Family Circle

In February 1918, the first Al Huntley was born in New Hampshire.  In time he became the older brother to Richard and Ira.

In December 1918, Eleanor Robsky was born in New York.  In time she became the older sister to twins Richard and Doris.

Al Huntley lived in rural New Hampshire until joining the Air Force inWW II.  He married Ruth Huntley after the war and made a career in the military until the 1960's.  Eventually he, Ruth and their four children, Della, Doug, Barb and Al Jr., settled in Enfield, Connecticut.

Eleanor Robsky lived in metropolitan New York city and married Gus Beyer.  She became an English teacher and eventually she, Gus and their two children moved to Connecticut.  Not long after, her brother Richard also moved to Connecticut with his wife Elizabeth and their three children, Kathy, Steve and Deb.

In 1976, Al Jr. and Deb met while both attended the University of Connecticut.  Eventually they married.

In 1992, Al Sr. became gravely ill with emphysema and was admitted to a nursing home in Enfield, Connecticut.  Eleanor, now a widow, had moved to Enfield and was a member of a women's group that crocheted blankets for residents of the local nursing home.  When Eleanor found out that Al Sr. was a resident there, she made sure that the blanket that she crocheted was given to him.

Al Jr. and Deb knew nothing about this until many years later.   By then, Al Sr. had passed away and when the family home became too much for Ruth, she sold it and moved to a senior citizen's apartment.    At that time she offered Al Jr. and Deb the blanket since it was made by Deb's Aunt Ellie and given to Al's dad.

Eleanor now lives in Florida where she continues to crochet blankets for the elderly. Deb and Al continue to enjoy the blanket she made all those years ago for Al's dad.