The Kleiber Family Timeline

Category: World

Events outside the U.S.

  • Niagara Falls 1972

    We take the train ride to Toronto about once a year, sometimes just to sight see, sometimes to visit the science museum, and sometimes we stay on for the next stop which is Niagara Falls.

    While at Niagara we enjoy going under the falls as you walk through this little cave area and come out behind the mist. This is done on the American falls and it is pretty cool. Everyone wears raincoats so no one can really tell who the person is next to you since everyone is dressed pretty much the same. This can lead to some funny encounters as the person next to you may not be exactly who you think he or she should be.

  • Bahama Trip 1970

    James Aunt Peg and Grandma embarked on a short vacation during the heart of winter to the tropical paradise of the Bahamas. The entire event was set up by St Alberts and a good size group of parishioners took advantage of the group rate. The mother and daughter team had an incredible time and recommended the trip to everyone.

    James Dad remembers going to the St Albert meeting room that winter where the parishioners met and were given instructions for the trip such as required documentation and such.

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  • Charles Thomas Sent To Pacific War 1942

    After his wedding to Loretta, Charles was sent to the Pacific to fight world war 2. He spent a year at Christmas Island and a year in Hawaii. While these pictures are all black and white, you can still see the beauty of both islands and the interaction the soldiers had with the islanders. He was on a boat heading to what he believed was Japan when it was announced that the war was over and the boat was turning around. Within a week or two he was in Chicago getting discharged from nearly 5 years of service during World War 2, a war that cost him his younger brother Raymond and made his family a gold star family.

    Charles Thomas Kleiber was very proud of his service, he kept his honorable discharge on his desk along with Raymonds Purple Heart.

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