Category: – Beth (Purinton) Gamache

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Slovak Translations

Monday, September 21, 2020, 10:02 PM

John, IV,

I’m exchanging text messages with a cousin of Jack’s, Dan Gamache. He speaks Slovak and has interpreted some of the Slovak words on gravestones. He also knows a couple of people in the John Stephen Karkos photo. Joseph is the father of my good friend in high school, Pat Karkos. I knew him but didn’t recognize him in the picture because he was younger then. Also, two other men in the picture, Stephan and Andrew, were the fathers of two other Karkos families in Lisbon Falls. Stephan’s son was Steve Karkos, and I went to school with him, and Andrew’s son was Norm Karkos, and Jack went to school with him. Dan Gamache lived on the same street as all three Karkos families.

On the Ilcik gravestone, Rod is an abbreviation for born, Zom means died, Jeho Jenna means wife. Those words are on other gravestones as well. I always wondered what they meant, and now I know, and you do too.

Beth

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Lobster Pie


Thu 9/24/2020 4:47 PM

John, IV,

Not to make you too jealous…..we’re having lobster pie for dinner tonight. Jack makes it often and we’re treating our friends. Lobster is $4.99-$5.99 a pound. We have it a couple of times a month. It’s “Maine, the Way Life Should Be!” As you cross the border from New Hampshire to Maine, there’s a huge sign that says that. It always welcomes us home.

Beth

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Re: Karkos Kronicles


Sat 9/26/2020 5:39 PM

John, IV,

It’s interesting that you reached out to Terry L Karkos. I’ve reached out to 3 people in Lisbon Falls about the picture. The last one was just about an hour ago. She’s a neighbor of ours and her daughter babysat our children about 40 years ago. Her name is Marilyn Keamy and she said her father was Andrew Karkos. I just went to her house and dropped off the Karkos family picture plus the John S Karkos obituary I received from my friend at the HS. She’s 92, her memory is better than mine and she remembers everything about the Karkos family. I called her, told her about the picture and she proceeded to tell me stories about the 10 brothers and sisters.

I gave her 2 copies of the picture, one for her to keep and the other one she’ll write the names of the brothers and sisters and give it back to me. I’m hopeful this will solve some pieces of the puzzle. That plus your contact with Terry L Karkos is a bonus.

I’ll let you know what she says about the Karkos family picture!!

Beth