by RAHS | Apr 21, 2025 | WWII Honor Roll & Monument
By Deborah Larsen Charles Aruthur Gotchling, Jr. Charles Arthur Gotchling, Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 6, 1921, the son of Charles and Esther Johnson Gotchling. The family moved to Avon Township when Charles was a teenager and lived on Avon Road....
by RAHS | Apr 21, 2025 | WWII Honor Roll & Monument
By Deborah Larsen Arthur James Snook Arthur James Snook was born in Rochester, Michigan, on September 27, 1920, the son of Arthur and Mary Newberry. Snook. He attended Rochester High School and graduated in the class of 1938. Arthur began playing piano at a young age...
by RAHS | Apr 7, 2025 | WWII Honor Roll & Monument
By Deborah Larsen Agnes Lucille Boeberitz Agnes Lucille Boeberitz was known to her family and friends by her middle name, Lucille. Her parents came to Rochester in 1912 to help establish St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church, and Lucille was born on January 30, 1915....
by RAHS | Apr 7, 2025 | WWII Honor Roll & Monument
By Deborah Larsen Thomas Edward Madden Thomas Edward Madden was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, on April 6, 1925, the son of Charles and Eva Brandel Madden. His family moved to Rochester in about 1931 and lived on Fourth Street. Thomas attended Rochester High School and...
by RAHS | Apr 7, 2025 | WWII Honor Roll & Monument
By Deborah Larsen Robert Boyd Brown, Jr. Robert Boyd Brown Jr. was born in Uddingston, Scotland, on May 18, 1922, the son of Robert and Janet Brown. He emigrated to the United States with his parents when he was a year old. The family first settled in Detroit, where...
by RAHS | Apr 7, 2025 | WWII Honor Roll & Monument
By Deborah Larsen Orison James Bullard, Jr. Orison James Bullard, Jr. was born in Greenfield Township, Michigan, on October 25, 1923, the son of Orison James and Clara Ranger Bullard. Before the war, he was working in a family business in Detroit, but his mother moved...
