Grace Mooney

I have the fondest memories at Grace's home back in "the day". We used to love to go there and hang out on the screened in porch where the Mooney's would celebrate with a Christmas theme for the birthdays in the summer! What a hoot. Always a great time with anyone who was there! michele and larry lamie

what a great picture!

Aunt Grace Jean and the entire Mooney family always welcomed me into their family. As I child, I spent many weekends with them, be it at their house in Detroit, at the cottage at Lake Leelanau , the deer camp or on trip to different ski resorts....they always had room for one more....me! When they moved to Saginaw, first on Wilson street and then on Hannum, bicycliing over to visit was a regular thing for me. After church on Sundays our 2 families would often go to Frankenmuth for chicken dinners. And as mentioned, her spaghetti was to die for!!!!! It was a real treat when we got invited over for a spaghetti dinner. I remember once inviting a group of my college guy friends over to my parents house for dinner. I spent the entire afternoon with Aunt Grace Jean while she helped me make that incredible spaghetti sauce to serve to them. There was no recipe to follow. She would add a little bit of this and some of that.It was all stored in her head. Another special thing that she did was at birthday celebrations. Every child there would get to have a " happy unbirthday" just like in Alice in Wonderland. The birthday child would get sung to and blow out the candles and everyone else would get to blow the candles out too while being sung the " happy unbirthday" song. Everyone was made to feel special. I continued that traction with my own children. Yes, I have many fond memories of Aunt Grace Jean. She was a good egg and I appreciate all the time she gave to me , the incredible memories and the part of her that helped make me the person that I I am today. She will be missed!

Yes, the Lovay siblings were a tight group. My mother always believed that your best friends were your siblings. The Makl's and the Mooney's were tightly connected because of the love between Esther and Grace Jean. At times we felt like one big family, especially after the untimely passing of Uncle Jim. I was one of the regular babysitters for the Mooney clan - there are definitely many stories there. Aunt Grace Jean came to my rescue by both encouraging and lending me money so I could complete my college degree. What a wonderful gift of support and encouragement. And as Nancy reminded us, she changed birthday celebrations for us with a special birthday song and unbirthday gifts. She will be missed.

what a great story Nancy! michele (thompson) lamie