The 58th Ruddy Family Reunion
July 5, 2003 The 58th Annual Ruddy Reunion was held in Norfolk, NY. A total of 85 family members and guests attended the tradtional reunion hosted by the Mark Ruddys Part II: Joe, Sandra, Mark, Liz & Eve Ruddy, Christa & John Musial, Rob LaClair, Jared Ruddy, Julia & Chris Rose, Jason Ruddy, Jeremy Marcil, and Paul Brachman. The day began with Mass at St. Mary's in Waddington. The parish priest was assisted by Deacon Bob Ruddy. Joe Ruddy played the organ and led the singing. Christa Musial and Mark Ruddy did the readings. After Mass we made the traditional visit to the St. Mary's cemetary to pray over the graves of James & Ellen Ruddy as well as other family members buried there, then we headed to Norfolk. Even though thunderstorms threatened, we ended up with a nice sunny day to enjoy Joe & Sandra Ruddy's backyard overlooking the Raquette River. As usual there was lots of tasty food, and everyone got caught up from the past year. Uncle Tom Ruddy was unable to join us this year due to poor health. However, we had representatives from all of the other seven original families. We had lots of new babies this year, Carter Rose (7.4.2.3), Gabriel Connell (5.3.2.1), and Thomas (7.1.5.6) & Bridget(7.1.5.6) Zagrobelny. If you're wondering what the answers to the quiz were, here they are. The 58th Ruddy birth was me (Christa). The 58th wedding was Chad & Marlene LaDuke. The family member closest to 58 in attendance was Pat Ruddy. The talent show was a big hit. The kids were our most eager performers. We had a variety of singing and dancing from Casey & Kelly Conant, Margaret Zagrobelny, Liz Ruddy, Alysha & Lauren LaDuke, Jack Ruddy and Kat Musial. We also had Mark & Joe Ruddy give a nice rendition of "Who's on First." The Sisters Sludge (Margie Zagrobelny, Rita LaClair, Frani Marcil & Helen Ruddy) and the Soggy Bottom Boys (Rob LaClair, Paul Brachman & Joe Ruddy) kept us all laughing.
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