In a post called “Who Was Hank Waruf, Kalamazoo Gunsmith?” I wrote about the husband of my great-great-grandmother’s sister, Carrie (Paak) Waruf. The couple owned the resort Ramona Palace and Ramona Park, as well as many cottages and their own home, at Long Lake in Portage, Michigan.
In my files I found the brochure for Henry Waruf’s (Walraven) funeral.
Henry Waruf’s wife Carrie and my GGGrandmother Alice Paak DeKorn had a sister named Mary. One of Mary’s daughters was Genevieve. She was married to Frank Tazalaar. Here are Henry and Frank together (with a little dog).
I get the impression from some of our photos that Hank Waruf was a man other men wanted to hang around .
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I’ve written about the place and the people here:
The Family Kalamazoo 