bapa

stella's great grandfather, frank belcher, better known to us as bapa passed on december 19th, just after his 90th birthday. i am so glad that stella did get to meet him, when she was about 2 months old we visited him in palos verdes where he lived. he even gave stella a little kiss! bapa was a wonderful grandfather to me, he was a world class funny face maker and always made me laugh. we are so sad for the loss but are glad to know that he had a long happy life, having lived through service in world war II. he worked as a french teacher for many years at el camino in southern california and in his retired years, he enjoyed traveling europe.



i have always loved this photo of him and my grandmother, meme on their wedding day.



we love you bapa, meme and uncle john.