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Martin & Pat 3 -
Martin's wife, Irmgard (Pat), was born in 1924 in Bochum, in the Ruhr
area, western Germany. She had 3 brothers & 3 sisters. Pat passed away in
1995 & has one surviving sister, Mieke, who lives in Munich. After the war,
Martin served with the occupation forces in Regensburg where he met Pat, who
was a clerk at a US military facility. They married in Germany & moved to
Cleveland, OH in 1949.
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Martin & Pat 4 |
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LEFT: Martin (L) with cousin Bob & Bob's son Robert, 1946. Bob now
lives in California
CENTER: Pat, Martin with sons Chris (L) & Marty (R). Just back from
Korea, 1953
RIGHT: Pat with sons (L to R) Marty, Chuck & Chris
  
LEFT: Martin with (L to R) Chris, Chuck & Marty
CENTER: Chris, Chuck, Marty & new daughter, Sue, pose with Santa at
May Company store
RIGHT: Chris poses by a bulldozer in Wisconsin, 1958. Martin was
there to demo the dozer
  
LEFT: Sue's mother, Irmgard
(Pat) loved to knit & work with her hands
CENTER: Sue & Martin at Edgewater Beach, Cleveland OH, 1997
RIGHT: The Petras Boys - Marty, Chris, Martin & Chuck |
