Fred at the front door
of his house in Schenectady, NY
at age 88, September 2004. ©
2008, A. Voutsas.
Below begins his history
Fred at age 2 on the
farm playing with a cigar box, ~1918.
© 2008, F. G. LaViolette.
Fred, age 8 (left) and
relatives on the LaViolette farm in Michigan ~1924. Maggie,
his mother, stands
behind him. His father, Julien,
had passed away the year before from stomach cancer. © 2008, F. G. LaViolette.
Farmhouse (left) and
barn (right) on the 80 acre LaViolette
farm where Fred grew up.
© 2008, F. G. LaViolette.
William's School, a one-room
school house in Alamo, Michigan where Fred went to school.
Every day he walked 3/4 of a mile to get there from his house.
© 2008, F. G. LaViolette.
Charlie Uphan, Fred's
good friend who lived adjacent
to the LaViolette farm, summer 1938.
© 2008, F. G. LaViolette.
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