There were even a few representatives of the next generation -- Dick's second cousins, once removed -- as well:
• John Lindsey Barrett, Barry's teenaged son, who good-naturedly listened as one person after another kept saying, "But when did you get to be so tall!?"
• Dennis Alexander Geissler, a football expert who can tell you and show you the difference between a call of offsides and false start.
• Duncan Edward Geissler, whose good looks and charm threatened to steal the show.
There was, as there always is, a lot of laughter, a lot of music, a lot of food, a lot of storytelling (some of which might even possibly have been true), a lot of beer and, above all else, a lot of love.
It was one of those days that fills the heart and soul and makes you feel like all's right with the world. At one point that afternoon, I told the story of how I answered Dick's uncle Fred Gottlieb when he said he didn't understand why people did family research. "Some people collect stamps," I told him. "I collect relatives." "But what happens," he asked, "if you come across one you don't like?" "That's easy," I answered. "You trade him in on one you do like."
Dick and Julie Moore, like all the other Cottrells gathered that afternoon, are keepers.
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John Barrett
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Dennis Geissler
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Duncan Geissler
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Duncan entertaining Mom and cousin Betsy
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Bobbi, Dick and Clady
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Dick and dessert
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Julie with eyes closed
Steve and Barry Barrett
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