Born December 4, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois to Johanna (Wigen) and Vernard Sheldon Gary Sr.
Sibling: William Gary
Married Marion Frances Laughlin (b.1925) in 1948 in Hobbs, NM
Children: Frances Johanna Gary McCreary(1949-1987) & Matthew Sheldon Gary (1953) & (Eleanor)Ann Gary Brittain (1957)
Vernard Jr. was an electrician/electrical contractor. He was in the Merchant Marines during WWII. His son Matthew tells the story that "when the Navy would not let him leave the shipyards as an electrician to be a Navy pilot (they needed skilled electricians more than pilots at that time) Vernard quit the shipyards for the Merchant Marines, making the Murnmansk "Milk-runs" in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans to supply the Russian allies."
PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Gravestone photos on this site are courtesy of: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sleepingancestors
Sibling: William Gary
Married Marion Frances Laughlin (b.1925) in 1948 in Hobbs, NM
Children: Frances Johanna Gary McCreary(1949-1987) & Matthew Sheldon Gary (1953) & (Eleanor)Ann Gary Brittain (1957)
Vernard Jr. was an electrician/electrical contractor. He was in the Merchant Marines during WWII. His son Matthew tells the story that "when the Navy would not let him leave the shipyards as an electrician to be a Navy pilot (they needed skilled electricians more than pilots at that time) Vernard quit the shipyards for the Merchant Marines, making the Murnmansk "Milk-runs" in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans to supply the Russian allies."
PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Gravestone photos on this site are courtesy of: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sleepingancestors
Born December 4, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois to Johanna (Wigen) and Vernard Sheldon Gary Sr.
Sibling: William Gary
Married Marion Frances Laughlin (b.1925) in 1948 in Hobbs, NM
Children: Frances Johanna Gary McCreary(1949-1987) & Matthew Sheldon Gary (1953) & (Eleanor)Ann Gary Brittain (1957)
Vernard Jr. was an electrician/electrical contractor. He was in the Merchant Marines during WWII. His son Matthew tells the story that "when the Navy would not let him leave the shipyards as an electrician to be a Navy pilot (they needed skilled electricians more than pilots at that time) Vernard quit the shipyards for the Merchant Marines, making the Murnmansk "Milk-runs" in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans to supply the Russian allies."
PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Gravestone photos on this site are courtesy of: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sleepingancestors
Sibling: William Gary
Married Marion Frances Laughlin (b.1925) in 1948 in Hobbs, NM
Children: Frances Johanna Gary McCreary(1949-1987) & Matthew Sheldon Gary (1953) & (Eleanor)Ann Gary Brittain (1957)
Vernard Jr. was an electrician/electrical contractor. He was in the Merchant Marines during WWII. His son Matthew tells the story that "when the Navy would not let him leave the shipyards as an electrician to be a Navy pilot (they needed skilled electricians more than pilots at that time) Vernard quit the shipyards for the Merchant Marines, making the Murnmansk "Milk-runs" in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans to supply the Russian allies."
PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Gravestone photos on this site are courtesy of: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sleepingancestors
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