Three uncles from the Mongeau side. From left, the great and gentle Oscar Loftquist, husband of my father's sister, Regis; Denny Ward, former fire chief of Muskegon. Denny may have been the strongest man I ever met. He was a legitimate hero having once climbed aboard a burning freighter and carried men out of the burning ship one-by-one. Denny married my father's sister, Betty. Next to Denny is Lloyd (Mung) Mongeau, the patriarch of our branch of the Mongeau clan. Lloyd was the city assessor of Muskegon Heights. During the Depression he coached his younger brothers, Phil and Izzy, at Muskegon Saint Mary's High School. The fellas are sitting on the Denny's back porch which overlooked Lake Muskegon. All the freighters that docked in Muskegon passed by Denny's picture windows. The house was on the main road to Pere Marquette State Beach and Denny, Betty, and Kids renovated their garage into a root beer/hot dog stand for those heading for the beach. It was pure heaven for me.