by RAHS | Jul 17, 2025 | WWII Honor Roll & Monument
By Deborah Larsen Russell Mitchell Braga Russell Mitchell Braga was born in Rochester, Michigan, on August 10, 1918, the son of August and Bertha Steinberg Braga. Russell attended Rochester High School, graduating as the valedictorian of the class of 1936. He...
by RAHS | Jul 17, 2025 | WWII Honor Roll & Monument
By Deborah Larsen Norman Franklin Powers Norman Franklin Powers was born in Point Edward, Ontario, on August 3, 1915, the son of Benjamin and Mary Holbrook Powers. Norman came to Rochester, Michigan, in 1930 to live with his older sister, Marjorie, and her husband,...
by RAHS | Jul 17, 2025 | WWII Honor Roll & Monument
By Deborah Larsen Leonard Earl Bebout Leonard Earl Bebout was born in Pontiac, Michigan, on September 27, 1914, the son of Ethelbert and Grace Holmes Bebout. Leonard grew up in Rochester and attended Rochester schools. Before the war, he worked at Yellow Truck &...
by RAHS | Jul 17, 2025 | WWII Honor Roll & Monument
By Deborah Larsen Lawrence Edward Hopp Lawrence Edward Hopp was born in Rochester, Michigan, on January 2, 1923, the son of Albert and Viola Deming Hopp. Lawrence attended Rochester High School and graduated in the class of 1941. After high school, he was an...
by RAHS | Jul 17, 2025 | WWII Honor Roll & Monument
By Deborah Larsen John Kenneth Prout John Kenneth Prout, known to family and friends by his middle name, Kenneth, was born in Oxford, Michigan, on January 13, 1924, the son of George and Ethel Bailey Prout. Kenneth grew up in Rochester, where his father worked as a...
by RAHS | Jul 17, 2025 | WWII Honor Roll & Monument
By Deborah Larsen Jack Warren McGorman Jack Warren McGorman was born in Big Rapids, Michigan, on May 27, 1916, the son of John and Gladys Warren McGorman. Jack grew up in Ann Arbor, but came to Rochester as a young adult in search of a relationship with his father,...
