Many of the first cousins gathered in summer of 1991 to celebrate the life of Denny Ward: fireman, fire chief, husband, father, uncle, and hero. The photo above captures most of the first cousins who were in attendance plus the three very special guests of honor, the three surviving members of their generation. Seated in the front row from left to right is my sister Celeste, Aunt Ming, wife of the Great Uncle Izzy, my mother Martha Jane, and Aunt Regis Mongeau Loftquist, who is pictured in the post below with her mother in the early 1950s.

There were more than 150 relatives who gathered on my cousin Margret's farm. Although I am not in the picture I may have been there. I know that I was at one of the reunions on Margret's farm. There was a horse, ball games, a keg of beer, food everywhere, smiles, hugs, and something no Mongeau reunion goes long without--plenty of laughs.