My mother brought three children from her first marriage. They were nine, eleven, and twelve years older than me. It was 1953 before we were reunited with my half-brothers, Bill, and Rich. They were Italian through and through, reared in little Italy in Oakland, California, by their father. Both were Golden Gloves fighters and tough guys with black belts in the martial arts. One served in the U.S. Marine Corps and the other in the Navy during the Korean War. Rich was an aspiring entertainer and could sing just like Dean Martin and dance like Fred Astaire. For a while, Rich was part owner in an Italian Restaurant and Dance studio in Las Vegas. He never made it big but made a living singing and dancing. Before Bill moved back to California, he was a police officer in Tennessee. In California he was the private eye type and a bodyguard; he did detective work most of his life, except when he owned an Italian restaurant in Orange County. Iris was my half-sister on my mother's side. Iris's first marriage at fourteen produced two boys; Robert and Richard.
Mom was first married in 1929 at the age of sixteen. Her first child was named Charles William Donald Astone born on August 4, 1930 and died on August 17, 1930. She had a sixth-grade education and had learned to cook Italian from her first mother-in-law. She was a child-at-heart. She didn't keep house or cook very well, but you always knew she loved you.
My mother brought three children from her first marriage. They were nine, eleven, and twelve years older than me. It was 1953 before we were reunited with my half-brothers, Bill, and Rich. They were Italian through and through, reared in little Italy in Oakland, California, by their father. Both were Golden Gloves fighters and tough guys with black belts in the martial arts. One served in the U.S. Marine Corps and the other in the Navy during the Korean War. Rich was an aspiring entertainer and could sing just like Dean Martin and dance like Fred Astaire. For a while, Rich was part owner in an Italian Restaurant and Dance studio in Las Vegas. He never made it big but made a living singing and dancing. Before Bill moved back to California, he was a police officer in Tennessee. In California he was the private eye type and a bodyguard; he did detective work most of his life, except when he owned an Italian restaurant in Orange County. Iris was my half-sister on my mother's side. Iris's first marriage at fourteen produced two boys; Robert and Richard.
Mom was first married in 1929 at the age of sixteen. Her first child was named Charles William Donald Astone born on August 4, 1930 and died on August 17, 1930. She had a sixth-grade education and had learned to cook Italian from her first mother-in-law. She was a child-at-heart. She didn't keep house or cook very well, but you always knew she loved you.
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