Early Years

My mother’s parents Tony and Vita Treccariche moved to from the Northeast District to a house in the Southeast part of Kansas City, they brought a house

at 7915 Blue Ridge Ext. with an acre of land behind the house. My parents decided to move also, my grandpa gave they the money to buy the house next door

  to them, it was nice leaving next door so I could go see them anytime. My dad rented a building close to home and started his business there ( auto part store).

My dad planted a bunch of fruit trees in the back yard so we had plenty of fruit to eat in the summer. We always had dogs, my dad loved dogs.

We really didn’t have kids in the neighborhood to play with, their was the Suchrest that lived next door to grandma and grandpa, they had a son Bob who 

older than us but sometimes he would help with our kites. Most of the time we played with our cousins, Anthony and Tom ( my mom’s brother sons).

. I started kindergarten when I was 6, I went half days and I still remember my teacher, she was so nice. That started my school days.