my mother's homefront

my grandparents, Evelyn and Floyd Baillargeon
my mother Joan, her brother Floyd Jr.






















Major Floyd Baillargeon






















My grandfather, a handsome man, spent most of the war years overseas, an absence my mother and uncle felt keenly during their young teen years. A lawyer upon entering the Canadian Army, family lore has it that he provided legal aid at the Nurembourg Trials.
My grandfather, like many of his time, did not speak to us about the war, but it seemed to be a memory of great pride for him. I wish I knew more.
The marriage of my mother's parents, troubled beforehand, did not survive long upon his return and both married again.
My grandfather remained a handsome, dashing figure until his death at age 80, even as he played a losing hand of Old Maid with a gaggle of giggling grandchildren.