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Kroetch and Barrett Family, 1957

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Pam Marks

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04/22/2006

Kroetch and Barrett Family, 1957

Photo taken Christmas day at the Frank Kroetch home in Cupertino, CA. From left to right: Chuck Barrett, niece Kathy Kroetch (with mouse ears), Anne Calkin Kroetch, Fred Kroetch, Frank Kroetch with his sister Norma Kroetch Erickson on lap, Uncle Bill Erickson with neices and nephews in front: Pam Kroetch (with mouse ears) Brent Kroetch and Wendy Lee 'Brandi' Kroetch.

Date & Place: 1957 at Kroetch Home in Cupertino, California USA

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AncientFaces

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12/25/2020

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! This is the AncientFaces family in Cupertino CA at Christmas in 1957. Two of the founders were little girls and the Founder and Creator was born decades later. Hope your day is full of love however you gather.

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Kathy Pinna

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12/15/2022

This was a great time for us kids. Uncle Chuck lived with us, Uncle Fred, Aunt Ann, and their children lived nearby in Cupertino, and Aunt Norma and Uncle Bill lived in the adjacent city to us, in Santa Clara. Pam and I couldn't get up Christmas morning until sunrise so when it got light, we'd jump out of bed and get Mom and Dad and Uncle Chuck. Dad would call Aunt Norma and they would come right over. We would be excited and the adults would be bleary eyed. They would begin the day with screwdrivers (!orange juice & vodka) while we opened presents. Then around miday, Uncle Fred and family would come over and we'd eat and party all day 😁😁 Chrstmas was a dawn to after dusk affair and the more people, the merrier. Lots of family and a stream of neighbors dropping by. Uncle Bill came from a small family and he and Aunt Norma didn't have kids. I think he loved the chaos!

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Wilbur Adrian Erickson Apr 8, 1932 - Jan 20, 1968 San Diego, California, United States

Wilbur "Bill" Adrian Erickson was born to Wilbur Albert Erickson (1908 - 1971) and Florence Katherine Slama (1914 - 1970. He had one brother. Bill Erickson married Norma (Kroetch) Erickson on September 20, 1953 in San Jose, California. Their reception was at the St. Claire hotel in San Jose. They remained married until Bill unexpectedly died. They never had any children.

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Norma (Kroetch) Erickson Apr 5, 1929 - May 17, 2005 San Diego, California, United States

Norma was adopted when she was 3 years old by the Dahlquist family but she always saw her sister and brothers. The siblings were close all of their lives.

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Hollis Frederick Kroetch Nov 21, 1925 - Jan 6, 1998 Dayton, Ohio

Uncle Fred was an interesting person : born in Washington, he was "adopted" by his Aunt Wea in Whatcom county - his mother's eldest sister -after his mother died. When he was a teenager, and his father remarried, he showed up at his father's house in West Seattle. His stepmother didn't know that her husband had any children (he had 4 - and a few years ago - due to DNA - we found out that there was a 5th half-sibling, conceived between marriages). When Uncle Fred called up his younger brother (my father) and said "I have a good thing going here. Join me", my father showed up. That was too much for the step-mother, their father took them to sign up for the Navy (per their stepmother). It was WW2, their dad signed them up (they were young teens) and they joined and served as teens for most of WW2 After WW2, Dad got a college degree (he hadn't finished high school) and Uncle Fred got a Masters in Math. He spent most of his career (I believe) working in the aeronautics industry. His sister (my aunt) used to joke that she was the only one without a degree or more. That was quite an accomplishment in the 40's and 50's. Uncle Fred loved to joke around. For instance, he said "how am I" when he greeted you. Truthfully, I didn't like that - I was too serious.

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Anne Johannes Calkin Kroetch born Jul 1929

An angel between two angels.

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Charles Henry Barrett Jr. Apr 16, 1928 - Apr 29, 2009 Campbell, California, United States

Charles Henry Barrett Jr. of 2271 Highland Park Ln, in Campbell, Santa Clara County, California United States was born on April 16, 1928 in Missoula, Missoula County, MT to Charles Henry 'Heinie' Barrett Sr. and Ann (Boespflug) Barrett. He was in a relationship with Maryalys Barrett, and they were together until Charles' death on April 29, 2009. Charles Barrett was buried on May 6, 2009 at Oak Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park in San Jose.

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Brent Kroetch

Brent Glenn Kroetch was born to Anne Johannes Calkin Kroetch and Hollis Frederick Kroetch, and has siblings Wendy Lee "Brandi" Kroetch Rafferty and Kristi Kay (Kroetch) Floyd. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Brent Kroetch.

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My life-time love of geneology and old photos led to the concept of Ancientfaces back in 1999....through the site I have made contact with previously unknown cousins in Australia, Tasmania, England, Scotland and various states in the US, broadening and enriching my family stories, photos and family relationships. The names I am researching resided in and/or settled the following areas: South Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland; Normandy; Germany, Belgium & the Netherlands; Virginia; West Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, Idaho and Washington state; first wave of settlers in the Hudson River & Mohawk River Vallies; founding fathers of New Haven, Middlesex and New London Counties, CT, along with Suffolk, Norfolk & Middlesex Counties in MA; first wave of settlers to Quebec and Ontario, Canada. Also, I am a member of the Mayflower Society after tracing my maternal side to John Billington, a Mayflower passenger ( with his family) who settled in Plymouth , and signed, the Mayflower compact.

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