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Spens Jr married Olga Clara Filax.<br><br>Dececember 31, 1904, in Moltke Township, Michigan. John was born <br soft>October 19 1867, location unknown, and died June 12, 1932, location <br soft>unknown (probably East Detroit). He married Olga Clara Filax, daughter <br soft>of Carl Filax and Ottelie (Buerr) seventh child of Carl and Ottelie Filax, <br soft>She was born June 22, 1882 in Moltke Township, Michigan, and died <br soft>May 01, 1959, Detroit Mihigan.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Olga Filax:<br><br><br><br></span></font></b><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:19px;">They attended St. Thomas & Peter Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan.<br><br>Funeral Service held at A. H. Peters Funeral Home, 12057 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, <br soft>Michigan.<br><br>Burial: May 04, 1959, Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, Michigan<br><br>Residence: Olga lived on Glenfield Ave. in Detroit, Michigan.<br><br></span></font></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:22px;line-height:26px;">John E. Spens Jr.<br></span></font></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">John started out as a butcher near the waterfront in East Detroit, and <br soft>later made a living, buying and renovating houses. Then building them <br soft>to rent to buy programs. He and his family investors had over 22 <br soft>houses when the banks collapsed in 1929. but only 4 left when the he <br soft>died. The 1930 census gives John’s occupation as builder of homes.<br><br>John is buried next to Olga in Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, <br soft>Michigan.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Children of Olga (Filax) and John E. Spens are:<br><br><br>1. Paul William Spens, (Father of Richard Paul Spens) was born <br soft>September 30, 1904, Mt. Clemens, Michigan; and died November 08, <br soft>1976, at Boxford hospital in Farmington, Hills, Michigan.<br><br></span></font></b><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:19px;">2. Mabelle R. Spens, (my Aunt) born February 21, 1908, location unknown; and died <br soft>July 25 1984, Dearborn, Michigan.<br><br>3. Roy William Spens, (my Uncle) born February 20, 1913, Detroit, Michigan; and <br soft>died October 18, 1970, Detroit, Michigan.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></span></font></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">As teenager top? About World War I with Uncle Harry?<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Clowning around during Collage days in the late Roaring 20's, 1920 Big <br soft>6 Studebaker Big 6 Limo in background at right.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>By his Dads 1920 Big 6 Studabaker Limo in background at right<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Alice, Pauls first wife center<br>Olga_Mabelle_Grandma_Dillingham_Margaret_Adeline_Grandma_Hudle<br soft>son_ans_Alice<br><br><br><br>http://antiquemachinery.com/Paul%20and%20Alice%20Spens.jpg<br></span></font></b><b><span style="font-size:10px;line-height:13px;">Paul and first wife Alice Paul's family 1930's Paul 3 rd from left Paul at left mom in center. <br><br><br></span></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">Paul attended Cass Technical High school for 2 years (school for <br soft>exceptional students at that time), then the University of Michigan, and <br soft>after completing two years of medical school switched his degree <br soft>program and graduated with a degree in Petroleum Science. In 1930 <br soft>Paul was residing with his parents as shown in the census. With the <br soft>crash of the stock markets and the depression, Paul packed up an home <br soft>built travel travel trailer made into his living quarters behind an <br soft>Oakland "8", and went out to Kansas where he taught in a six-room <br soft>schoolhouse. He became the Athletic Coach then principal.<br><br>Paul returned to Detroit and lived with his mother, who was alone after <br soft>the death of Paul’s father in 1932.<br><br>During World War II, he taught classes On repairing and rebuilding <br soft>aircraft engine electrical support systems and published an the first <br soft>government cartoon style illustrated instruction book on the subject <br soft>used by the services.<br>After the war he worked for Chrysler corp. as a test engineer <br soft>maintaining and performing petroleum analysis equipment while <br soft>getting his Maters degree in Mechanical Engineering at night school <br soft>using the GI Bill. He received an Patent for a Positive crankcase <br soft>vacuum ventilator using exaust driven venturi 10 years before any <br soft>emissions system were started in the 60,s .<br><br><br>He married (2) Ethel Mae (private), May 05, 1956 in St. Thomas & St. <br soft>Peters Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan. Ethel was born January 6, <br soft>1920 in Detroit, Michigan.<br><br>Paul last worked at Burroughs in Livonia inspecting components and <br soft>took many classes on missile and aircraft systems, also the vacuum <br soft>tube IBM 360 punchcard reading computers,<br>In 1965 he was transferred to, Bendix Aerospace at the no.#1 plant in <br soft>Ann Arbor, for working for NASA as an government inspector for the <br soft>space packages built by Bendix Aerospace the Apollo space programs<br>(note he inspected the reflector units placed on the moon still in use <br soft>today the determine the slowly changing orbit of the moon and testing <br soft>earth born SDI laser systems). He shook hands with the 3 Gemini <br soft>astronoughts, that burned up in the Gemini space capsule and was <br soft>severely saddened by their death and commented to me (when I was a <br soft>child a the time) he couldn't believe the space program used pure <br soft>oxygen atmosphere in its capsules, they have lowered the pressure <br soft>after the accident, but it is still used in certain conditions today.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>He died of prostrate cancer that turned into Blood and bone cancer in <br soft>October 1976.<br><br>Funeral services were held at Grace Lutheran Church Burial: November <br soft>12, 1976, Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. 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SPENS ( Paul Spens, Paul William Spens) family <br soft>Genealogy of Mount Clemens, MI<br>and Rogers city, Michigan. </span></font></b><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:19px;">for a map of mount clemens see<br></span></font></b><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Mount+Clemens,+MI,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=image" target="_blank"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Mount+Clemens,+MI, <br soft></span></font></b></a><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Mount+Clemens,+MI,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=image" target="_blank"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=image<br soft></span></font></b></a></span> </div> <div id="e9" style="position:absolute;left:136;top:6525;width:610;height:428;"><span class="text"><span style="font-size:10px;line-height:13px;"><br><br><br></span><span style="font-size:10px;line-height:13px;">This every-name index for the 1930 federal population census of Macomb County, Michigan<br><br>Surname First Name Age ED# Sheet Line# City/Township Soundex<br>Spens Amanda 56 50-27 10A 6 Lenox Township S152 <br>Spens Anna 14 50-27 10A 13 Lenox Township S152 <br>Spens Arthur 50 50-10 18A 6 East Detroit S152 <br>Spens Arthur 24 50-27 10A 7 Lenox Township S152 <br>Spens Bette Jane 7 50-10 18A 8 East Detroit S152 <br>Spens Delores 2 50-10 18A 10 East Detroit S152 <br>Spens Evelyn 4 50-10 18A 9 East Detroit S152 <br>Spens Frederick 16 50-27 10A 12 Lenox Township S152 <br>Spens George 50 50-27 10A 5 Lenox Township S152 <br>Spens Howard 24 50-10 18A <br><br>This index was created from National Archives microfilm of the World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, <br soft>1917-1918, for Macomb County, Michigan, M1509, reels 113-114. These microfilms are available for viewing at Mount <br soft>Clemens Public Library<br><br>Surname Given Name Birth date Residence Nearest relative<br>Spens Alfred August Carl 27 Oct 1883 Halfway, MI Spens, Rozena <br>Spens Arthur Henry 19 Aug 1879 Halfway, MI Spens, Anna <br>Spens Edward Carl 07 Aug 1884 New Haven, MI Spens, Louise <br>Spens George 18 Nov 1879 New Haven Spens, Amanda <br>Spens Oscar Charles 19 Aug 1879 Halfway, MI Spens, Rosena <br soft></span></span> </div> <div id="e10" style="position:absolute;left:16;top:2010;width:105;height:138;"><img src="images/Image5_1_.gif" width="105" height="138" alt=""></div> <div id="e11" style="position:absolute;left:544;top:1980;width:191;height:50;"><span class="text"><span style="font-size:10px;line-height:13px;">Paul w Spens apx. 1 year<br soft></span></span> </div> <div id="e12" style="position:absolute;left:135;top:2245;width:347;height:600;"><img src="sitebuilder/images/Paul_20and_20buddies_1_-347x600.jpg" width="347" 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size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">Generation No. 3<br></span></font></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">Previous generation (Parents of Paul W Spens)<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>John E. Spens Jr married Olga Clara Filax.<br><br>Dececember 31, 1904, in Moltke Township, Michigan. John was born <br soft>October 19 1867, location unknown, and died June 12, 1932, location <br soft>unknown (probably East Detroit). He married Olga Clara Filax, daughter <br soft>of Carl Filax and Ottelie (Buerr) seventh child of Carl and Ottelie Filax, <br soft>She was born June 22, 1882 in Moltke Township, Michigan, and died <br soft>May 01, 1959, Detroit Mihigan.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Olga Filax:<br><br><br><br></span></font></b><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:19px;">They attended St. Thomas & Peter Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan.<br><br>Funeral Service held at A. H. Peters Funeral Home, 12057 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, <br soft>Michigan.<br><br>Burial: May 04, 1959, Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, Michigan<br><br>Residence: Olga lived on Glenfield Ave. in Detroit, Michigan.<br><br></span></font></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:22px;line-height:26px;">John E. Spens Jr.<br></span></font></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">John started out as a butcher near the waterfront in East Detroit, and <br soft>later made a living, buying and renovating houses. Then building them <br soft>to rent to buy programs. He and his family investors had over 22 <br soft>houses when the banks collapsed in 1929. but only 4 left when the he <br soft>died. The 1930 census gives John’s occupation as builder of homes.<br><br>John is buried next to Olga in Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, <br soft>Michigan.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Children of Olga (Filax) and John E. Spens are:<br><br><br>1. Paul William Spens, (Father of Richard Paul Spens) was born <br soft>September 30, 1904, Mt. Clemens, Michigan; and died November 08, <br soft>1976, at Boxford hospital in Farmington, Hills, Michigan.<br><br></span></font></b><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:19px;">2. Mabelle R. Spens, (my Aunt) born February 21, 1908, location unknown; and died <br soft>July 25 1984, Dearborn, Michigan.<br><br>3. Roy William Spens, (my Uncle) born February 20, 1913, Detroit, Michigan; and <br soft>died October 18, 1970, Detroit, Michigan.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></span></font></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">As teenager top? About World War I with Uncle Harry?<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Clowning around during Collage days in the late Roaring 20's, 1920 Big <br soft>6 Studebaker Big 6 Limo in background at right.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>By his Dads 1920 Big 6 Studabaker Limo in background at right<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Alice, Pauls first wife center<br>Olga_Mabelle_Grandma_Dillingham_Margaret_Adeline_Grandma_Hudle<br soft>son_ans_Alice<br><br><br><br>http://antiquemachinery.com/Paul%20and%20Alice%20Spens.jpg<br></span></font></b><b><span style="font-size:10px;line-height:13px;">Paul and first wife Alice Paul's family 1930's Paul 3 rd from left Paul at left mom in center. <br><br><br></span></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">Paul attended Cass Technical High school for 2 years (school for <br soft>exceptional students at that time), then the University of Michigan, and <br soft>after completing two years of medical school switched his degree <br soft>program and graduated with a degree in Petroleum Science. In 1930 <br soft>Paul was residing with his parents as shown in the census. With the <br soft>crash of the stock markets and the depression, Paul packed up an home <br soft>built travel travel trailer made into his living quarters behind an <br soft>Oakland "8", and went out to Kansas where he taught in a six-room <br soft>schoolhouse. He became the Athletic Coach then principal.<br><br>Paul returned to Detroit and lived with his mother, who was alone after <br soft>the death of Paul’s father in 1932.<br><br>During World War II, he taught classes On repairing and rebuilding <br soft>aircraft engine electrical support systems and published an the first <br soft>government cartoon style illustrated instruction book on the subject <br soft>used by the services.<br>After the war he worked for Chrysler corp. as a test engineer <br soft>maintaining and performing petroleum analysis equipment while <br soft>getting his Maters degree in Mechanical Engineering at night school <br soft>using the GI Bill. He received an Patent for a Positive crankcase <br soft>vacuum ventilator using exaust driven venturi 10 years before any <br soft>emissions system were started in the 60,s .<br><br><br>He married (2) Ethel Mae (private), May 05, 1956 in St. Thomas & St. <br soft>Peters Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan. Ethel was born January 6, <br soft>1920 in Detroit, Michigan.<br><br>Paul last worked at Burroughs in Livonia inspecting components and <br soft>took many classes on missile and aircraft systems, also the vacuum <br soft>tube IBM 360 punchcard reading computers,<br>In 1965 he was transferred to, Bendix Aerospace at the no.#1 plant in <br soft>Ann Arbor, for working for NASA as an government inspector for the <br soft>space packages built by Bendix Aerospace the Apollo space programs<br>(note he inspected the reflector units placed on the moon still in use <br soft>today the determine the slowly changing orbit of the moon and testing <br soft>earth born SDI laser systems). He shook hands with the 3 Gemini <br soft>astronoughts, that burned up in the Gemini space capsule and was <br soft>severely saddened by their death and commented to me (when I was a <br soft>child a the time) he couldn't believe the space program used pure <br soft>oxygen atmosphere in its capsules, they have lowered the pressure <br soft>after the accident, but it is still used in certain conditions today.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>He died of prostrate cancer that turned into Blood and bone cancer in <br soft>October 1976.<br><br>Funeral services were held at Grace Lutheran Church Burial: November <br soft>12, 1976, Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, Michigan<br><br><br><br><br><br>For Mount clemens genology see....<br></span></font></b><a href="http://www.cmpl.org/Eresources/Results.asp?Subject_ID=63&Page=eResources"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">http://www.cmpl.org/Eresources/Results.asp?<br soft></span></font></b></a><a href="http://www.cmpl.org/Eresources/Results.asp?Subject_ID=63&Page=eResources"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">Subject_ID=63&Page=eResources<br><br></span></font></b></a><a href="http://www.cmpl.org/Eresources/Results.asp?Subject_ID=63&Page=eResources"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">http://www.libcoop.net/mountclemens/dblist.htm<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></span></font></b></a><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></span></font></b><b><font color="#FF3333" size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">Generation No. 4<br soft></span></font></b></span> </div> <div id="e35" style="position:absolute;left:121;top:283;width:633;height:7842;"><span class="text"><span style="font-size:10px;line-height:13px;"><br><br><br></span><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">1 1<br>8 9<br>8 0<br>0 0<br>- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>-<br>-<br></span></font></b><b><font color="#FF3333" size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">go to Generation No. 2<br></span></font></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">Previous generation (Grandparents uncles aunts of Paul W Spens)<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br></span></font></b><b><font color="#FF3333" size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">Generation No. 3<br></span></font></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">Previous generation (Parents of Paul W Spens)<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>John E. Spens Jr married Olga Clara Filax.<br><br>Dececember 31, 1904, in Moltke Township, Michigan. John was born <br soft>October 19 1867, location unknown, and died June 12, 1932, location <br soft>unknown (probably East Detroit). He married Olga Clara Filax, daughter <br soft>of Carl Filax and Ottelie (Buerr) seventh child of Carl and Ottelie Filax, <br soft>She was born June 22, 1882 in Moltke Township, Michigan, and died <br soft>May 01, 1959, Detroit Mihigan.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Olga Filax:<br><br><br><br></span></font></b><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:19px;">They attended St. Thomas & Peter Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan.<br><br>Funeral Service held at A. H. Peters Funeral Home, 12057 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, <br soft>Michigan.<br><br>Burial: May 04, 1959, Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, Michigan<br><br>Residence: Olga lived on Glenfield Ave. in Detroit, Michigan.<br><br></span></font></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:22px;line-height:26px;">John E. Spens Jr.<br></span></font></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">John started out as a butcher near the waterfront in East Detroit, and <br soft>later made a living, buying and renovating houses. Then building them <br soft>to rent to buy programs. He and his family investors had over 22 <br soft>houses when the banks collapsed in 1929. but only 4 left when the he <br soft>died. The 1930 census gives John’s occupation as builder of homes.<br><br>John is buried next to Olga in Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, <br soft>Michigan.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Children of Olga (Filax) and John E. Spens are:<br><br><br>1. Paul William Spens, (Father of Richard Paul Spens) was born <br soft>September 30, 1904, Mt. Clemens, Michigan; and died November 08, <br soft>1976, at Boxford hospital in Farmington, Hills, Michigan.<br><br></span></font></b><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:19px;">2. Mabelle R. Spens, (my Aunt) born February 21, 1908, location unknown; and died <br soft>July 25 1984, Dearborn, Michigan.<br><br>3. Roy William Spens, (my Uncle) born February 20, 1913, Detroit, Michigan; and <br soft>died October 18, 1970, Detroit, Michigan.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></span></font></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">As teenager top? About World War I with Uncle Harry?<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Clowning around during Collage days in the late Roaring 20's, 1920 Big <br soft>6 Studebaker Big 6 Limo in background at right.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>By his Dads 1920 Big 6 Studabaker Limo in background at right<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Alice, Pauls first wife center<br>Olga_Mabelle_Grandma_Dillingham_Margaret_Adeline_Grandma_Hudle<br soft>son_ans_Alice<br><br><br><br>http://antiquemachinery.com/Paul%20and%20Alice%20Spens.jpg<br></span></font></b><b><span style="font-size:10px;line-height:13px;">Paul and first wife Alice Paul's family 1930's Paul 3 rd from left Paul at left mom in center. <br><br><br></span></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">Paul attended Cass Technical High school for 2 years (school for <br soft>exceptional students at that time), then the University of Michigan, and <br soft>after completing two years of medical school switched his degree <br soft>program and graduated with a degree in Petroleum Science. In 1930 <br soft>Paul was residing with his parents as shown in the census. With the <br soft>crash of the stock markets and the depression, Paul packed up an home <br soft>built travel travel trailer made into his living quarters behind an <br soft>Oakland "8", and went out to Kansas where he taught in a six-room <br soft>schoolhouse. He became the Athletic Coach then principal.<br><br>Paul returned to Detroit and lived with his mother, who was alone after <br soft>the death of Paul’s father in 1932.<br><br>During World War II, he taught classes On repairing and rebuilding <br soft>aircraft engine electrical support systems and published an the first <br soft>government cartoon style illustrated instruction book on the subject <br soft>used by the services.<br>After the war he worked for Chrysler corp. as a test engineer <br soft>maintaining and performing petroleum analysis equipment while <br soft>getting his Maters degree in Mechanical Engineering at night school <br soft>using the GI Bill. He received an Patent for a Positive crankcase <br soft>vacuum ventilator using exaust driven venturi 10 years before any <br soft>emissions system were started in the 60,s .<br><br><br>He married (2) Ethel Mae (private), May 05, 1956 in St. Thomas & St. <br soft>Peters Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan. Ethel was born January 6, <br soft>1920 in Detroit, Michigan.<br><br>Paul last worked at Burroughs in Livonia inspecting components and <br soft>took many classes on missile and aircraft systems, also the vacuum <br soft>tube IBM 360 punchcard reading computers,<br>In 1965 he was transferred to, Bendix Aerospace at the no.#1 plant in <br soft>Ann Arbor, for working for NASA as an government inspector for the <br soft>space packages built by Bendix Aerospace the Apollo space programs<br>(note he inspected the reflector units placed on the moon still in use <br soft>today the determine the slowly changing orbit of the moon and testing <br soft>earth born SDI laser systems). He shook hands with the 3 Gemini <br soft>astronoughts, that burned up in the Gemini space capsule and was <br soft>severely saddened by their death and commented to me (when I was a <br soft>child a the time) he couldn't believe the space program used pure <br soft>oxygen atmosphere in its capsules, they have lowered the pressure <br soft>after the accident, but it is still used in certain conditions today.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>He died of prostrate cancer that turned into Blood and bone cancer in <br soft>October 1976.<br><br>Funeral services were held at Grace Lutheran Church Burial: November <br soft>12, 1976, Clinton Grove Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, Michigan<br><br><br><br><br><br>For Mount clemens genology see....<br></span></font></b><a href="http://www.cmpl.org/Eresources/Results.asp?Subject_ID=63&Page=eResources"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">http://www.cmpl.org/Eresources/Results.asp?<br soft></span></font></b></a><a href="http://www.cmpl.org/Eresources/Results.asp?Subject_ID=63&Page=eResources"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">Subject_ID=63&Page=eResources<br><br></span></font></b></a><a href="http://www.cmpl.org/Eresources/Results.asp?Subject_ID=63&Page=eResources"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">http://www.libcoop.net/mountclemens/dblist.htm<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></span></font></b></a><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></span></font></b><b><font color="#FF3333" size="4"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:22px;">Generation No. 4<br soft></span></font></b></span> </div>  </div> </div>  </body> </html> <script type="text/javascript">(function (d, w) {var x = d.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0];var f = function () {var s = d.createElement('SCRIPT');s.type = 'text/javascript';s.async = true;s.src = "//np.lexity.com/embed/YW/9ed9b225e410ceed12c58988d5517062?id=d70ee9145603";x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x);};w.attachEvent ? w.attachEvent('onload',f) :w.addEventListener('load',f,false);}(document, window));</script>