Lorry and Thom
In 2013 we passed our Golden Wedding Anniversary--50 years--half a century together in a loving marriage. We now celebrate our 58th anniversary and start on our 59th year. Wow!
Our wedding in Trenton, NJ on August 24, 1963 (We were barely 21) was a wonderful start to an idyllic relationship filled with love, smiles, friendship, mutual trust and openness, and three beautiful children (Marc, Mike and Kim) and their families, whom we love and respect very much.
We could count on one hand the times we’ve had a cross word for each other since the very beginning of our relationship in June, 1960. We are still very much in love.
Our marriage wasn’t easy. Nothing worthwhile ever is, but we sure enjoyed all of the twists and turns of our life together. So, in that spirit we want to thank all of our family and friends for enriching our journey with love, support and understanding. Onward to year 62!
In 2013 we passed our Golden Wedding Anniversary--50 years--half a century together in a loving marriage. We now celebrate our 58th anniversary and start on our 59th year. Wow!
Our wedding in Trenton, NJ on August 24, 1963 (We were barely 21) was a wonderful start to an idyllic relationship filled with love, smiles, friendship, mutual trust and openness, and three beautiful children (Marc, Mike and Kim) and their families, whom we love and respect very much.
We could count on one hand the times we’ve had a cross word for each other since the very beginning of our relationship in June, 1960. We are still very much in love.
Our marriage wasn’t easy. Nothing worthwhile ever is, but we sure enjoyed all of the twists and turns of our life together. So, in that spirit we want to thank all of our family and friends for enriching our journey with love, support and understanding. Onward to year 62!
Photo by Marc Gambino.
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Photo by Thom.
Lorry
I won the game of life when Lorry Krebs and I met on June 17, 1960, a few days after we graduated from different high schools in Trenton and Hamilton.
Lorry is retired now, after brilliant management careers at Coach Leatherware and The New York Times. She is an avid photographer. She is highly intelligent. Her Psychology degree from Fordham University comes in handy in a family filled with artists. She is always supportive. She loves to eat.
She has never lost her smile nor her senses of humor and romance.
I love her deeply.
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I won the game of life when Lorry Krebs and I met on June 17, 1960, a few days after we graduated from different high schools in Trenton and Hamilton.
Lorry is retired now, after brilliant management careers at Coach Leatherware and The New York Times. She is an avid photographer. She is highly intelligent. Her Psychology degree from Fordham University comes in handy in a family filled with artists. She is always supportive. She loves to eat.
She has never lost her smile nor her senses of humor and romance.
I love her deeply.
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Of all of our creations, these are truly the best!
Marc, Kim and Mike
Photo by Lorry Gambino.
Marc and Deb Gambino
Mike and Lisa Kang Gambino
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Our Grandchildren
Jaye Gambino, Marc Gambino and Kai DeKassian
Photo by Lorry Gambino.
Chris and Nicole Macaluso Bermudez
Louis and Nicole Bermudez Palko
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Great-Grandson Logan Albert Palko
Son of Nicole Bermudez Palko and Louis Palko
Born in December, 2013
Son of Nicole Bermudez Palko and Louis Palko
Born in December, 2013
Great-Granddaughter Eva Marie Bermudez,
Daughter of Chris and Nicole Macaluso Bermudez
Born in August, 2014.
Daughter of Chris and Nicole Macaluso Bermudez
Born in August, 2014.
Great-Granddaughter Vienna Joan Bermudez, Daughter of Chris and Nicole Macaluso Bermudez, arrived in September, 2015.
Great-Granddaughter Novanie Michelle Palko,
Daughter of Nicole and Louis Palko,
arrived in April, 2016.
Daughter of Nicole and Louis Palko,
arrived in April, 2016.
True Cousins!
Eva Marie and Logan celebrate their first
Halloween together!
Eva Marie and Logan celebrate their first
Halloween together!
Photo by Lorry Gambino
Marc
Bass player and singer extraordinaire!
Loving father to Marc Julian, and stepfather to wife Deb's children, Nicole Bermudez Palko, who recently gave birth to Marc and Deb's first grandchild and our first great-grandson, Logan Albert Palko, and stepfather to Chris Bermudez, whose wife Nicole gave birth to Marc and Deb's first granddaughter, and our first great-granddaughter, Eva Marie Bermudez.
Co-founder with Mike: Sacrifice and Concrete Jungle, a heavy metal band that gained notoriety
and made it to the charts in the UK in the 1980s.
Marc is now performing with his band Lion-Hearted
and enjoying the 2013 release of their new CD
called "Those Who Roar Last…" The second CD is in
production.
Visit Lion-Hearted
Bass player and singer extraordinaire!
Loving father to Marc Julian, and stepfather to wife Deb's children, Nicole Bermudez Palko, who recently gave birth to Marc and Deb's first grandchild and our first great-grandson, Logan Albert Palko, and stepfather to Chris Bermudez, whose wife Nicole gave birth to Marc and Deb's first granddaughter, and our first great-granddaughter, Eva Marie Bermudez.
Co-founder with Mike: Sacrifice and Concrete Jungle, a heavy metal band that gained notoriety
and made it to the charts in the UK in the 1980s.
Marc is now performing with his band Lion-Hearted
and enjoying the 2013 release of their new CD
called "Those Who Roar Last…" The second CD is in
production.
Visit Lion-Hearted
Photo by Thom.
Mike
Artist extraordinaire!
Loving father to Jake.
Mike started as an artist, then took up drums and played with Sacrifice and Concrete Jungle, then returned to painting and sculpture, graduated from FIT-Suny, built a formidable career in advertising, working for such companies as BDD Needham Worldwide, BBDO, J. Walter Thompson, and The Halo Group on ads for Visa, Verizon, Armstrong, M&Ms, etc., all the while growing his skills in photography, screenwriting, cinematography, producing and directing. He's had painting and photography shows in New Orleans, New York, Los Angeles and other cities. Mike's latest film, "Space Cadet," was shown at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. Mike also teaches at Fashion Institute of Technology, part of the SUNY university system.
See Mike's Biography
See Mike's Art
Artist extraordinaire!
Loving father to Jake.
Mike started as an artist, then took up drums and played with Sacrifice and Concrete Jungle, then returned to painting and sculpture, graduated from FIT-Suny, built a formidable career in advertising, working for such companies as BDD Needham Worldwide, BBDO, J. Walter Thompson, and The Halo Group on ads for Visa, Verizon, Armstrong, M&Ms, etc., all the while growing his skills in photography, screenwriting, cinematography, producing and directing. He's had painting and photography shows in New Orleans, New York, Los Angeles and other cities. Mike's latest film, "Space Cadet," was shown at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. Mike also teaches at Fashion Institute of Technology, part of the SUNY university system.
See Mike's Biography
See Mike's Art
Kim
Actor and singer extraordinaire!
With loving father Hannes, loving mother to Kai DeKassian
Graduate of First All-Children's Theatre, performer with a cultural exchange troupe in China, graduate of Performing Arts H.S. (see movie "Fame") and SUNY -Purchase's Acting Program, starred in "Hair" throughout Europe.
The picture:
On October 4, 2005, Kim took the subway to a sound stage on Chelsea Piers in Manhattan and played a jail guard named Officer Lawson in an episode called “Birthright” on NBC's veteran hit, “Law and Order.” As she walked toward a cell, she turned her head to deliver her lines in a scene with the stars, Dennis Farina and Jesse L. Martin. She "nailed" her part on the first take. Hearing that the occasion was Kim's first network speaking part, Farina and Martin called for a Polaroid souvenir shot with Kim.
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Actor and singer extraordinaire!
With loving father Hannes, loving mother to Kai DeKassian
Graduate of First All-Children's Theatre, performer with a cultural exchange troupe in China, graduate of Performing Arts H.S. (see movie "Fame") and SUNY -Purchase's Acting Program, starred in "Hair" throughout Europe.
The picture:
On October 4, 2005, Kim took the subway to a sound stage on Chelsea Piers in Manhattan and played a jail guard named Officer Lawson in an episode called “Birthright” on NBC's veteran hit, “Law and Order.” As she walked toward a cell, she turned her head to deliver her lines in a scene with the stars, Dennis Farina and Jesse L. Martin. She "nailed" her part on the first take. Hearing that the occasion was Kim's first network speaking part, Farina and Martin called for a Polaroid souvenir shot with Kim.
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Kim appeared in a 1991 play performed at the Sanford Meisner Theatre, a small downtown venue in NYC. Called “The Starvation of Ruby Nellis,” the play was a post-apocalyptic black comedy by Jeff Rose. It was his first play. Among the performers was an up-and-coming actor named Philip Seymour Hoffman, who played Flip Frasier, Kim’s roughneck boyfriend.
Kim is in the polka dot dress on the right. Phil Hoffman (as he was called then) is on the left.
Kim says, "He was my favorite redneck boyfriend, onstage or off. We all knew he had that extra EXTRA something and everyone stepped up their game because of it. It led to some fantastic skits and giggles, onstage and off, that I will never forget.
RIP, Phil."
Visit Kim's Home Page
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Kim is in the polka dot dress on the right. Phil Hoffman (as he was called then) is on the left.
Kim says, "He was my favorite redneck boyfriend, onstage or off. We all knew he had that extra EXTRA something and everyone stepped up their game because of it. It led to some fantastic skits and giggles, onstage and off, that I will never forget.
RIP, Phil."
Visit Kim's Home Page
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