopting kids raising kids sharing the same worldview even though she was always smarter They are both incredibly proud of their family We raised them to be independent but caring and loving and I m proud of that said Arnold Arnold receiving police badge from Chief Charlie Skalaski 1986 Setting up a putt with Penny Officiant for Lydia s wedding to Court Perry 2002 23

Both of them also relish the role of grandparent as their kids now have families of their own Adam lives in New Effington South Dakota and has five children Shanti b 1998 Abel b 2000 twins Deja and Delilah b 2001 and Kaydence b 2018 Shanti has two kids Connor b 2017 and Olivia b 2019 who have made Arnold and Eunice great grandparents Lloan lives in Florida working as a CNA at a nursing home and has two children Trista b 1997 and Cameron b 2002 Lydia married Courtland Perry no relation and they live in Missoula Montana with their two children Alicia b 2004 and Courtlyn b 2013 Jacob married Vanessa nee Briones and they have two children Penelope b 2014 and Sunday b 2017 They currently live with Arnold and Eunice in Coral Gables They take care of us said Eunice We used to have a nice quiet house and now it s a madhouse said Arnold but it s great After spending some time looking back on their life it s easier to see the impact people have made along the way 24 Grandpa Arnold and Abel 2000 Eunice and Arnold holding Adam s twins Deja and Delilah 2001 Penelope introducing newest granddaughter Sunday to Grandma 2017

Grandma Perry with first great grandchild Shanti 1999 Courtlyn s Baptism at St Mark s 2013 Arnie and Eunice enjoying their trip to Finland 2009 My grandma my dad s mom comes to mind said Arnold She never spoke a word of English but didn t have to use words to teach me things I learned love respect and how to share and care from her actions just by how she took care of me She died when I was young but she left a big impact Arnold adds that some people taught him who he didn t want to be I had a bunch of uncles who were preachers and their own kids thought they were too strict They showed me the type of preacher and parent I didn t want to be Eunice remembers many people who supported her over the years including the love from her parents who were older and who kept a tight watch I ve been surrounded by good people my whole life Both have an outlook of gratitude as they think about their life and the legacy that they will leave behind someday People think church work is a certain set of responsibilities but in reality you are all things to people said Arnold We raised our kids with this mentality If it s not working fix it Be involved in your community It helps to have a sense of humor optimism and a humble mindset I grew up thinking PB Js were a big deal His life has provided plenty of inspiration for Sunday sermons 25

Celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary with family in Upper Peninsula Michigan 2017 I find inspiration with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other It s easy to talk about scripture but it s harder to apply it to today s world He also knows a good storyteller is a master with timing I like to tell stories but Eunice keeps me on track and has taught me it s not what to say but how long to say it I watch the clock and if I get to 15 minutes I start to shut it down Neither of them holds regrets Eunice says she wouldn t change a thing If I could do it all over again I d do it the same way If I died tomorrow I wouldn t regret anything Arnold agrees I ve been lucky to be in all sorts of people s lives and situations It s been a good run Should I live longer I hope to continue to show love to more people Compassion is a big word for the both of us and something we live by To future generations Arnold and Eunice have simple messages Sometimes life can be tough but we re here for them said Eunice 26 Carry on but don t screw it up said Arnold You don t have to do things the way we did but I hope you keep the same values Those are timeless I hope that when we re gone you remember us but don t dwell too long We ve had our chance and now it s yours

Arnold at 7 months 1944 Perry Family 1945 Arnold s Confirmation 1958 Leaving last service in Augustana Milwaukee with interim 1979 Grandpa Perry 1958 27

Eunice 1946 Eunice and brother Wesley Eunice and her mom in front of house 1946 Eunice 1945 1946 1949 and 1951 28 Eunice s 4th birthday 1949 Eunice and friend Sharon in the high school band 1962

Family late 70s and 80s Completing Dr of Ministry 1978 Jacob s Baptism 1979 The B 1990 Lydia 1979 Lloan Jacob in Yellowstone 1991 Jacob high school graduation 1997 Around the pool 1980s Arnold awarded Citizen of the Year 1989 29

Arnie Eunice at Rotary International Melbourne Australia 1992 Paris 2008 Arnie Eunice Joanna John when Arnie was country club president 2000 Alicia s Baptism and First Communion 2013 Vanessa and Jacob s wedding in LA with the Perry side 2011 Trista s Baptism 1997 30 House in Coral Gables FL Arnie John Joanne Talaska and Eunice on Finnish Tour 2009

Cameron McRacken 2003 Kaydence Perry 2016 Kaydence and Delilah 2021 Penelope 2014 Adam showing Courtlyn how to fish Mountain house in Highlands NC Connor and Olivia 2019 Kaydence and Courtlyn in NC 2021 31