Thursday, April 15, 2021
I had the pleasure of meeting Tom and his wife, one special day, while visiting my Grandmother, Helen Gozdick, in Snydertown, PA . They were just passing through on their way back home to Ohio when they decided to stop at the original Yancy family homestead and I was lucky enough to be there too visiting my Grandma. She had just made me a fresh batch of potato pancakes, as I don't get to see her much since I live in McKinney, TX. When I realized how far they had also traveled, I lean over to my Grandma and discreetly asked that she please offer them to her guests Tom & Susan. I could tell from their conversation that my Grandma was somehow related & they explained to me that my Grandma and Tom's dad, Victor, were brother and sister. We chatted over the delicious pancakes and discovered how we were all related. My mother, Judith A. Gozdick, (my Grandma's oldest daughter) was the same age as Tom and were also first cousins, and I believe they went to school together at Derry. I knew that day, I had just met two very special people, but also, in a sad way, I knew we would probably never cross paths again. I feel so blessed to have shared those potato pancakes with Tom and Susan and hope they enjoyed our once-in-a-lifetime happenstance at my Grandma's house as much as I did. May God Bless his soul, his wife, and the entire Yancy family both in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
