Ralph Brighton:  

CLASS OF 1962
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Western International High SchoolClass of 1962
Detroit, MI
Wilson Junior High SchoolClass of 1959
Detroit, MI
Harms Elementary SchoolClass of 1956
Detroit, MI

Ralph's Story

Life I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to become a skilled tradesman in the machine tool industry. I obtained Journeyman Status in 1977 and worked as a Toolroom Boringmill Operator until I retired in 2005. The greatest joys of my life were the births of my two children: Janinne Marie born in 1967 and Vincent Ralph born in 1969. They were all I could ask for in children. We sent our children to a Catholic parochial school. Where I became involved with the PTA, serving a term as President. I also was chairman of the bingo committee and finally President of the Parish Council. When you serve others you get more out of it than you give. In 1978 I was invited to go on a retreat...Expand for more
at Sacred Heart Seminary. The weekend was called a “Cursillo” which in Spanish means "short course", or a short course in Christianity. The weekend experience was one I will never forget and I later served on teams of men that put on retreats at the Seminary and also teams of men and women who put on retreats at Huron Valley women¿s prison and at Milan Federal prison. In 1996 I remarried a great lady named Ann. She has been a blessing in my life. We married on the island of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. This marriage gave me three more great kids that I have grown to love as much as my own. The combined family has give Ann and I 18 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
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Yearbooks

Western International High School 1962 yearbook cover photo
1962 Yearbook
Western International High School
DETROIT, MI
Western International High School 1961 yearbook cover photo
1961 Yearbook
Western International High School
DETROIT, MI
Western International High School 1960 yearbook cover photo
1960 Yearbook
Western International High School
DETROIT, MI
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Photos

Ralph Brighton's Classmates profile album
Ralph Brighton's Classmates profile album
Ralph is snowboarding in the driveway. No, not riding it, pushing a 4x4 sheet of plywood that only took 10 minutes to clear the driveway and the sidewalk.
Many of my family know of my work on the genealogy our family. Over the last week I have been trying to figure out the discrepancy in the date of death of my Great-Grand Uncle Thomas Winkler born 1843. He was 18 when he enl
Cute bird house tree in our Livonia subdivision. There’s several more “houses” like these that are not visible in this photo.
Ralph Brighton's album, Timeline Photos
Skylar is with us at Easter.
The time at Western was the Greatest. Class of '62
Until we see little Miss Skylar again, we’ll just have to look at our front room closet door and smile.
Finally we put our message out for the mailman.
It’s Grandma Ann. Looking at my phone earlier I came across this photo of Garrett at St. Valentine Church. The Confirmation class was scheduled to be confirmed in late March 2020. Now that the coronavirus is here, it is
Early April spring in Livonia, MI, 2021.
Good Morning friends and family, it has taken me this long to get a handle on my grief and heart ache at the loss of my friends. I remember now a sermon I heard years ago at a funeral. The Priest talked about grief and how
Good Morning friends and family, This morning as I worked on my family genealogy I came across this picture of my Great-Grandmother and Grand Aunts. I was able to figure that out by a hand written note on the back that said
I am not sure who wrote this note. Edward Benson Buckley is my 4th Grate-Grandfather. He is the father of Robert Buckley. This clipping from an unnamed newspaper was among Grandmother Margaret Buckley Hickman's papers, alo
Ralph Brighton's album, Timeline Photos
Ralph Brighton's album, Timeline Photos
Ralph Brighton's album, Timeline Photos
Ralph Brighton's album, Untitled Album
Ralph Brighton's album, Untitled Album
Ralph Brighton's album, Untitled Album
Ralph Brighton's album, Untitled Album
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