Al was born in Scotland in 1902 to James P Carruthers and his wife whom we called Nanny. The family came to the United States through Canada. They settled in the greater Chicago area. Al worked as an executive in Purchasing for the Whiting Corporation in Harvey, Illinois. There he met Helen Athens (Thanasoulas) a co-worker. They were married at St Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in the Roseland-Pullman section of south Chicago on 113th Street. He was 47 and she was 27 but it was a marriage made in Heaven.
They had two children, Jim born 1950 and Jeanie Marie born 1956.
Al was a quiet man, a good father, an excellent provider. He loved grocery shopping and gardening. He and Helen raised their family in suburban Thornton, Illinois.
Jim married and had two children and four grandchildren. JeanieMarie married and had three children (no grandkids yet).
After Al passed, Helen divided her time between her two children's homes, spending half the year in Libertyville with Jim and his wife Marti and half with JeanieMarie and her husband, Dr Don Sears in Dunwoody GA. Eventually she ended up spending the whole year in Georgia.
Since Al was a Scot and Helen of Greek descent, the family joke was the kilt married the foustanella: both skirts! But, both tough fighters.
They had two children, Jim born 1950 and Jeanie Marie born 1956.
Al was a quiet man, a good father, an excellent provider. He loved grocery shopping and gardening. He and Helen raised their family in suburban Thornton, Illinois.
Jim married and had two children and four grandchildren. JeanieMarie married and had three children (no grandkids yet).
After Al passed, Helen divided her time between her two children's homes, spending half the year in Libertyville with Jim and his wife Marti and half with JeanieMarie and her husband, Dr Don Sears in Dunwoody GA. Eventually she ended up spending the whole year in Georgia.
Since Al was a Scot and Helen of Greek descent, the family joke was the kilt married the foustanella: both skirts! But, both tough fighters.
Al was born in Scotland in 1902 to James P Carruthers and his wife whom we called Nanny. The family came to the United States through Canada. They settled in the greater Chicago area. Al worked as an executive in Purchasing for the Whiting Corporation in Harvey, Illinois. There he met Helen Athens (Thanasoulas) a co-worker. They were married at St Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in the Roseland-Pullman section of south Chicago on 113th Street. He was 47 and she was 27 but it was a marriage made in Heaven.
They had two children, Jim born 1950 and Jeanie Marie born 1956.
Al was a quiet man, a good father, an excellent provider. He loved grocery shopping and gardening. He and Helen raised their family in suburban Thornton, Illinois.
Jim married and had two children and four grandchildren. JeanieMarie married and had three children (no grandkids yet).
After Al passed, Helen divided her time between her two children's homes, spending half the year in Libertyville with Jim and his wife Marti and half with JeanieMarie and her husband, Dr Don Sears in Dunwoody GA. Eventually she ended up spending the whole year in Georgia.
Since Al was a Scot and Helen of Greek descent, the family joke was the kilt married the foustanella: both skirts! But, both tough fighters.
They had two children, Jim born 1950 and Jeanie Marie born 1956.
Al was a quiet man, a good father, an excellent provider. He loved grocery shopping and gardening. He and Helen raised their family in suburban Thornton, Illinois.
Jim married and had two children and four grandchildren. JeanieMarie married and had three children (no grandkids yet).
After Al passed, Helen divided her time between her two children's homes, spending half the year in Libertyville with Jim and his wife Marti and half with JeanieMarie and her husband, Dr Don Sears in Dunwoody GA. Eventually she ended up spending the whole year in Georgia.
Since Al was a Scot and Helen of Greek descent, the family joke was the kilt married the foustanella: both skirts! But, both tough fighters.
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