In Memory of Clara

Claribel Lammers Graduates from Sts. Peter and Paul High School, Ottawa, Ohio

Clara (Claribel) Lammers, High School Portrait, 1939

Class of 1939, Saints Peter and Paul High School, Ottawa, Ohio

Lots of friends and family here, as well as classmates and Sisters! Chuck's signature is toward the bottom, Jeanie's is at the top, Rosemary's is toward the upper right corner.

I imagine this was taken shortly after graduation; now that's she's away from the rule of the Sisters,
she could her hair down a bit.

Clara Lammers Weds Roger Cecil Tharpe

The Armed Forces brought them together, Clara in the Army, Roger in the Navy. They were wed on base.

By 1948, Clara was out of the service, and Roger was stationed on Guam. They lived in a Quonset hut.

Colonel Roger Cecil Tharpe, Guam, 1948

Birdie on the doorstep of their honeymoon Quonset hut. Guam, 1948

Roger Cecil Tharpe, May 1948, Guam

Clara and Roger Tharpe, Nimitz Beach, Guam, February 1948

Their time on the island brought forth daughter Peggy, who was conceived on Guam but born in Ohio in 1949.

Clara, Don, and Chuck Lammers, all in the Armed Services

These photos were taken in Ottawa, Ohio between 1940 and 1945.

Birdie and her parents, Wesley and Catherine Lammers.

Birdie and sister Mildred Lammers (Mimi Fletcher).

Hugs from big sis Loretta Lammers Weiner.

Brother and Sister Portrait

Providence, Rhode Island, 1943

Birdie and younger brother Don Lammers, Providence Rhode Island, 1943

Three Lammers siblings: Florence, Don, and Birdie

Birdie and big sis Florence Lammers (aka Florence Bowker)

Don Lammers, Marge Stephenson of Montana, Birdie Lammers, 1943 Providence Rhode Island

1944, New York

Len German, Birdie Lammers, Don Lammers, New York, 1944

October 1945, Hampstead, Long Island

Chuck Lammers and Birdie Lammers, October 1945

Memories of Birdie

I loved visiting with Birdie. She would tell me all sorts of true stories about when she and her siblings were young. Things I did not know about my grandma and grandpa, how they met. I loved her big old car with the 8 track tape deck. Once she drove me in it down the hill from her place to the pharmacy, it was so cool having everyone looking at us in that car. I'll always remember the anchovy stuffed olives in the martinis. I loved having a martini at the end of the day before dinner which she always prepared and I would make the salad. That's all she would let me do. We would sit and talk when I visited and work on our needlework. She got me back into knitting and I knit many hats for her to donate to a worthy cause. I remember during my first pregnancy I was living in Lansing, Michigan, and she and Ed stopped in just to say hi and to see me on their way cross country. From a very young age I remember her being very adventuresome and remember distinctly the time she took Peggy and I up into the small Cessna plane and how that felt. I always remember the stories I heard about Birdie and Rosie going on their exciting adventures to Alaska, etc. I will really miss her!