
Our Heritage and Journey
From the preface of the MCCLOSKEY family history book, “TIS US”:
“God sends each of us into the world helpless. From the very beginning, we depend on our family. By design, we’re given a family to care for us, protect us, and prepare us for the challenges that lie ahead.
It’s at home that we learn to walk, to talk, and to love. Through family life, we form the habits, emotions, and values that shape the people we’ll become.
Being part of a family also means being there for one another. Our first role may be as a dependent child, but that role is never small — and it only grows in meaning and importance as we do.”
The McCloskey family has been blessed with a closeness and genuine love that shines through to all who know us — friends and acquaintances alike. That love, faithfully nurtured through the years, is our greatest inheritance. As we remember those who have gone before us, especially my beloved wife, we honor them best by keeping that same love alive in how we live, care, and stay connected.
Welcome to our McCloskey Family website — a home for stories, memories, and the lasting bond that keeps our family strong.
Welcome—our family’s story is written in kindness, guided by respect, and lived with love. Here we gather memories, share strengths, and lift one another up.
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Meet Our Family

Karen & Mike McCloskey

Jim & Tracy Thompson

Shannon & Jake Moore

Shawn & Corey Messner

Michael & Monica McCloskey

MacKenzie Thompson

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Dylan McCloskey, Fiancé Molly Ketner

MacKenzie Thompson

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Voices of Our Family
Tracy & Mom 8-25, 2022
Nadya’s Podcast
Mom and I Talk To the Grandchildren
“Every moment spent together is a cherished memory, a gift we give to each other.”
FAMILY NEWS
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Mother’s Day 2014
What a beautiful Mother’s Day Celebration we had at Shawn and Corey’s house. The entire family was there except Mike, Monica, and their family. Mike and Monica had to close the Pub Sunday night and so they couldn’t make the celebration.They were missed by everyone….
Family Portrait Sunday
Sunday, November 20, 2016 the McCloskey family had their family portrait taken on the bridge connecting the high school and the football field, our former home on Union Rd, and in one of the apartments upstairs of the Blue Shamrock. The air temperature was in the…
Dylan’s First Start On the Varsity Baseball Team
MacKenzie – 2014 Volleyball Season
This is MacKenzie’s last year playing volleyball. She is a senior and grandma and I wonder where the time went. It seems like yesterday we were watching her playing Jr High volleyball in the North gym. We are proud also that she is considered by teammates and…
Dylan’s 2014 JV Football Pictures
The St. Louis JV football team played Michigan Lutheran Seminary at home on Thursday, September 25, 2014. Dylan is #22 in black wearing red football gloves. The slideshow will begin automatically. However you can view the images individually by moving your cursor to…
MacKenzie Speaks to TV 12 at Pep Assembly
Friday, September 12, 2014 MacKenzie speaks to the TV12 cameras about Ithaca’s football game later on that night with Michigan Lutheran Seminary. This was filmed at 5:00 a.m. See if you can see MacKelle in the crowd.
August 2, 2014 Athlone – Dublin
It has been a very long day with an even longer one coming tomorrow. We spent most of the day at the Guinness StoreFront at St. James Gate Dublin. I am too tired to elaborate, but suffice it to say it was a great ending to what was a fantastic trip. Tomorrow is travel…
Friday, August 1, 2014 Tullycross, Clifden, Athlone
We concluded our stay in Tullycross with another great breakfast at the Maol Reidh hotel. Our waitress this morning was the same young lass that checked us into the hotel two days ago. If you saw this young lady in a crowd you would pick her out as being Irish….
Thursday, July 31, 2014 Innishboffin
Had a great breakfast this morning at our hotel in Tullycross, the Maol Reidh. Then we left for the port city of Cleggan, a 20 minute drive down the west coast of Ireland. We took a 20 minute ferry ride out to Innishboffin, a magical island 17 miles out into the open…
July 30, 2014 Westport – Tully Cross
Most of rural Ireland does not have hi-speed internet. In fact the parts of Ireland where our family is visiting does not even have fiber optic internet cabling. What this means is that I am having trouble getting images to load. Frequently as I start to insert…