Category: Schiavon

Joan Joyce (Schiavon) Huesca  (1928 – 1987)   Joan Joyce (Schiavon) Huesca, at the country  home of my Uncle Enrique and Aunt Mercedes “Meche” Huesca, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, August 1987. My mother went to the corner store one day while in Mexico City to buy some hair gel.  After hunting unsuccessfully for it, she asked the … Continue reading "Shopping Saturday: Adventures in Spanish"

Gilbert Cayetano Huesca (1915 – 2009) Joan Joyce (Schiavon) Huesca (1928 – 1987) About a month after my parents were married, my mother, Joan Huesca, went to the doctor and learned to her great delight that she was expecting their first child.    (In fact, my mother preferred the term “expecting” a baby to being “pregnant,” a … Continue reading "Treasure Chest Thursday: Baby Announcement"

Gilbert Cayetano Huesca (1915 – 2009) Joan Joyce (Schiavon) Huesca (1928 – 1987)   Of all the congratulations that my parents, Gilbert and Joan Huesca received on the occasion of their marriage, none was quite so welcome as this one, from my maternal grandparents, Ralph and Alice (McGinnis) Schiavon.   Undoubtedly, they were taken aback by the surprise … Continue reading "Wedding Wednesday: A Message from Mother and Dad"

Gilbert Cayetano Huesca  (1915 – 2009) Joan Joyce (Schiavon) Huesca (1928 – 1987) My mother pasted this card into her scrapbook.  For the first time, she was addressed as “Mrs. Huesca” there.  “I was so proud!” she wrote. Once my parents were declared husband and wife by Justice of the Peace Miles E. Cunat on August 19, 1954, … Continue reading "Treasure Chest Thursday: We Were Married Today"

Gilbert Cayetano Huesca (1915 – 2009) Joan Joyce (Schiavon) Huesca (1928 – 1987) My parents were married civilly in downtown Chicago on Thursday, August 19, 1954, by Justice of the Peace Miles E. Cunat.  Apparently, Cook County did not require a waiting period between obtaining a marriage license and the ceremony itself.  The marriage license was signed by Richard J. … Continue reading "Wedding Wednesday: Gilbert and Joan (Schiavon) Huesca"

Joan Joyce (Schiavon) Huesca (1928 – 1987) Gilbert Cayetano Huesca (1915 – 2009) “To my Darling,” reads my father’s inscription in the diary he gave my  mother on the day he asked her to marry him.  She later wrote their names underneath, adding what must have been their nickname for each other: “Mr. & Mrs. Zippo.” [Note:  Amanuensis is an ancient word meaning one who performs the … Continue reading "Amanuensis Monday: “When We Two are One”"

Gilbert Cayetano Huesca (1915 – 2009) Joan Joyce (Schiavon) Huesca (1928 – 1987) A love story When we kids wanted to hear a story, our parents, Gilbert and Joan (Schiavon) Huesca, often reminisced about their first date.  It was one of our favorite stories.  I heard it again one last time in 2009, months before … Continue reading "Once More Around the Block"