This composite picture was done by putting together old photos with new one's.
The distinguished gentleman in the upper left hand corner is the patriarch of the family. His name is Afriend Osoria. He died of a medical condition in 1987. His photo was taken that year.
The young man beside Afriend is Manuel-the youngest son -photo taken in 2000 just before he came to work at Granite Falls Thoroughbred Farm when he was 18 years old. He currently is the barn foreman at Emerald Downs in summer and then he breaks yearlings at the farm in the winter. He is invaluable to our whole operation.
The man next to Manuel is Eduvides. He worked with us for about 12 years before returning to Navajas to work his farm with his family. Navajas is near Guadalajara in the State of Jalisco.
We all cried when he elected to return to spend the rest of his life in Navajas-but -we were all really happy that he was able to do so. We will always remember Eduvides very fondly. Pretty soon, Anne and Dean will be moving to Jalisco---Our house is almost done. So, we will be spending some time with "Vehis".
The third part of the photo was done in June-2009 with Eduvides, Maria, Carmen-Mother, Carmen, and Lupe. Carmen-the Matriarch of the family and it's mainstay is sitting with Maria on her left-Carmen to her right and Lupe to the far left. Truly a wonderful family.
We feel very fortunate to have associated with this family for all these years. May we get many more.
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What a wonderful thing to have a family picture that includes everyone -- even if years apart. You can see that they are all together in spirit~
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