One of James Dad’s earliest memories is being a ring bearer at his cousin Barbs wedding to Joe Gedman. His cousin Sandi was the flower girl that day. Dad was not nervous at all about being one to walk down the aisle in front of the bride and groom which was a very good thing as he did a pretty good job.

Aunt Peg was one of the bridesmaids as well so it was a real big family event, both the wedding and also the practice wedding which James Dad thought was fun.

This was the first wedding James Dad ever participated at and he also remembers breaking a glass at the reception. It was a warm but comfortable August day so everyone was drinking something.

All in all it was a great day for everyone.

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According to our sources at Ancestry.com (currently worked by his great nephew James) when Donald W Kleiber was born on November 22, 1933, in Michigan, his father, Benjamin, was 39 and his mother, Mildred, was 36. He had two sons and one daughter with Mary Ann Chmura between 1954 and 1962. He had three brothers and two sisters.

Standing up in the wedding was Donalds brother Charles and Donalds sister Virginia.

Please note we do not know the exact date of this event.

Joseph (Joe) Conrad Graf married Teresa Eva Graf Pingitore on November 15, 1952, in Detroit, Michigan. Joe is James Great Uncle and Teresa is James Great Aunt.

The couple had three children – Terry, Sandy, and Joey.

According to our sources at Ancestry.com (currently worked by his great nephew James) when Joseph Conrad Graf was born on November 30, 1924, in Natrona, Pennsylvania, his father, Joseph, was 37 and his mother, Rose, was 34. He had two older sisters, Loretta and Louise.

When Teresa Eva Graf Pingitore was born on April 1, 1928, in Saskatchewan, Canada, her father, Sarafino, was 34, and her mother, Susanna, was 22.

Loretta and Charles Kleiber were married in what many consider “the war Years” even though the attack on Pearl Harbor would not happen for 10 months.

Charles was the oldest son of Millie and Benjamin Kleiber and Loretta was the eldest daughter of Rose and Joe Graf. The marriage would last over 50 years until Charles death in 1995. They would have three children, Margaret Ann, Christine Louise, and Charles Joseph.

After the marriage Charles would enlist in the military and serve until the end of the war in 1945, Loretta would support the home front war effort working at the Dupont chemical plant.

Photos of the Marriage include the wedding certificate, a group shot of the parents (Ben and Millie, Joe and Rose), along with Bridesmaid Louise and Best Man Harry who themselves would get married a short three years from now.

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