The Tienhaara Boys
Back in about 1978 the Tienhaara Boys began to attend the Church of the Good Shepherd in Fitchburg, MA, with their father Richard, and step-mother Barbara. The family never became Episcopalians, but the Church of the Good Shepherd was a good “way station” for them at that time. The “Tienhaara Boys” of 1978-ish were Richard who was aged about 18 or 19, Sean (maybe 17), and Bryan – a wee bit younger. Each of them was (and is) over 6’ tall. They delighted in giving this 5’8” Michael Povey a group hug at “The Peace” – dwarfing him in the middle of their hugging triangle. I left Fitchburg, but have stayed in touch with Richard (jr). He was a basketball star at the University of Lowell (now U.Mass Lowell), and later at Clark University in Worcester, MA. There he met his future wife Elizabeth. I co-officiated at their wedding on Long Island in 1984. (Richard is the only one of the three who met my late mother. It was on one of her visits to Pittsfield. R is about 6’7” and he a