Sentimental Sunday: Bud and Buddy, June 1954

My Uncle Bud, Frank James Streff Sr. (1925-2014), with his son, my cousin Buddy (Frank James Streff Jr.), at the front steps of the home of my grandparents, Paul Robert Pape (1896-1970) and Elizabeth Florence Massmann Pape (1902-2000), at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.  The photo above was cropped out of a Kodachrome slide I found in the study of my late father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017). Dad took the photo sometime after the wedding of his older brother Bob and my Aunt Lorrie on June 19, 1954.

Tomorrow, July 1, would have been Bud Sr.'s 94th birthday.


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Friday's Faces From the Past: Mom and Two Future Nieces, June 1954

Here are a couple more pictures from the time of Uncle Bob and Aunt Lorrie's wedding day, June 19, 1954.  In the photo below, you can see my mother, Geraldine Margaret Guokas, peeking between two of her future nieces, my first cousins Marianne ("Mare") and Rosemary ("Rho") Streff.

It looks like Mom was holding onto the girls to keep them from falling from the ledge on the front porch of the home of my grandparents, Paul Robert Pape (1896-1970) and Elizabeth Florence Massmann Pape (1902-2000), at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.  

Mom was engaged to my dad, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), and came to Chicago with him from Houston for the wedding of his brother Bob, where Dad was best man.  These images were cropped from Kodachrome slides I found in Dad's study, and were probably taken by him.


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Wedding Wednesday: Mare and Betty, June 1954

Another picture from Uncle Bob's and Aunt Lorrie's wedding day, June 19, 1954:

In the photo below are a priest (perhaps the one who married Bob and Lorrie), Lorrie's uncle Nicholas Francis Olker (1900-1982), my cousin Marianne Streff (who was perhaps a flower girl in this wedding), and her mother Elizabeth "Betty" Mary Pape Streff (1927-2017).

This image is cropped from a Kodachrome slide found in the study of my late father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017).  He was the best man for his brother Bob and probably took this picture.

ETA:  Marianne says the priest might be Father Felix Penna, "who was a family friend after being at Mayo Clinic with Grandpa and who got the family started on [saying] 'St. John Bosco, pray for us' [at the end of grace] etc."  I believe she is right.  He married my parents, and may have married all of Dad's siblings.


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Sentimental Sunday: Bob & Lorrie's Wedding, June 1954

Another photo from the wedding of my aunt and godmother, Dolores "Lorrie" Frances Olker (1929-2005), and my dad's brother, my uncle and godfather, Paul Robert "Bob" Pape Jr. (1926-2008), on June 19, 1954.  From the left, Nicholas Francis Olker (1900-1982), Lorrie, Bob, Anna Dorothy Grundhoefer Olker (1905-1991), Elizabeth Florence Massmann Pape (1902-2000), Paul Robert Pape (1896-1970), and the groom's niece (who was perhaps a flower girl), Rosemary Jean Streff Grandusky (1949-2016).

Lorrie's parents, Frank Anthony Olker (1899-1949) and Eleanore Helen Becker Olker (1905-1936), died before the wedding, so her uncle and aunt stood in for her parents.

This is from a Kodachrome slide found in the study of my late father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), who was the best man, and probably took the photo.


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Friday's Faces From the Past: Bob & Lorrie's Wedding, June 1954

Another photo from the wedding of my aunt and godmother, Dolores "Lorrie" Frances Olker (1929-2005), and my dad's brother, my uncle and godfather, Paul Robert "Bob" Pape Jr. (1926-2008), on June 19, 1954.  From the left, Nicholas Francis Olker (1900-1982), Lorrie, Bob, Anna Dorothy Grundhoefer Olker (1905-1991), and the groom's parents, my grandparents,  Elizabeth Florence Massmann Pape (1902-2000) and Paul Robert Pape (1896-1970).

Lorrie's parents, Frank Anthony Olker (1899-1949) and Eleanore Helen Becker Olker (1905-1936), died before the wedding, so her uncle and aunt stood in for her parents.

This is from a Kodachrome slide found in the study of my late father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), who was the best man, and probably took the photo.


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Wedding Wednesday: Lorrie and Bob, June 19, 1954

Just after the wedding of my aunt and godmother, Dolores "Lorrie" Frances Olker (1929-2005), and my dad's brother, my uncle and godfather, Paul Robert "Bob" Pape Jr. (1926-2008), on June 19, 1954.  From a Kodachrome slide found in the study of my late father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), who was the best man.


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Sentimental Sunday: Happy Father's Day!

My dad, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), with his first grandchild, my son Eric Weston Bolme, in December 1987 at a park or school playground near my parents' home at the time, at 717 Rawlins Drive in Lancaster, Texas.

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Friday's Faces From the Past: Newlyweds Moe and Das Dietz, June 1953

This photograph is of my aunt and uncle, Rose Mary "Moe" Pape Dietz (1931-2007) and Ronald Joseph "Das" Dietz (1931-1994), shortly after their wedding on June 13, 1953.  They were married in a double ceremony with another aunt and uncle, Marilyn "Beete" Electa Pape Hedger and James "Jim" Edward Hedger (1933-2010), at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Chicago, Illinois.

The photo was taken in the backyard of the home of my grandparents, Elizabeth Florence Massmann Pape (1902-2000) and Paul Robert Pape (1896-1970), at 2093 West Lunt in the West Ridge neighborhood of Chicago.  This image is from a Kodachrome slide I found in the study of my late father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), and was most likely taken by him.


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Wedding Wednesday: Newlyweds Beete and Jim Hedger, June 1953

This photograph is of my aunt and uncle, Marilyn "Beete" Electa Pape Hedger and James "Jim" Edward Hedger (1933-2010), shortly after their wedding on June 13, 1953.  They were married in a double ceremony with another aunt and uncle, Rose Mary "Moe" Pape Dietz (1931-2007) and Ronald Joseph "Das" Dietz (1931-1994), at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Chicago, Illinois.

The photo was taken on the porch of the home of my grandparents, Elizabeth Florence Massmann Pape (1902-2000) and Paul Robert Pape (1896-1970), at 2093 West Lunt in the West Ridge neighborhood of Chicago.  This image is from a Kodachrome slide I found in the study of my late father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), and was most likely taken by him.


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Sentimental Sunday: Happy Birthday to My Aunt Moe in Heaven!

These are pictures of my aunt, Rose Mary "Moe" Pape Dietz (1931-2007), taken by her older brother, my dad, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), when he was home on leave from the Air Force, in April 1953, enroute from Korea to Ellington Air Force Base in Houston, Texas.  These are cropped images from Kodachrome slides I found in Dad's study after his death.  The photos were taken on the back porch of the home of my grandparents, Paul Robert Pape (1896-1970) and Elizabeth Florence Massmann Pape (1902-2000), at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.  Aunt Moe has a cast on her left foot.  She had apparently either broken it, or had surgery on it.  She had polio as a child, and one leg was shorter than the other - although that never slowed her down!  She is posing with the family dog, Lucky.

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Friday's Faces From the Past: Happy Birthday, Cousin Bud!

My first cousin, Frank "Bud" James Streff Jr., in June 1954.  This image is from a Kodachrome slide I found in the study of my late father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017).  My parents, who were engaged at the time, had traveled to Chicago for the wedding of Dad's older brother, Paul Robert "Bob" Pape Jr. (1926-2008), as Dad was the best man in the wedding. 


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(Not-So-) Wordless Wednesday: Mare, Bud, and Rho - April 1953

My Uncle Bud, Frank James Streff Sr. (1925-2014), in April 1953, with daughters Marianne ("Mare") and Rosemary ("Rho") at the front steps of the home of my grandparents, Paul Robert Pape (1896-1970) and Elizabeth Florence Massmann Pape (1902-2000), at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.  The photo above was cropped out of a Kodachrome slide I found in the study of my late father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017). Dad took the photo when he was home on leave in April 1953 from the Air Force, enroute from Korea to Ellington Air Force Base in Houston, Texas.


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Sentimental Sunday: Mare and Rho with Uncle Fred, April 1953

My dad, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017). with nieces Marianne ("Mare") and Rosemary ("Rho") Streff at the front steps of the home of my grandparents, Paul Robert Pape (1896-1970) and Elizabeth Florence Massmann Pape (1902-2000), at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.  The photo above was cropped out of a Kodachrome slide I found in Dad's study after his death. Dad shot the roll of film when he was home on leave from the Air Force, enroute from Korea to Ellington Air Force Base in Houston, Texas.  One of his parents or siblings or their spouses likely took this picture.


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