Derek's Immediate Family
Life in Turkey
Dad & Paige
Mom & Ted
Kristin & Eric

Derek's Extended Family
Extended family:  the Pogirskis
Extended family:  the Rupps
 

Family Get-togethers
Aunt Joan & Uncle Walter's October 2005 visit
Trip to Minersville for Joan's suprise party, 2008

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Derek was born in 1959 in Moravia, New York, and has lived in several different places.  His family lived in Turkey for five years, then they moved around to several places in the U.S. while his mom and dad furthered their education.  Eventually, they settled in Ann Arbor, where his dad, Alex, was a science teacher, and his mom, Carol, was a librarian. 

Derek & Paige, May 1961	Washing the dishes in the Aegean Sea (according to Carol, who's not 100% sure but pretty sure), 1961	Derek & Paige, August 1961	Derek was misbehaving in the school house (imagine that!), so he was sent outside for what we now call a "time out."  April 1962
Kristin's gonna kill me for this.	Studying Turkish....yes, evidently at the age of 4!  May 1963	Scuba Master, Zurich, August 1963	Kristin & Derek, 1964 (unconfirmed date)
He fell in a fountain while screwing around at a restaurant (imagine that!)  January 1964	Clearly at this time in his life, there was a fountain fetish.  January 1964	Derek & Paige in their Sunday best, January 1964	Each adult could only hold one child, as Carol recalls, so when the guides vacated at the top of the mountain, little Paige had to ride down in a chair all by herself.  January 1964
Giving Kristin a bath, April 1964	Derek in a public tub/pool, 1964ish.	Paige, Kristin, and Derek, November 1964	November 1964
The Pogirskis and the Winklers (Alex took the picture), November 1964	Kristin, headin' to the beach, November 1964	Derek & Paige, January 1965	Kristin & Paige, January 1965
Kristin and her "lunch date."  (a man who worked at the school)  January 1965	Pamukkale, January 1965	Derek rides a camel, May 1965	Kristin & Paige in their red jumpers, July 1965
Little League, August 1970	Redwood Forest, July 1972	Derek's off to hockey camp with his buddy Brad, November 1973	Derek hot-doggin' on his dirt bike, 1975

I'm still working on this page. If you are a family member and have information or photos to contribute, please e-mail me!