Mystery Monday: Aunt Moe and ? - June 1953

This photograph is of my aunt, Rose Mary "Moe" Pape Dietz (1931-2007) and a mystery man, shortly after her wedding to my uncle, Ronald Joseph "Das" Dietz (1931-1994), on June 13, 1953. 

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.  It was taken at the same time as another photo of the newlyweds.

I think the man in this photo might be Uncle Das' younger brother, Gerald R. "Gerry" Dietz (1932-2017), whose obituary notes he was a Korean War veteran (like my dad).  Here is a photo of Gerry from that obituary - I think it is the same man:

The image with Moe 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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