Lyrics for the song playing: Somewhere Out There

Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight
Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight

Somewhere out there someone's saying a prayer
That we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there

And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star

And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there if love can see us through then we'll be together
Somewhere out there out where dreams come true

And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star

And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there If love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there, out where dreams come true...

Age 5, Year 1922   My father was 5 years old when he first came to the United States. He came here under the name Daniel Bats with his grandfather, Jean Bats. And while waiting in line on Ellis Island his grandfather collapsed and later died in a hospital. A good samaritan then brought him to his mother in California. He lived with his mother and her husband, Charles Siedentopf, in Oakdale.... Oakdale is about 100 miles East of San Francisco.

Age 18, Year 1935   This is my father and my grandfather, Jerome Casparde, in New York City. He was a super grandfather that passed away April 1978 at the age of 82, in Santa Rosa, California.

Age 20, Year 1937   This is my father in New York City with his mother, Madeleine Perret. When we were younger my father had all three of us boys take accordion lessons for a few years.

Age 20, Year 1937   This is my father in New York City with his mother, Madeleine Perret, she passed away in December 2001 in Santa Rosa, California. She was 98 years old. My daughter Roberta was with her when she passed away.

Age 20, Year 1937   This is my father in New York City... He came to California just a little after this date. Unknown person on the left.

Age 24, Year 1941   This is Papa and Nanny taken in the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. When I was young and living in San Francisco we spent all of our free time in this park. Nanny passed away in October 1984, in Santa Rosa, California. My daughter Roberta helped took care of her for the last years of her life.

Age 26, Year 1943   Not the best of picture to view, and it was very small (2x3). But it was signed by Papa. Picture would have been taken in San Francisco. I just might deleted this one, but papa signing this is important. Love To my Darling Wife Andre'

Age 37, Year 1954   Grandmere had come from New York for a visit so I took this picture in our front yard, on Hewitt Street, in Santa Rosa, California. This picture was scanned from a small black & white negative...The car was my brother Andre's 1949 Hudson Hornet.

Age 41, Year 1958   My brother Andre II, Papa, and myself. Picture was taken when I was in the Navy Boot Training Camp in San Diego, California. Andre II was also in the Navy at that time stationed at Navy Base Miramar, in Escondido.

Age 42, Year 1959   This is my father and Grandmere' in our back yard in Santa Rosa, California. As you can see he had his Greyhound uniform on.

Age 46, Year 1963   This is a small restaurant that Nanny & Papa owned, called Ruby's Kitchen. It was located next to the PacBell building on 3rd Street in Santa Rosa, California. My mother also worked at the old Topaz Room. Papa helped run the restaurant while driving the Greyhound commuter run to San Francisco. He would go in set things up, then go around the corner to drive the bus to the city. Then when he got home he would go back to the restaurant and clean the place.

Age 49, Year 1966   This is Papa in full uniform dress, it was taken at the old Greyhound Bus Depot in downtown Santa Rosa, California.

Age 50, Year 1967   This is one of our favorite pictures of Papa, it was taken in our kitchen in Santa Rosa, California. Too bad that the film I used was only Black & White Tri-X. Not the best choice for enlarging.

Age 52, Year 1969   Papa, Grandpere', and Grandmere' in my Grandmere's back yard on Montgomery Drive in Santa Rosa, California. They had moved from New York to be back with us...

Age 53, Year 1970   This is Papa clowning around with my Grandmere' and grandfather Robert. Picture was taking in my Grandmere's back yard in Santa Rosa, California.

Age 54, Year 1971   This is a very nice picture of both my Papa & Grandmere'. I had always viewed my grandmother as being old looking. In this picture is was about 70 years old...

Age 57, Year 1974   I know it was on your trip you guys took in the RV and I'm thinking it might be somewhere in the desert maybe in Nevada....

Age 59, Year 1976   This was taken on the hills above the Pacific Ocean. Pictured are Roberta (age 14), Perry (age 16), Andre III (age 16), Leslie (age 10), and our Papa. Since we owned a ranch out in that area we were always out by the water.

Age 60, Year 1977   Papa was always working very hard, as you can see with this picture taken in August 1977 at our summer home on Tin Barn Road, near Stewarts Point, California.

Age 60, Year 1977   This was another picture taken in 1977, but this picture is very interesting because as I said before Papa was very hard working. He knew very little about working on cars, but if you needed help you could ALWAYS depend on him to add a helping hand. Pictured is Andre Jr (age 17), Leslie (age 11) just relaxing. Now Les is truly the auto mechanic.

Age 61, Year 1978   This was taken at my mother's Severance Family get together in Nampa, Idaho. On the Siedentopf side of the family was my father, my mother, and my brother Terry, who ended up being our RV driver...

Age 64, Year 1981   This was taken in Disneyland, as we were heading down into Mexico with Papa's RV. This picture was taken while he was sitting on a small riding wagon.

Age 74, Year 1991   This was taken in August and as you can see Papa looks very hot. It was an outside wedding for Eric & Debbie at her sister's house in Sebastopol, California. As I view this picture I think to myself that my father didn't change too much over the years, and this is just about what he looked like 2 months before he passed away. Papa We sure do miss you!

Age 74, Year 1991   This was taken at the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery 26230 Mission Blvd., Hayward, California, where my brother Andre II is buried. Pictured are Andre III, Papa, and Eric.

Age 83, Year 2000   This was taken at Andre' & Traci Wedding, in Ukiah, California October 7, 2000. This is Papa with my son Les and his wife-to-be Leigh-Ann.

Age 83, Year 2000   This was taken for Papa's birthday party at the Union Hotel Restaurant in Occidental, California. When I was very young we use to go to this family style restaurant.

Age 83, Year 2000   This was also taken at Papa's birthday party at the Union Hotel Restaurant in Occidental, California. Look at his wavy hair. In his final days he was so sad that his hair was no longer wavy.

Age 84, Year 2001   This is Eric putting a flower on my father for my son's wedding in Healdsburg, California. Papa just hated to wear a suit so after the wedding he gave it to Eric saying he would never wear it again, and really didn't.

Age 84, Year 2001 My grandmother and father at my son's wedding in Healdsburg, California.

Age 84, Year 2001   The happy couple with my father at my son's wedding in Healdsburg, California. She was right there for him at the end. She just loved Papa, and Papa really loved her very much. He always told her; "That Grandson of mine better hurry and marry you or I will"

Age 84, Year 2001   The happy couple with my father at my son's wedding in Healdsburg, California.

Age 84, Year 2001   This is really the last picture taken of my father and myself at my son's wedding in Healdsburg, California.