Family Geneology and Stories

My Family

Grandpa Don has three families. I first knew my adopted family, expanded by marriage and children.

At the age of 75 I became acquainted with my "natural" families with their own genealogy.

I first learned of my natural mother's family, the Cecora / Lossner clan along with my surviving older brother.

Then learned of my natural father's family, the Copeland clan along with my younger brother and three surviving sisters.

They are as one to me, one no less a part of my life than the other. These pages will serve to record their stories as I know them.

Journey on this page to ...

Our Children and their Families & a Spacial Friend
Dan & Karen Plefka	Anne Marie & Dom Albano		Tom & Diane Plefka			Mikey
*Our Parents, their families & Genealogy*
Joseph Plefka & Sylvia Simousek My adopted parents ... My "Mom & Dad"			Harry Lawler & Anne Montrym Anne's Parents ... Also "Mom & Dad" to me.
*My Newly Discovered Natural Parents and Our Genealogy*
The Packard Line On my Mother's side	The Copeland Family My Father's family		Husmann - Lossner - 1800's My Mother was a Lossner.			The Story of Lucie Lossner My Mother and the Cecora Family.
The Packard - Mayflower Connection The Packard Family's Pilgrim Roots	The Copeland - Mayflower Connection The Copeland Family's Pilgrim Roots		The Mingling of Family Lines Intermarriages of the Alden, Copeland, Packard & Thayer Families		Famous Cousins Distant relatives of Grandpa Don sharing common ancestors who arrived in America on the Mayflower
Packard Family Mysteries
*The Families Unite*
July, 2006 - Orland Park, Illinois The first meeting of Cecora / Plefka Families		Sept, 2006 Cleveland, Ohio The second meeting of Cecora / Plefka Families		June, 2007 Cleveland, Ohio The first meeting of Copeland / Plefka Families

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	*United at last - 2007* Jim Cecora - Don Plefka - John Copeland Rita Barilla - Irene & Marilyn Copeland Don with his children & their spouses Birthday - 2006

*On October 25, 2003 the family gathered for the wedding of my grandson Dominick and the family was increased in six with the addition of Sarah. Welcome Sarah.*
The Albano Branch Dominick III, Anthony, Dominick IV, Marc, Anne Marie, & Joe		The Plefka Branches (top) Dan, Nick, Diane, Tom (Bottom) Karen, Caitlin, Ana, Kelly, Kelsey
	The newest member, Sarah with Dominick IV Starting an new branch
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Christmas 1997	Thanksgiving, 2003
Top Row from Left to right: Anthony, Joe, Nick, Marc & Dominick Bottom from left to right: Kelly, Caitlin, Kelsey & Ana	Top Row L-R: Marc, Nick, Anthony & Joe Middle: Kelsey & Grandpa Don Bottom L-R: Ana, Kelly & Caitlin	Sarah & Dominick

The World of Grandpa Don