How we met
.Early in 1943,I went on a double date with a friend and the
Matthews sisters to Eastwood Amusement Park at Gratiot and 8 mile.It was a long drive from Detroit's west side. I was paired with Blance, but her sister, Charlotte (Micky) was a great looker and I thought she was the one for me. We all had a good time together. It was more like a friend's outing than a date. Two nights later, Micky was on her way home from her job at G.M.C.
She stopped at Simone's soda fountain shop where I was having a frozen Power House candy bar. We talked a while and I asked her to go for a ride. We drove to Belle Isle in my fathers 1940 Ford
and watched boats sail down the river. About four months later we got engaged just before I left for Army Air Corp. cadet training
I returned to Detroit to get married during a week long furlough.
Micky and I were apart for the next two years as I was sent to the Philippine Islands and occupation duty in Taegu, Korea. I returned home to her in July 1946. We celebrated our 57th
wedding anniversary May 15, 2001. Then Dec. 30, 2001 my Micky
went to be with our Lord. Our daughters and son-in-law are
Toni Ann Morneweck, Terry & Jack Ellis, and grandson Tim 16. We all live in same neighborhood in Novi.Micky's sister Blanche
Rosendale, now lives in St. Clair
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