An image from 2/3 a century ago – or was it just "Yesteryear"?

Six years ago this month, nearly three dozen Galey family members converged on Chadron, Nebraska, for an opportunity to get acquainted, reacquainted, and simply spend some good time together.

It seems like decades ago.  Perhaps it's our advancing age, those years when we come to realize that the gift of life is not permanent, and that we should cherish it – more importantly, to embrace those we know and love, and celebrate the lives we've had.  And the moments we can share now.

As this Galey family website so obviously reveals by its all too infrequent  postings – we continue to lose loved ones.  But we rejoice the new family members who have joined us, those still in our midst, and those who will carry on after we're gone.

Of course, much of the joy we continue to share are reflections of the good moments of years gone by.

So we share here a photo from yesteryear.  We don't know yet where it was taken, but we'd guess maybe in a park –  Chadron State Park – or more likely, in a wooded nook tucked away somewhere in Oregon where the two subjects grew up.

Depicted are siblings 8-year-old Mary Jane Blosser  and her older brother Jon Charles Blosser – obviously an aspiring photographer – aged 10 when this image was captured in May of 1956.  Mary Jane and Jon are the children of Ivan and Oma Louise (Galey) Blosser, who lived and worked most of their lives in Oregon, where Mary Jane and Jon were raised. Handwritten information on the back of the photo indicates the picture was "Taken by Tommy," cousin Tommy Galey, who would have been 21-years-old at the time. 

Thanks to Margaret Ellen Galey for sharing this photo!  See more images in our Galey Photo Gallery!