All in the Family

This page was last updated on 10/26/2005

Here is a brief summary/history of my family as I know it:

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I was born in Cleveland OH on April 18, 1964. I lived in this house with my Mother Mildred, my Father Joe, and my grandparents Morris and Sarah (on my mother's side).

My biological father, Joe, was born on November 25, 1916 in Cleveland OH but died relatively early in life at age 49 on June 1, 1965 I was only 14 months old so I never really got to know him nor his side of the family. I do know that this was his third marriage and he had a son from his first marriage (Stanley Kolinsky my half brother).

Stanley and his wife Madelyn still live in Cleveland. They have two children, Larry and his wife Toni, and Jill. Jill and her kids and Larry's kids are all pictured here.

I'm told my grandmother was from Russia and my grandfather was from England. They had 3 children, my mother, her sister (Noreen), and her brother (Sonny). I never really knew Sonny or his family but he was married (to his wife Florence) and had 4 boys (Kenny, Mitchell, Paul and Richard).

After my fathers early death, my mom, me and my grandparents moved to Los Angeles CA. which is were I grew up. My mother was mainly in the banking industry and we all lived in an apartment together. By this point my grandparents were retired, still lived with us and help take care of me while my mom worked.

Since my mothers sister (Noreen) had also moved to CA. earlier, we did had much more contact with them and her family. She was first married to Stan and had 3 kids (David, Sheryl and Ritchie). Eventually Noreen separated from Stan and later re-married Drexel. They lived in Anaheim CA but no live in the Santa Ynez Valley.

When I was 7 my mother re-married to Irving who is really the only dad I ever knew as he was the man in the house as I was growing up. He never officially adopted me but I call him DAD to this day and he always treated me like his son. After my mom re-married, we moved to "The Valley" while my grandparents took an apartment of their own in LA. At this point the 3 of us (me, mom and dad) lived in this house for the next 20 years. Grandma died in 19XX and Grandpa died in 19XX.

At age 23, while I was still in college, I fled the nest and started living on my own in "The Valley" (Northridge). After I graduated college I moved to Playa Del Rey for the next 4 years and then moved to Denver CO for 1 year and then moved to Rochester NY for about 11 years. It was when I moved to Rochester that my parents retired and moved to Las Vegas.

My mom passed away the day before Mother's Day in 2002 (May 13, 2002) after a 30 day hospital stay for which I blame the crappy health care provided by SecureHorizons from PacifiCare. She entered the hospital after complaining of stomach problems (she kept throwing up after eating anything). The problem was never diagnosed and other complications set in just from being in the hospital. 30 days later she died of heart failure at age 72; may she rest in peace.

I moved to Las Vegas in April of 2005 to be with my dad.