The Karpinski Kids

Whittier, California  (1954)

Front Row, Left to Right:  Richard Leroy (1949);  Ronald Alan (1947);

James Lincoln Plummer (1950-1978)

Rear Row, Left to Right:   Edward Joseph, Jr.(1943);  Beverly (1941)

Cousin James Lincoln Plummer was the only son of Charley and Virginia Plummer.  In the early

1950's, Uncle Charley and Aunt Virginia owned a handsome yellow two-story stucco house in

Whittier, California (photo in background).  Edward and Evelyn Karpinski (Virginia's younger

sister) lived in nearby Long Beach, and the two families visited frequently.  Here, little Jimmy

is swept into an informal "Karpinski Kids" family portrait.  Richard grew up to be a plumber in

southern California; Ed, Jr., is a part-time hunting guide in Montana; and Beverly is a graphic

artist living near Seattle, Washington.  Jimmy died tragically, at the age of twenty-eight, while

driving a "AA Fuel Dragster" at the Orange County National Raceway in Santa Ana, California.