The following is information about some of our 2014 activities:

10/11/2014: On October 8th Destina Demko, (Antonio Gualtieri’s granddaughter and my daughter,) became a Tupperware Manager. If you need any Tupperware be sure to visit her website: Destina's Tupperware

 

08/20/2014: On August 14, 2014 my son Danial Gualtieri received the Salvation Army Albert E. Reaud Leadership in Service award at the 2014 Boys and Girls Club Southwest Leadership Conference in San Antonio. He currently serves as a member of the Salvation Army Houston Advisory Board and for the last two years has served as Chairman of The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs Advisory Council. During his tenure as Advisory Council Chairman, Dan has implemented an Adopt a Club program to encourage Council members to get more engaged at the various Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club locations. Also during Dan's tenure as leader of the Club Advisory Council, over $200,000 has been raised and given out in scholarships as part of the Club's Youth of the Year program. Dan also serves as a member of the University of Houston College of Engineering Advisory Council and is a past supporter of Texas Torque - Woodlands High School 2013 World Champions competing in the first robotics program.

 

08/17/2014 #1: Frank L Castiglione Jr died on 08/05/2014. He was the great great grandson of Maria Rosa Raffaella Guatieri. He was born on October 28, 1931.

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Frank L Castiglione Jr Memorial Card.

#2: Mario Gualtieri’s granddaughter Stacia Logan (Leysa Logan’s daughter) had a baby girl, Sage Elise DeCounter, on August 5, 2014.

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Sage Elise DeCounter born 08/05/2014.

 

07/06/2014: Jolene Gualtieri (Don Gualtieri’s daughter and Louie’s granddaughter.) graduated from Northern Arizona University in May with a bachelors degree in Elementary Education and a Undergraduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education. Following graduation she accepted a position teaching Kindergarten in Phoenix, AZ.

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Jolene Gualtieri’s Graduation May 2014.

 

07/03/2014 #1: On May 29, 2014 at 3:14 Everett Samuel Bear Grospe was born to Samantha Korzelius Grospe and Jason Grospe - Tami Gualtieri Korzelius’s daughter and Louie Gualtieri’s great granddaughter. He weighed 8 lbs 1 oz. and was 20 inches long.

 

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Everett Grospe Birth Announcement May 29, 2014

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#2: On July 2nd I talked Mary Gualtieri Jamrozik, Uncle Joe’s daughter, and she just got back from the doctor. The doctor said the tests show she is doing a little better but they did find a couple of spots that concern them. Rather than chemo they are going to try a very new pill as soon as the doctor can find a place where they can buy it. We will keep you informed.

06/25/2014: Clorinda (Louie’s daughter) and her two grandchildren drove from Nevada with Louie’s Ashes and arrived in Dallas City on June 8th. Teresa (Louie’s daughter), Mike and their daughter Michele, drove there from Georgia. The next morning, Monday, June 9th they meet Leysa (Mario’s daughter) and all went to the cemetery. They invited Ed and Katherine Symmonds to come to cemetery too who were family friends. Katherine worked at the Italian Village with Louie and Margaret. Teresa started the ceremony with her words of love and good-byes and everyone else followed as they wished. Mike covered the boxes of Louie's ashes in the grave site. They were each given a rose to be placed upon one of the burial stone.

 

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Louie, Margaret, James and Don Cemetery Plot.

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Everyone visited for awhile then they went to Leysa’s house for dinner. Leysa’s daughters, Elysia and children and Stacia, joined them for dinner. Teresa and Mike took Michele back to Denver and then they went see Uncle Sam (my brother) in Las Vegas.

05/21/2014: Mary Gualtieri Jamrozik’s grandson Jayson Bujak and his wife Alicha had a baby boy, Raleigh Bujak. Raleigh was Baptism on May 11, 2014 and Mary and Ed Jamrozik were able to attend. They did spend many hours in the airport due to weather but all in all had a great time.

 

04/11/2014: On 4/2/2014 Alexis Demko, Destina Demko’s daughter and my granddaughter, entered 2 art pieces into the Texas State Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE) Houston Regional Contest. Statewide more than 26,000 students participated in the 25 regional VASE events. As far as I can tell, Texas is the only state that has a state wide Fine Arts Contest. The regional art pieces were rated from 1 to 4 with 4 being the highest. Of those with a 4 rating, the top 10 percent were given Gold Medals and promoted to the State Contest. 1,626 items qualified to go to the state judging, both of Alexis’s art pieces were selected to go to the State Contest. On 4/5/2014 at the State Contest Alexis received a Bronze Medal for her Charcoal Drawing called "Consume the Music". Her other Digital Art Drawing called "Blow Fish Day Dreams" did not win any additional awards at state. It is a real honor to have 1 item go to State let alone 2. Around 240 items were given a Gold Medal and about 250 were given a Bronze Medal. Both items are in Alexis’s Art Album in Destina’s sub-album in the Gallery.

 

03/27/2014: Bradley Jamrozik, Edward and Christina Jamrozik’s son and Mary Gualtieri and Edward Jamrozik ’s grandson, was the Winner of the "Short Film Music Scoring Competition" at the 2014 Christian Worldview Film Festival in San Antonio, Texas for being the composer of a short 7 minute film titled "Work Before Play". Click this link to watch it: Work Before Play

 

03/23/2014: Mario Gualtieri’s granddaughter Stacia Logan (Leysa Logan’s daughter) married Chase DeCounter on February 15, 2014 in Fort Myers Beach, Florida.

 

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Stacia & Chase DeCounter Wedding Card.

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02/19/2014: Alexis Demko, Destina Demko’s daughter and my granddaughter, entered 2 poems and 2 items of art in the 2013 - 2014 Scholastic Art & Writing Contest for Harris County, Texas. She won the following Scholastic Awards: 1. Gold for Writing - Poetry: Twisted Circus, 2. Silver for Writing - Poetry: Humanity, 3. Silver for Art - Drawing: Hiding Behind the Words -Medium: Sharpies and Newspaper and 4. Honorable Mention for Art - Digital Art: Dreaming of Flight Medium: Digital. Twisted Circus went to New York for national judging but she did not win anything additional.

 

02/15/2014: Alexis Demko, Destina Demko’s daughter and my granddaughter, received 2 Art Awards from the local Visual Art Scholastic Event (VACE). Both of those art items are now going to state competition - we will know the results in April.

 

01/13/2014: Louis Gualtieri, my brother, died on January 13, 2014. He was 90 on 8/5/2013. He was temporarily staying with our brother Sol and his daughter Teresa was there taking care of both of them. She was taking him to the doctor when he collapsed. They called 911 but he died on the way to the hospital. They had a small family gathering on Saturday.