My Grandfather (Don D. Fritz) and Helen dated between 1941 and 1942. Don kept pictures of her and her family in one of his scrapbooks that was assembled between 1940 and 1942. I'm trying to figure out how they met since my Grandfather was stationed at Chanute Field south of Rantoul, IL at the time. I'm saddened that she never married and is buried with her parents at the Six Mile Cemetery in Bluffton, IN. She passed at the age of 90 on January 24, 2001. If any of her relatives are reading this and have more information to share or are interested in copies of the family photos that I have, please contact me. Terrell Parker
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...