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Joe Nolan was my Mother's father. My Mother was only 1 1/2 years old when he was killed. My Mother, obviously, never knew her Father. His death clearly changed my Mother's life & certainly, her Mother's life....somehow, this loss also carried over to us...the children & grandchildren.
A great loss - over generations...how differnt life would have been, had we not have lost Joe...My Grandmother was only 20 years old in 1918, and she, somehow, managed to support herself, her daughter & her Mother. She was a very strong & also very charming & resourceful...however, that tragic loss always hovered in the backround....I always wonder...how differnt things might have been...but, no use in that...my Grandmother never re-married. My Mother had no siblings.
The day Joe's life was taken away, has affected my family - in a devastating way...never to be forgotten.

Nancy Collins
Grand Daughter
December 18, 2011

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