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Marchetti family page
On Wednesday morning 25-Nov-2009, John Marchetti passed away
at the age of 53
Cancer was detected in Feb-2009 and aggressive treatment kept John with us until
Thanksgiving
Funeral arrangements are set for Tuesday in Oakdale with a burial following at
the Snelling Air Force base in Minneapolis
Great memories are below
The
"All Marchetti" soccer game ~2003 in Minneapolis, MN, completed without major injuries
Standing : Dan, Jim, Gino, Mike
Kneeling
: John, David, Henry Veldman, Dana (Mike's wife)
- Who are the Marchetti's?
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| Roland and Angela Marchetti along with their six boys
Dan, John, Gino, Mike, Jim and David, lived next door to
Henry and Mary Veldman in Derby, Kansas. Although at first they were
somewhat suspicious of the Hippy looking neighbors moving in next door, we became the best
of friends. Five of the boys played soccer in the local program and
were always helpful with the many projects that Mary and Henry were
involved in.
Marchetti number six, David, is Henry and Mary's Godson. He was born on the heaviest snow
storm in 50 years and a special military vehicle was needed to take
Angela to the local Air Force hospital for the delivery. The event made world wide television news
and Angela's family in Italy saw all of it on local TV, not knowing the
story was about one of their relatives.
They now live in Oakdale, MN, a suburb of sunny St. Paul Minnesota
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Visiting with the Marchetti family in
Minnesota in 2001
Parents Roland and Angela taking charge at the barbeque
David and Family
| Show and tell - The Middle Wife |
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| Gino Marchetti selected as teacher of the
year in Minnesota |
Gino Marchetti was selected teacher of the
year in Minnesota for the year 2003. Gino has taught grade school for the
last thirteen years and currently is teaching third grade
The next level of the competition will be for the "National Teacher of the
Year". It will be held in Washington, DC in the spring of 2004. In
preparation for the final round, he was asked to list the five reasons why
he became a teacher. Rather then creating a list on lofty goals that would
be expected from him, he asked his third grade class for help. Here are the
top five reason that the eight year old listed:
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5) To play kickball with their class at
recess
4) To tell bad jokes to the class
3) To have a captive audience to tell stories about when he was a kid
himself
2) To feel young again
1) Teachers really want to listen to stories of how the dog ate their
homework
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(Some of ) The Derby Soccer Teams
More Derby soccer memories
Relaxing
at the Marchetti home - click to enlarge
David, Kim and family
Winter 2004
Summer
2000 - Henry
with his God-son David Marchetti and Kim (expecting with Gemma) 
More Gemma in 2002 
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