Friday, December 22, 2006
PARENTS of Ronald Eugene Van Tassel & their 10 children
Middle: Douglas McKay, Caroline (Carrie) Gertrude, Hazel Iona, Dorothy Irene, Howard Burton
Bottom:Louise Isabelle, Edith Margarite, Reginald Lowell, Myrna Madeline, Ronald Eugene
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Ronald Eugene Van Tassel
1919-12-17 To 1979-11-30
Ronald Eugene Van Tassel was the son of Stephen John & Maria Elizabeth Van Tassel and the youngest of 10 children. He was known as "Stevie" or "Steve" most of his life growing up in Digby, Nova Scotia where he enjoyed baseball, bowling, hunting & fishing and started wood carving with a jack-knife at an early age . He enjoyed the outdoors and walked a great deal until he obtained his first vehicle in 1965. He served during WWll in Italy, France & Germany. After the War he returned to Digby where he was stationed as a guard at CFB Cornwallis, Deep Brook, N.S. Following his release from the army he was employed as a meatcutter and with the Nova Scotia Liquor Commission becoming Assistant Manager for several years prior to his death.He married Gwendolyn Shirley Baxter (B:1927-07-23) daughter of Harry Ashton & Margaret Ivy (McCullough) Baxter of Digby on 1947-01-30 and they had three boys, Brian Eugene Van Tassel (B: 1947-08-23), Randall Stephen Van Tassel (B: 1949-12-18) & Douglas Ronald Van Tassel (B:1952-07-21).
Ronald Eugene Van Tassel's WWll Medals
Family Portrait - Only one known to exist
Wood Carvings by Ronald Eugene Van Tassel
Brian Eugene, Randall Stephen & Ronald Eugene Van Tassel
Moose carved & varnished
Carved & painted by Ronald Eugene Van Tassel
Carved by Ronald Eugene Van Tassel (The 3 figures on the left were carved for his parents, Stephen John & Maria Elizabeth Van Tassel)
Canes carved from wood found during Ronald's travels in the woods.
Some of the fish carved & painted by Ronald Eugene Van Tassel
Wooden birds carved & painted by Ronald Eugene Van Tassel
SPORTS
Ronald & Shirley's 3 Boys
Brian Eugene - Douglas Ronald - Randall Stephen
Randall Stephen - Brian Eugene - Douglas Ronald
Ronald Eugene , Douglas Ronald, Brian Eugene & Randall Stephen
Douglas Ronald - Randall Stephen - Brian Eugene
Douglas Ronald - Brian Eugene - Randall Stephen with their mother, Gwendolyn Shirley
Brian Eugene - Douglas Ronald - Randall Stephen
AUG/1961
Brian Eugene - Randall Stephen - Douglas Ronald
Douglas Ronald - Randall Stephen - Brian Eugene 1969-03-16
Randall Stephen - Brian Eugene - Douglas Ronald 1970
Brian Eugene - Douglas Ronald - Randall Stephen
Brian Eugene - Douglas Ronald - Randall Stephen
Digby, N.S.
Brian Eugene - Randall Stephen - Douglas Ronald
Randall's Wedding Day - Digby, N.S. 1973 June 16
Randall Stephen - Brian Eugene - Douglas Ronald
Digby, N.S. JULY, 1983
Douglas Ronald - Brian Eugene - Randall Stephen
Brian Eugene - Randall Stephen - Douglas Ronald
Brian Eugene - Randall Stephen - Douglas Ronald 1985