Elizabeth "Betty" Sasso Navarro

Betty (12) and her younger brother John (4), waiting to see Santa Claus, Dec 23, 1929

From the Albany Evening News, Monday, Dec 23, 1929

Betty Sasso - 1937

Betty and Mary Sasso - 1937

Betty, Pat and friends in 1937

Betty and her sister Pat

The photo album where a lot of the older family photos came from ♥️

Lucy and Betty at the Worlds Fair in 1939

Times Union, November 17, 1939 - Ralph & Betty Marriage License 

Rafael (Ralph) Navarro's Passport photo when he immigrated to the US in 1936

From Left to Right:  Ralph De Sano (Betty's cousin), Ralph Navarro, Betty Sasso Navarro, Eva De Sano

Ralph and Elizabeth were married on Nov 19, 1939 in the Church of St. Anthony, Albany, NY

Grandma's Cousin Ralph De Sano (on the Viggiano side) and his wife Eva were witnesses.

Postcard from John Sasso to his sister and new husband Ralph 

(click to see the back)

Another postcard from John sent to Betty congratulating her on her wedding (click to see back)

Grace (possibly Grace Sasso or a neighbor Grace), Ralph and Joe Navarro (Left to Right)

Betty, Ralph, and baby Ralph

Joe, Betty and Ralph

Ralph and Joe swimming as kids

Joe and Ralph's sons ... Joe and Jamie swimming in Lake George (1976?)

(I don't think anyone purposefully tried to recreate the older photo) 😀

At a family picnic in Thatcher Park

Knickerbocker News, Monday, Aug 19, 1957

Betty went back to Italy and Spain sometime in the 60s or 70s.  

I don't have many photos or information on the trip, but this is one photo from Spain. 

Family photo from 1973 taken at Joe and Nancy's House at 5 Arden Court in Colonie, NY

Tio Juan, Mariu and some Spanish relatives were visiting.

Showing Spanish relatives around Albany in 1973

Christmas time in Saratoga Springs in the 70s - Nicklaus and Navarros

Easter in front of 24 Marshall Street

1981

Cooking Paella on an open grill in the backyard at her son Ralph's house in Saratoga Springs, NY

In Ralph's backyard in Saratoga Springs, NY

With her most of her grandkids at the wedding of Susan Navarro and Ernie DuPont.  Unfortunately, we didn't get the bride (Susie) into this picture.  

Family photo from 1990 visit of our Spanish cousins Israel and Saul

Photo taken at 24 Marshall St in Albany, NY (Cookie & Gary's house)

1990 at Marshall Street during Spanish cousins Israel and Saul's visit

1990 - When cousins from Spain - Israel and Saul Navarro visited. 

Picture taken at Aunt Cookie's house on 24 Marshall St in Albany, NY

Anne Marie, Michelle, Tracy, David, Ralph, and Kerri 

With Peri as a baby in 1998 at 24 Marshall Street

A common pose after a family meal!  😀

The Navarro Siblings at Ralph's 60th Birthday party

2005

At Bupa in Colonie when our Spanish cousin Marina visited

2014 Trip to Spain

Ralph, Gary, Cookie, Michele, Tracey, Jamie & Peri

We presented our Spanish relatives with a coffee mug with this design on it

"With great love, from your American family"

This photo was taken Easter morning in the center of Alicante.  When the Mary and Jesus statues pass by and then eventually meet, thousands of people from the surrounding windows begin to drop prayers on colored pieces of paper.  

Standing in front of the house their father grew up in.  The house is in a little village - Gorga, Spain.  

The initials on the doors are for their grandfather - Rafael Navarro's father - Jose Navarro.

The street where Rafael Navarro grew up on in Gorga, Spain

Joseph Navarro

Joe's Birth card found in a photo box of his mother's

Knickerbocker News, Jun 19, 1954

Joe and Nancy at the Schyler Prom

Albany Times Union, Feb 27, 1963 Wedding Announcement

Joe and Nancy's Wedding

Joes daugher Sue with her family

Sue, Ernie, Jennifer, Ernie and Kerri

Nicole, Joe, Kerri and Cailee on Saratoga Lake

Nicole and Lynne

Lynne and Cailee

Joe and Mandy's kids and some of their significant others ... Joe (and Brittany), Cailee and Nicole (and Britt)

Sue and Ernie DuPont's daughter, Kerri Sawyer with her kids, Megan and Zachary

Joseph P. Navarro recognized by Local #83

His obituary is here:  https://www.newcomeralbany.com/obituaries/joseph-navarro

Ernie DuPont's Obituary:  https://www.newcomeralbany.com/obituaries/ernest-dupont

Ralph "Bubby" Navarro Jr.

Albany Times Union, May 13, 1965 Wedding Announcement

Ralph at Da Nang Air Force Base in Vietnam

Jamie, Ralph Jr and Ralph III on the swingset at their house on 952 Broadway in Rensselaer, NY

OMG ... those outfits!  Was it Father & Son Disco night?  🤣

At the camp in Ticonderoga on Lake George

Of note... the fruit tree flowering the background was given to the family by Uncle Mike Viggiano when we moved to Saratoga

At Syracuse University before Jamie's Commissioning Ceremony

Tampa, FL 1993 or 1994

2002

Ralph and his granddaughter Peri, 2000 in Lanham, MD

Toni, Jamie and Peri at an event when they lived in England

Jamie with cousins Elena and Jim Thornton on a business trip to Arizona

Jamie and cousin Corey DiPietro

With Spanish cousins Yolanda and her husband Juan Angel during a visit to Saratoga Springs

Ralph and his son Jamie fishing on Lake Champlain in 2024

Christmas Lunch 2024

We rented a pontoon boat in Sebastian, FL for Dad's 80th Birthday (March 2025)

Pre-birthday dinner drinks with Dad's Saturday Night Dinner Friends at his house in Florida

Happy Birthday Ralph/Bubby/Dad/Grandpa!  80 years!  Birthday dinner in Vero Beach, FL

Jamie and Peri visiting the Cherry Blossoms in Washington DC, Spring 2025

Elizabeth "Cookie" Navarro Nicklaus

Cookie and Gary 1970

Times Union, Nov 27, 1973 Wedding Announcement

Knickerbocker News, Wed, July 31, 1957