Those Places Thursday: 7528 SE 36th, Portland, Oregon - Ewald Pape's Home ABT 1925-1953

This picture corresponds with one I posted about three weeks ago, from Christmas time in 1946, of the family of my Portland architect cousin Ewald Theodore Pape (1894-1976) and his family in their Portland home.

Here is another one, with Ewald's wife Alma D. Albert Pape (1898-1983) and son Albert "Bert" Theodore Pape (1928-2003).  Note the fireplace and mantle in the background.

The picture above was taken inside the longtime home of Ewald Pape and his family at 7528 SE 36th Avenue in the Eastmoreland neighborhood of Portland.  Below is a more recent view of the interior of the Spanish Revival living room.  The fireplace and mantle are nearly identical, although the sconces above the recessed area above the mantal have been removed.

And here is a photo I took of the exterior of the house in June of 2018:




I found an article in the July 6, 1924, Portland Oregonian stating that J. W. Davis was building the house, and the plumbing permit dated July 30, 1924, corroborates that.  Ewald and his family lived in the home from at least 1925 through at least 1953 (although by 1955, they were in California).

The house was designed by Portland architect Ora Mabin Akers (1879-1965), who was active in Portland 1924-1930.  His offices in that period were near Ewald's, and Akers' Portland home was in the same Eastmoreland neighborhood, so it is likely they knew each other.

Akers has twelve buildings on the Portland Historic Resources Inventory, seven apartment buildings, four single family residences, and one grocery (in the Eastmoreland neighborhood, which Ewald later remodeled).  One example of his work, from 1923, is in the Ladd Addition.  Akers lived in the Portland area until about 1933, when he apparently moved to Seattle.

I always thought it a little strange that Ewald did not design his own home - but then, his career was just starting about then.  The earliest work I can clearly attribute to Ewald is from early 1925.


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My Mom: Geraldine Margaret Guokas Pape, October 19, 1928 - November 30, 2019

Here is why I haven't blogged in a while.

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(Not-So-) Wordless Wednesday: Ewald Pape and Family, Christmastime 1946

Recently I was contacted by a third cousin once removed named Rachel who is the great-granddaughter of Margaret "Grete" Pape Travaglini (1901-1988).  Grete is the first cousin of my grandfather Paul Robert Pape (1896-1970) and his siblings, and the youngest daughter of Lorenz Pape (1862-1932), my great-great uncle.  More about Margaret and her family in a future post.

Rachel sent me a number of pictures of Margaret and her family, including pictures of her with her full brother Lorenz Jr. (the only one of Lorenz Sr.'s children to stay in Germany), as well as from visits Margaret made with her half-brother, the Portland architect Ewald Theodore Pape (1894-1976), or that Ewald had sent to her.

Below is one of those pictures, from Christmas time in 1946, of Ewald (on the right) with his wife Alma D. Albert Pape (1898-1983) and son Albert "Bert" Theodore Pape (1928-2003).  Note the background - more about this in my next post!

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Sentimental Sunday: Happy 10th Blogiversary to ME!

Ten Lords a-Leaping, from the 12 Days of Christmas animated light display at the Moody Garden Festival of Lights, Galveston, Texas, January 3, 2015

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Thankful Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving!

All seven of the Brown and Williams grandkids were home for Thanksgiving last year (2018), so they decided to re-create a picture taken of them 13+ years earlier:

Above:  November 22, 2018.  Below:  March 12, 2005.

From left:  Adam, Lindsay, Jennifer, Drew, Holly, and Luke, with Heidi in front.

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Friday's Faces From the Past: My Aunt and the Foreign Study League

My maternal aunt, Jo Ann (Sister Jean Marie) Guokas, had the opportunity to travel with the Foreign Study League (FSL) for many years.  Her first trip was in 1969.  She started out as a counselor, recruiting 8 to 15 students to participate in this early study-abroad program.  In exchange for supervising them on the trip, all her expenses were paid.  She traveled with FSL the next three summers, all four years (1969-1972) under the leadership of Father William Kidwell, a priest and instructor at Houston's Strake Jesuit College Prep (where my brothers went to high school).

She didn't travel with the FSL in the summer of 1973, but the following year, she became an FSL leader, where she served the next nine summers.  Below is her ID card from the summer of 1975:

As a leader, my aunt was responsible for recruiting the counselors for her group, and (as I previously posted), in 1977, she recruited her sister - my mother - as a counselor (plus the 8-15 students my mother supervised).  In the summer of 1982, she managed to arrange for my youngest sister Mary to accompany the group - for free!  Here they are in Rome:




I thought this next picture was pretty cool - patches from different cities and countries she visited pinned or sewn onto my aunt's nun veil!

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Those Places Thursday: Sometimes It's NOT Online

A while back, my friend and fellow librarian Natalie posted this picture of her mother on Facebook, and asked for help finding the location. She wrote, "This is a picture of my mother when she was 3 years old in 1939. The back of the photo says she's at Mrs. Bell's in Glen Rose, Texas. Does anyone recognize this place?" Natalie tagged me, since Glen Rose is close both to where I live and where I worked (Tarleton State University's library in Stephenville).

photo courtesy Natalie Hunt Morgan

The first thing I did was search the 1940 Census in my university's HeritageQuest database - available at any library that has TexShare databases.  I looked for the last name Bell in Glen Rose:

Sure enough, a James M. Bell and his wife Clyde E. Bell were shown as owners/partners/operators of a tourist camp within the Glen Rose city limits of the time, and had been in the same house in 1935 (click on the image below to make it larger).  This fit with the information Natalie had provided - and the buildings in the background looked like they could have been part of a camp or motel.

However, Google searches on "Glen Rose" and "Bell," the latter combined with "tourist," "camp," etc. weren't turning up anything.  Nor was I having any luck with any of my university library's newspaper databases, nor with the Portal to Texas History.

Then I remembered that we had a few books on Somerville County history in our Local History collection, in the Special Collections Suite on the lower level of the Dick Smith Library.  In a book called Somerville: Story of a Texas County, by W. C. Nunn, published in 1975, the name Jim Bell appeared in the index . On page 110, the book had this to say:

"Just around the bend from Glen Lake Camp, Jim Bell opened Bell's Park some years ago and operated it until 1962 when he sold the area to J. D. Spinks. Spinks then began maintaining not only his home there but an office and seven rental units for tourists. The front of the camp was adorned by a star of native stone in which bluebonnets were planted."

The Glen Lake Camp still exists in Glen Rose, so I knew approximately where this was.  The passage from the book gave me another clue.  A Google search on Spinks brought up a July 2018 article on the Spinks and Green Garage and Auto business, at 1416 NE Barnard Street in Glen Rose.  When I found that on Google Maps and started moving down Barnard Street (using Google Maps Street View) towards the Glen Lake Camp - there was the star-shaped planter!  Here's a photo I took in November 2019:

And here are the 1939 and 2019 photographs together, Dear Photograph style, lined up as best I could given the glare on my smartphone:

The house in the background appears to be the original (just with a screened-in porch), as does the brick wall around it, although the urns are gone.

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Military Monday: Asotin County Memorial Bridge, Asotin, Washington

In honor of Veterans Day and for The Honor Roll Project, I decided to transcribe the World War I Honor Rolls on the Asotin County Memorial Bridge in Asotin, Washington.

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, looking east, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

The Asotin County Memorial Bridge, in the county seat of Asotin, Washington, on the border with Idaho, spans the short distance over Asotin Creek, which empties into the Snake River.  Each corner of the bridge has a pillar with an honor roll plaque with the inscription:

SERVICE ROLL

ASOTIN COUNTY

MEMORIAL BRIDGE

DEDICATED IN HONOR AND

MEMORY OF THOSE WHO

SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR

In this case, World War I, as each plaque also has "1914 - 1918" near the bottom.

Here are the four plaques, in alphabetical order, with their transcriptions following.  All those listed resided in mostly-rural Asotin County, Washington - which apparently had an impressive 334 service members in World War I, including at least one woman.  An asterisk before a name indicates that the service member died during the war.  Links to FindAGrave memorials have been added when a connection to Asotin County could be found.

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, panel 1, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

James W. Abbott John Abbott Calvin Addison Francis Ahalt Ernest J. Anderson E. Cliff Aplington R. L. Appleford Tracy Appleford Wm. Ashley Lawrence Autrey *Perry W. Baldwin Willis Baldwin Jesse F. Bales Marion Bales Alfred Bauch Chester Beaudry Lawrence Beaudry D. R. Beckman Vern Beckman Harold Beckmann Arthur Benedict Elmer Biddison Casper Bilyeu *Merle C. Bingham Henry G. Bishop Theodore Bishop Joe Bittle Walter C. Bly

Charlie V. Boggan Henry N. Bonson Albert Born John Bottomly Everett Brantner Orval Brantner Charles Brogger Harry N. Brown Walter S. Brown Herbert Bucholz Claude F. Buechner Leo Buescher Fred Bulfinch Kale Bulfinch Alva A. Butler Albert B. Campbell Earl Campbell George Campbell David W. Carpenter Clay Cate Carl E. Chandler Samuel G. Chandler Daniel Clark Geo. W. Clark Carl B. Clear Roland Cleary Wm. C. Clemens Frank H. Chandler Richard H. Chandler

Clyde Cook Jack E. Columbus Wm. E. Colwell Earl Cooper Dennis Costello Joseph Coulter Dale Crowser Albert Davis Chester A. Davis Dent Davis Lillian M. Davis Melvin S. Davis Raymond L. Davis Wayne Davis Ralph De Beaumont Lloyd B. De Lore Robt. De Lore Wm. T. Delp Arthur Diebel George Diebel Robert Diebel Earl Duncan B. Dustan Clarence Earl Clarence Everson Wm. E. Farnham Chas. Fehr Ray Ferguson

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, panel 2, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

Charles Fields Glen Fields Dell Finch Thomas Finch Byron Fine Ralph W. Fite *Roy Fite G. W. Fitzsimmons Wm. H. Flatt Chelsea Floch Robert Floch Louis Florence Clarence E. Forbes Dell Forgey Claude G. Franklin Everett W. Fraser S. T. Fuller J. H. Fulton Glen Gano Samuel J. Gatherer Leslie Garrison Virgil Grant George S. Graves Clyde J. Greene Jesse H. Greene Morgan Gregory *Levi L. Griffin Wm. J. Griffin

*Fred Gruver Harry Gruver Frank Guenkel *Archie M. Halsey Burt C. Halsey Coy Halsey Wm. Hames Earl Hamill Jack Hamill Wilbur Hardy Roy Harmon William Harmon Arthur Harris H. M. Harrison Howard Harwick Harry Henderson Wiltse Henderson Elmer Herndon John Hickenbottom Ed. Hodge Enoch R. Holland Lester Hoobler *August Hopkins Frank Z. Horak C. H. Houchens Lester B. Houchens Charles O. Howard

Ernest E. Hulse Delbert Hunt Carl L. Ingram Mancel R. Ingram Walter Jackson Monte Jacobson Ben Johnson Edgar Johnson Mark Johnson Lillian Johnston Ernest Johnston Clarence Jones Estyn Jones M. A. Jones Roger Jones Hartzel Jurgens Wenzel Jurgens Fred Kennedy Robert Kidwell Arthur Kiele John S. Kimball Allan King Earl King Elton King Leo King Homer Knapp *Thomas Knapp George Knopes

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, panel 3, cropped]

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Loyd Kuehl Morris Lang Glen Langdon Harry L. Langdon John L. Larson Emory Lathrop Wm. F. Lathrop Leslie Latta Hugh Laufer Frank Ledford Earl Russel Lee *Fred Le Francis Wm. A. Le Francis Carl J. Lehfeldt Fritz A. Lehfeldt Lawrence Leininger Edgar A. Leland Elmer Leland Richard Ray Lile Harvey Longfellow Wm. Longfellow Annette Lorer John Lotte Robert Lusk Emmet Lynch Jonathan McAssey Allen McCracken Floyd McCracken

Oren McCracken Lance McCready Allen McCredie Lynn S. McCredie Gilson A. McNeill Oscar McNeill Ivan McPherson Henry Madison Roy Madison Hugh Malcom Chas. S. Malcom Ben B. Mallory Lloyd Marker Calvin Martin Elwin Matheny Wm. Mattoon L. R. Michael Forest Miller *Earl Millsap Everett Millsap Leslie Millsap Russell Millsap Hubert Mohundro Charles Moore *John Moore Wm. L. Morgan *John C. Morris

Oval Morrow *Henry D. Moses Ernest A. Mosier Jesse Naftzinger R. E. Newbill Dale Nobles Estyn R. Old Oscar W. Olson Frank Osborne Harry Palmer Albert Parsons Eugene Parsons *John Partridge Elwood Pearson George Pelton Harvey C. Pelton Julius I. Perrin George Persons August Peterson Edward H. Peterson Wilbur Petty Harry C. Phillips Ed. Pitman John Plummer Robert Plunkett W. W. Porter Alva Powell Neal Prichard

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, panel 4, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

Henry Pruitt Leo Raaberg Elmer Ralston *Wm. H. Ramey Thomas Rimmelspacher Clarence B. Roberts Edwin Roberts Elveus A. Roberts Clarence Robison Guy Rogers Clarence Rognstad Louis Rognstad Kenneth Ross Wm. Ross Gerald Rummel Charles Rusher Reid Sangster James Sarro Walter Savage Paul Schurman James Scott Wallace Scott Dewey Settles *Lester Sexton Levi W. Sexton J. Louis Shapley Homer B. Shaw Gerald Sigel

Richard Sill Harold Singleton Lawrence Sittkus Ray Smiley David W. Smith Francis J. Smith Walter Smith John Standley Thomas Stanfill Wm. A. Steele Hubert Stephens Carleton Stewart Norman A. Stewart Ed. W. St. John Geo. A. Stout H. Boyd Talbott Harry C. Talbott Walter Talbott Arthur Taplin Oscar Taplin Gray M. Taylor Lyle C. Taylor Marion Tedford John G. Tervooren P. H. Tervooren John Thormahlen James G. Tierney

Raymond True Walter Trueblood Alex J. Unruh L. Valtz Maurice D. Van Arsdol Elmer Van Slyke *Howard Van Voris W. T. Van Voris Julius Vebres Frank Votaw Darrell Walls Martin Ward John K. Warren *Roy Watson Thomas Watson Harry A. Whitney Lee Whitney Lloyd Whiton *John Wm. Whittaker Morris Williams Grant E. Wilson Harry Windus Earl E. Wiseman Einar Wold Frank J. Wolf Louis E. Wolford Willard A. Wyatt Wm. R. Yeoman

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, under bridge, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

According to Bridgehunter.com, a website about "historic and notable" bridges in the United States,

The town of Asotin was prepared to replace the wooden bridge carrying Meador Street across the Asotin Creek in the summer of 1919. That span, built in 1902 by the Caywood brothers, was badly deteriorated after twenty years heavy traffic and the effects of several floods. The town council and the county commission budgeted $10,500 for it to be torn down and replaced by a steel bridge spanning the creek at Second Street.

A Fourth of July editorial in the Asotin County Sentinal led to the adoption of a proposal by Doctor S.D. Brazeau to scrap the plan for a new steel bridge and in its place erect an eye catching concrete arch to memorialize the local men who lost their lives in the recently ended Great War. The more elaborate span would cost $6,000 more than the sum allocated for the original project and this amount was raised through a private donation campaign. The first pledge was made by J.C. Halsey, whose son [Archie M. Halsey] was the last of seven Asotin County residents killed in the conflict.

The finished bridge is a wide elliptical concrete arch topped by an ornamental balustrade. Four pillars with hammer brushed insets adorned with brass plaques listing the names of the area’s veterans and topped by Victorian street lamps mark its approaches. A spiral staircase at the north end leads to a small creekside park.

The United States World War I Centennial Commission adds that "A smaller version of the bridge was constructed for pedestrians entering the community park south of the Memorial Bridge," and notes that it was built in 1920 by the Security Bridge Company of nearby Lewiston, Idaho, designed by R.F. Lorino of Lewiston, and dedicated on Veterans Day, November 11, 1922.

An old photo of the bridge from the 1920s-1930s is here.


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Wordless Wednesday: It's Been Two Years

Frederick Henry Pape, February 4, 1929 - November 6, 2017.

Photos taken in 1953.  Not sure who the little black dog belongs to.

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Happy Halloween!

Nope, not me, one of my sisters, Halloween 1968

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Those Places Thursday: The Store at 1809 Hemphill, Houston, Texas, ABT 1939-40

My mother, Geraldine Margaret Guokas Pape, has this cute photo in her collection of old photos.  On the back was written "Ruth Roy and Shakespeare [the cat] at store on Hemphill."  I'd also added some notes when I talked with her about the picture a few years back - it was on a side street off Shearn, where she lived, and [back then] across the street from Crockett Elementary (which she attended in the 1935-36 school year).  The photo was taken during her elementary school years (so between 1935 and 1941).



I decided to search for this two ways.  First, I looked for a Ruth Roy in Houston in the census in 1930 and 1940.  I found her in 1940, living at 1809 Hemphill - on the same census page as my mother and her family, who lived around the corner at 2215 Shearn.  Ruth's father, James William Roy (1890-1963), is listed in that census as "store owner" of a "retail grocery."  The 1939 (page 2530) and 1940 (page 1320) Houston city directories also show him as a retail grocer at that address.  According to the 1940 Census, the Roy family was living in Muskegee, Oklahoma, in April 1935, so this picture likely is 1938-1941.  This is because other city directories showed an Otis L. Bell operating the grocery at this address in 1937, and a Jesse L. Fowler in 1942.

Neither 1809 Hemphill nor 2215 Shearn exist today - the block they are on is now part of Crockett Elementary - but here is where they were located on this composite of two 1924 Sanborn maps (click on the image to make it bigger):

Above: Intersection of Shearn and Hemphill, 1924 Sanborn map composite of portions of http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/sanborn/g-i/txu-sanborn-houston-1924-vol02-227.jpg and http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/sanborn/g-i/txu-sanborn-houston-1924-vol02-228.jpg

Below:  Google Map street view of 1809 Hemphill in October 2007.  The back side of 2204 Crockett can be seen in the background - see how the upstairs window matches up with the building to the left in the photo of Ruth and Shakespeare?

You'll note that 1809 Hemphill is marked with an S, indicating a store, on the 1924 Sanborn map.  This address does not appear on the 1907 Sanborn map, and the criss-cross directories indicate it was built sometime between 1920 and 1924.  The 1925 Houston city directory is the first to show a grocer there,  L[ouis] A. Cramer (1869-1933).

The December 1950 Sanborn map for this area (which is still under copyright, so I cannot show an image) shows the building just behind Ruth and Shakespeare, with the garage on the lower level, with an address of 1807 Hemphill.  That address shows up in criss-cross directories for the relevant time period (1935-1942).   Therefore, I feel confident I have the right location for the photo at the beginning of this post.

My mother's former address of 2215 Shearn was declared dangerous in October 1993 and was ordered to be demolished within 30 days.  That had definitely happened by February 2008, as it does not appear in a Google Map street view of that date.  In early October 2009, demolition permits were issued for the old store at 1809 Hickory as well as the three remaining buildings on the 2200 block of Shearn, as well as for the five remaining buildings in the 2200 block of Crockett.  All of this property had been acquired a few years earlier by the Houston Independent School District to expand Crockett Elementary School.

Lydia Ruth Roy was born November 5, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan.  She married Dr. Thomas Robert Scott on December 24, 1952, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Houston.  They had a daughter, Alison Louise Scott, who tragically died in a bathtub drowning just short of her first birthday in 1957, and is buried in Columbia, South Carolina.  Ruth died December 5, 2003, and is also buried in that city.


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Happy 91st Birthday to My Mom!

Today my mom, Geraldine Margaret Guokas Pape, turns 91.  Here are a couple of pictures of her from about 1932, when she was four years old.  She is outside the family's then-home of 1717 Shearn in Houston, Texas.   I think in this first photo, she is outside the side of the house that faced Shearn, and the porch behind her had been rebuilt since 1908-1909.

This second photo is looking down the street from outside the house - I think looking west down Shearn, at houses on the north side of the 1700 block.   I believe the house just above her head is 1704 Shearn, built in 1930 (according to the accessor's records) and still standing (and restored!) today.

Both photos are stamped on the back with the number 27 and a logo for Gregg and the saying, "Gregg's Crest Marks the Best."  The 1932 Houston city directory shows (on page 653) a V. Elmo Gregg and Paul E. Gregg operating Gregg & Son, a photo finishing service, at 810-12 Caroline in Houston.


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Wordless Wednesday: Happy Birthday to My Baby Sister

Mary at Halloween 1968

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Those Places Thursday: La Armada, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1940s.

Recently someone in a Facebook group related to Corpus Christi history asked about La Armada.  This is a housing project that still exists in the city, but it was originally built in 1940-41 to accommodate Navy enlisted men and civilian military employees as the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station (CCNAS) expanded.

As my father-in-law, Francis Edward Gresham (1911-1990), was a Department of Defense contract employee at CCNAS from January 1942 to April 13, 1944, and then again from March 1946 to January 1949, they were eligible to live there.  Here is a picture of my husband Mark from that first time period.

The first time, the Greshams lived at 3765 Brandywine Court in the development.  That building was renovated in 2016-17; it originally looked like the one the Greshams lived in during the 1946-49 time period, 3829 Blanco Courts.  Compare the building in the background of the photo above with the Google Maps Street View for the Blanco Courts address and nearby buildings.

There are some images from La Armada's construction at the Library of Congress taken by Russell Lee (1903-1986) in Corpus Christi in December 1940 for the U.S. Farm Security Administration.

Above:  Sign at U.S.H.A. project under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas...

Below:  View of housing units...  Both photos by Russell Lee, December 1940.

No known copyright restrictions - U.S. Government works.

A site plan for the first phase of La Armada is in the Charles H.F. von Blucher Family Papers, Collection 4 [Conrad Blucher Survey Collection], Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Special Collections and Archives Department, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.  A 1940s aerial photograph of La Armada is part of the Corpus Christi Public Libraries Digital Archives.


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Sentimental Sunday: Dad, Aunt Lorrie, and Nick at Enchanted Rock, September 1998

Looks like Dad (Frederick Henry Pape, 1929-2017), my godmother Aunt Lorrie (Dolores Frances Olker Pape, 1929-2005), and my nephew Nick visited  Enchanted Rock State Natural Area in September 1998, when apparently Lorrie and Dad's brother Bob were visiting my parents at their home in nearby Fredericksburg, Texas.


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Sentimental Sunday: Uncle Bob and Dad, January 2000

My godfather Uncle Bob (Paul Robert Pape Jr., 1926-2008) and my dad, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), acting like brothers at the reception after the funeral for my grandmother, their mother, Elizabeth Florence Massmann Pape (1902-2000), in Illinois on January 20, 2000.


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Sentimental Sunday: Grandpa and Lucky, April 1953

My paternal grandfather, Paul Robert Pape Sr. (1896-1970), with the family dog Lucky:

These photos were taken in Grandpa's backyard at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, in April 1953.

The images are from Kodachrome slides 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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Thankful Thursday: Happy Birthday to My Aunt!

My aunt, Jo Ann (Sister Jean Marie) Guokas, was born September 12, 1930, so she is 89 years old today.  She's also been a nun for 70 years.  This photo was taken on August 4, 2019, at a celebration of the event at her convent in Houston, Texas, the Congregation of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament.  

Sister Jean Marie Guokas with her nieces and nephews Mary, Brian, Karen, Mark, and Amanda Pape.

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Friday's Faces From the Past: Rho and Mare, June 1953

Final shot of my cousins Rosemary "Rho" Jean Streff Grandusky (1949-2016) (in front) and her sister Marianne "Mare," in June 1953.  This photo was taken in the backyard of the home of my grandparents, Paul Robert Pape Sr. (1896-1970) and Elizabeth Florence Massmann Pape (1902-2000), at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.

The 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: Who Are the Bridesmaids?

The following pictures are from Kodachrome slides I found in the study of my late father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), and were most likely taken by him. They are of five bridesmaids at the double wedding on June 13, 1953, of Dad's younger sisters, Marilyn "Beete" Electa Pape Hedger, who married James "Jim" Edward Hedger (1933-2010); and Rose Mary "Moe" Pape Dietz (1931-2007), who married Ronald Joseph "Das" Dietz (1931-1994).

One other bridesmaid was Dad's older sister Elizabeth "Betty" Mary Pape Streff  (1927-2017), who was in an identical dress, only in blue.  I'm thinking a couple of these may be of Jim's older sisters.  This first one could be Juanita "Nita" Hedger Mullins [ETA 17 February 2020:  but Nita herself says it is not her (see the comments)]:

Here is Nita's picture in the 1942 yearbook from Immaculata High School in Chicago, when she was a sophomore.  I see some similarities in the smile. [ETA 17 February 2020:  This is Nita, according to Nita herself - see the comments.]

My cousin Ginny confirmed my guess that this next one is her aunt, Lorraine Ann Hedger Marks (1925-1998).

Here is Lorraine's junior year picture from the 1942 Immaculata High School yearbook - again, a similar smile.

Das had an older and a younger brother, and one half-sister, Carol Marion Dietz Mossolle (1914-1982).  One of the following three women could be her, or they could be girlfriends/wives of Das' brothers, or they could just be friends of Moe and Beete.   Perhaps some of my cousins will know who these women are.

The best view of the bridesmaid dress is in this picture - the wind wasn't blowing it around:

The photos were taken outside the wedding location, St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Chicago, Illinois.


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