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During World War II (perhaps 1943), Rosemary, Claude Jr, and Bob were invited by Provost Marshall Gerry Byrne (head of Military Police) to visit Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, CA. Rosemary had some outings with Gerry when they were younger. Everyone had lunch in the mess hall. Gerry took Claude and Bob to see the […]
Steve was in his prime from about age 43 to 49. My fastest 10K was when I was 46, about 48 minutes. I could bench press 205 lbs when I was 49. Shortly afterward, I got some tendinitis and had to drop bench press weight down to 110 lbs. Here’s a typical week when I […]
Steve worked as an account manager at IBM in 2006. We landed a services contract for a multinational corporation supporting their business-to-business transactions in ordering goods for 4,000 companies in the US and 5,000 in Europe. We implemented 65 powerful server computers and a sophisticated front-end network to support this platform. We were under a […]
Rosemary’s brother Harvey Craig played catcher in semi-pro baseball in Iowa. His fingers were curled up from being broken playing baseball per Bob. Bob and Claude spent a lot of time at Harvey’s ranch in the Mojave desert in southern California. They had to travel cautiously with desert bags and spare tires when driving to […]
Steve’s memories at age 17: The Lutheran High School choir made a trip to perform in Europe. Steve was a soloist, singing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”, and got a favorable review by a small town West German newspaper. In some churches the acoustics were so clear you could hear echoes of voices seconds after the […]
This is an excerpt from Steve’s journal detailing his move-out from Hillside Drive due to divorce. Saturday was the big move day, I wasn’t sure Eric would be around, but he was. I picked up the U-haul 17′ Ford van and stopped at Kroger to get donuts and trash bags to throw my clothes in. […]
Claude Sr took Marni, Scott, and Steve to Europe in the summer of 1966. Steve recalls (from age 5): Kaeti was age one and stayed behind with Claude Jr and grandmother Irma. We flew on 707’s and DC-8’s. Pan Am I think. It was freezing getting off the plane in London. In London, we stayed […]
10/19/1957 – Dr. Claude Zwart scored his first hole-in-one yesterday after 16 years of golfing. hitting the cup on the 116-yard. No. 3 hole, -on The Triple A course in Forest, Park. Dr. Zwart was in a twosome with Joe Dodson. He used an 8-iron for the shot.
Harvey G. Craig was Rosemary’s brother. “Harvey G. Craig Enterprises Inc., has recently completed the purchase of Franke’s Twin Pools and Picnic park, at Telegraph road and Fine road. The amusement facility was constructed by the Franke interests about eight years ago and has been operated by the family since that time. The thirty-acre area […]
8/16/1940 – Mrs. Robert S. Craig (Minnie Adams Craig) of the Park Plaza Hotel has returned after spending three months as the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Rosemary Craig Zwart of Las Vegas, NV.