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    • 23 Ratings
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    Dear Folks

    NOVEMBER 1, 2011 8:59PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: 436th troop carrier group, history, letters home, army air corps, aviation cadet, lawrence t. riordan, st. mary's college winona minnesota, world war ii

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1226 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Shirts, Redux.

    AUGUST 22, 2011 10:11AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: shirts, packing, memories, grief, loss, bereavement, widowhood, lawrence t. riordan, david e. lawrence, john patrick riordan, regis university, john patrick riordan christian peace award, shattuck-st. mary's, jessica lawrence, les miserables, mame, harry potter, salvation army, charity, new life

    • 18 Ratings
    • 1102 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Give Me a Break

    MAY 15, 2011 4:05PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: business, success, lucky break, help, mentoring, martin r. capp, marty capp, marty and esther capp, martin homes, capp homes, capp industries, lawrence t. riordan, larry riordan, family, open call

    • 27 Ratings
    • 1425 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Lessons from Your Grandfather

    DECEMBER 31, 2010 9:58AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: family, new year, advice to grandchildren, wisdom, life lessons, lessons from grandfather, larry riordan, lawrence t. riordan

    • 40 Ratings
    • 1513 Views
    • 51 Comments
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    Arrivederci, Roma

    NOVEMBER 30, 2010 6:35AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: roadie, photography, larry riordan, lawrence t. riordan, death, grief, residenza paolo vi, travel, italy, pilgrimage, catholic church, new cardinals, pope benedict xvi, raymond leo cardinal burke, papal consistory, vatican, rome

    • 41 Ratings
    • 1124 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    First Snow

    NOVEMBER 17, 2010 11:44AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: kathy riordan, wausau wisconsin, appreciation, condolences, obituary, larry riordan, lawrence t. riordan, rip

    • 33 Ratings
    • 1144 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Windows

    NOVEMBER 13, 2010 9:52PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: kathy riordan, wausau wisconsin, appreciation, condolences, obituary, larry riordan, lawrence t. riordan

    • 46 Ratings
    • 1902 Views
    • 62 Comments
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    My Mad Men Husband

    NOVEMBER 4, 2010 7:27AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: window manufacturing, crestorama, john coates, bernard boutin, crestline windows, larry riordan, lawrence riordan, lawrence t. riordan

    • 111 Ratings
    • 4831 Views
    • 149 Comments
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    Former Crestline President Lawrence T. Riordan Dies

    NOVEMBER 2, 2010 1:34PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: lawrence t. riordan, lawrence thomas riordan, obituary, crestline window corporation, harris-crestline, silcrest, peachtree windows, vetter windows, sne, sentry insurance, weathershield windows, wausau wisconsin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 37 Ratings
    • 3714 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    My Mad Men Husband

    AUGUST 11, 2010 2:49PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: mad men, the sixties, cocktail generation, crestline windows, crestorama, larry riordan, lawrence t. riordan, corporate america, sales training, windows, wood window manufacturing, business, john coates, masonite corporation, eugene driscoll, jfk presidential library, wisconsin business, wisconsin legislators, william proxmire, melvin laird, bernard l. boutin papers, bernard l. boutin, television, family, politics

    • 11 Ratings
    • 1187 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Honoring My Soldiers, My Heroes on Memorial Day

    MAY 30, 2010 11:13PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: heroes, memorial day, veterans, soldiers, us military, army, army air corps, world war ii, wwii, marines, camp pendleton, korean war, fort drum, iraq, afghanistan, army rangers, special forces, honoring the fallen, war dead, robert r. baynes, david e. lawrence, lawrence t. riordan, open call

    • 13 Ratings
    • 2473 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    The Christmas Baby

    DECEMBER 17, 2009 11:51AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: christmas birthday, christmas baby, chicago south side, happy birthday larry riordan, lawrence t. riordan, open call

    • 6 Ratings
    • 22526 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Letter from an American World War II Soldier to His Parents

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 9:41PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: chicago illinois, jack gallagher, john gallagher, larry riordan, lawrence t. riordan, captain j. gallagher, second lieutenant l. t. riordan, 82nd squadron, 436th troop carrier group, glider pilots, germany, rhine river, melun france, dakota, c-47 skytrain, c-47 pilot, european theater, faith, courage, battle, letters in wartime, letters home from the war, open call, second world war, wwii, american soldier, soldier, pilot, world war ii

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