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1. Title:   Vital Records of Will County, IL
Page:   Bk. 122, Pg. 110, Cert. No. 26932, Birth Record
Text:   YES
Author:   County Clerk
Publication:   «a href="http://www.willclrk.com/vitalrecords.htm"»Will County Clerk«/a», 302 N Chicago Street, Joliet, IL 60432-4060, (815) 740-4615
2. Title:   Joliet Catholic Academy Alumni Transcripts
Page:   09 Jan 1996
Text:   YES
Author:   Sr. Mary Ann Schnelker, OSF, Registrar
Publication:   (See details), 1200 N Larkin Avenue, Joliet, IL 60435, (815) 741-0500
3. Title:   1920 US Census
Page:   Roll: T625_415; 12 Jan 1920; Joliet Ward 2, Will, Illinois; Page: 2B; Ln 69-74; ED: 181; Mary A. Pell, Enumerator; Image: 1140; Dist 15, 209 Cass St
Text:   YES
4. Title:   Social Security Death Index
Page:   22 Jan 2003
Text:   YES
Author:   Social Security Administration
Publication:   see details, Social Security Administration, Office of Public Inquiries, Windsor Park Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, «a href="http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm"»http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm«/a»
Link:   http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm
5. Title:   URL, Internet
Author:   (see details)
6. Title:   Vital Records of Dane County, WI
Page:   21 May 1990, Death Certificate
Text:   YES
Author:   County Clerk
Publication:   «a href="http://www.co.dane.wi.us/REGDEEDS/vitalRecords.aspx"»Dane County Register of Deeds«/a», P.O. Box 1438, 210 Martin Luther King Blvd., Rm 110, Madison, WI 53701-1438, (608) 266-4141
7. Title:   The Wisconsin State Journal
Page:   21 May 1990, Obituary
Text:   YES
Author:   Editor
Publication:   see details, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison Newspapers, Inc., P. O. Box 8056, Madison, WI 53708
8. Title:   Social Security Death Index
Page:   22 Jan 2003
Text:   YES
Author:   Social Security Administration
Publication:   see details, Social Security Administration, Office of Public Inquiries, Windsor Park Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, «a href="http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm"»http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm«/a»
Link:   http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm
9. Title:   Forest Home Cemetery, Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin, USA
Page:   24 May 1990
Text:   YES
Author:   Records and or photos
Publication:   see details, Forest Home Cemetery and Mausoleum, 2420 Mary Street, Marinette, WI 54143-3104, (715) 732-5140 or (715) 732-5173
10. Title:   1920 US Census
Page:   Roll: T625_415; 12 Jan 1920; Joliet Ward 2, Will, Illinois; Page: 2B; Ln 69-74; ED: 181; Mary A. Pell, Enumerator; Image: 1140; Dist 15, 209 Cass St
11. Title:   1930 US Census
Page:   Roll: 568; Joliet, Will, Illinois; Page: 2A; ED: 22; April 3, 1930, Ln 27-32, 209 Cass St, Image: 232.0
12. Title:   Vital Records of Marinette County, WI
Page:   Vol 11, No. 662, Lice. 87, Marriage Record
Author:   Register of Deeds
Publication:   «a href="http://www.marinettecounty.com/departments/?department=2ce81d5e7364"»Marinette County Register Of Deeds«/a», 1926 Hall Avenue, Marinette, WI 54143-1717, (715) 732-7553

Notes
a. Note:   Attended Kindergarten and 1st grade at St. Mary's Academy and 2nd through 8th grade at St John's School followed by De LaSalle Boys High School, operated by the Christian Brothers, Joliet, IL. Was accepted to Loyola University, Chicago and planned to go to law school but had to change plans when Grandma Gatons died in 1930 and the Depression set in. He graduated in 1931 with a BCS degree in Science and Commerce.
  He worked for the City Treasurer, Chicago, IL and also as a Tour Lecturer, Grey Line Tours. We met while Aunt Biz worked at the Steven's Hotel. That was one of the places where the tours loaded and I was visiting Biz when a friend of hers introduced us. [«b»«i»Kathryn Scherer Schuck«/b»«/i»]
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  My dad told me this story about your dad. He said Aunt Elizabeth baked a great coffeecake and always made an extra. He said, 'Ray and I went to Aunt Elizabeth's house and they both eyed a coffeecake. Ray always had to carry the cake and once at home got the first slice. On the day that I asked to carry the cake, Ray said no. When it was time to go Elizabeth took the cake and went to wrap it. She came back with the wrapped cake and Ray hurried out the door with cake in hand. Elizabeth started laughing. She handed me another wrapped cake and said 'your brother just took the garbage home.' When I entered the my home and went to the kitchen, Ray had a knife and was carefully cutting the string to get what he thought was the cake.' My dad said the look on his face was something he never would forget. They took turns carrying a cake from Aunt Elizabeth's home. [«b»«i»Barbara Schuck Rosales«/b»«/i»]
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  Raymond W. Schuck, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Schuck, who is attending Loyola University, Chicago, has been recently elected to Pi Gamma Mu, national honorary social science fraternity. Qualifications for membership consist in high scholastic standing and outstanding ability in social science study. Mr. Schuck has been an honor student at Loyola ever since his graduation from De La Salle high school. [«b»«i»Joliet Daily News«/b»«/i»]
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  «b»Aerial Cutlery to Hold Ceremony«/b»
  Fred Jaeger, general manager of the Aerial Cutlery Manufacturing company, said today that «b»presentation of the Army-Navy E award«/b» will be made to the company Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock in a brief ceremony. Announcement of the award was made some time ago.
  The employees of the firm also will receive their E pins at the ceremony. The presentation will be brief, as little time will be taken from the production of bayonets used on carbine rifles by the armed forces.
  A party for the employees will be held Saturday night at the Legion building, it was announced by Jaeger, as a celebration of the event.
  Maj. H. E. Stier of the Chicago ordnance depot and other Army and Navy officials will be on hand from Chicago and Milwaukee offices. Maj. Gen. L. H. Campbell Jr., chief of ordnance in Washington, congratulated the firm in a letter on its excellent record and on receiving the award. [«b»«i»Marinette Eagle-Star«/b»«/i»]
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  During WW II he worked as the Treasurer, Aerial Cutlery, Marinette, WI. Among other things, the company was a war related industry (manufacturing bayonets) and he was not required to join the service.
  A few years after the war he joined the George S. May Company, Chicago, IL as an accountant. The company sold it's services to corporations which were often on the brink of failing and the May Company would go in and try to improve management and production. Much of the company did 'efficiency expert' work but Ray went in to teach modern accounting techniques.
  The job caused him to travel, usually staying at a location several weeks to several months. His territory covered east of the Mississippi from Saskatchewan, Canada to Galveston, Texas. In 1958 Kitty joined him on the road, traveling the country for many years for both the George S. May Company and a similar company headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.
  This was followed by work for the RCA Corporation that had the government services contracts to operate a Job Corps Project at Camp McCoy, WI. Presumably, working with government contracts finally lead to a similar position monitoring federal government contracts at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he worked until he retired in 1984 at the age of 73. [«b»«i»Wm. John Schuck«/b»«/i»]
b. Note:   MI60
Note:   (Medical):Other significant conditions: Pneumonia; B-12 deficiency; Alzheimer's
c. Continued:   |28|50|Schuck, William.|Head|R|.|M|W|41..|M||||.|Y|Y|Illinois||Illinois||Illinois|Y|Salesman|Hardware store|M|.|
 |28|50|Schuck, Margaret|Wife|.|.|F|W|34..|M||||.|Y|Y|Illinois||Illinois||Illinois|Y|None....|..............|.|.|
 |28|50|Schuck, Eugene..|Son.|.|.|M|W|10..|S||||Y|Y|Y|Illinois||Illinois||Illinois|Y|None....|..............|.|.|
 |28|50|Schuck, Raymond.|Son.|.|.|M|W|08..|S||||Y|.|.|Illinois||Illinois||Illinois|.|None....|..............|.|.|
 |28|50|Schuck, William.|Son.|.|.|M|W|05..|M||||.|.|.|Illinois||Illinois||Illinois|.|None....|..............|.|.|
 |28|50|Schuck, Lawrence|Son.|.|.|M|W|1/12|S||||.|.|.|Illinois||Illinois||Illinois|.|None....|..............|.|.|
d. Continued:   |18|22|Schuck, Wm P....|Head|R|10.00|R|N|M|W|51|M|29|N|Y|Illinois|Germany.|Illinois||61|13|1||||Y|Salesman|Hardware Co|4590|W|N|25|N|
 |18|22|Schuck, Margaret|Wife|.|.....|.|v|F|W|44|M|23|N|Y|Illinois|Illinois|Illinois||61|..|.||||Y|None....|...........|....|.|.|..|.|
 |18|22|Schuck, Eugene..|Son.|.|.....|.|v|M|W|20|S|..|N|Y|Illinois|Illinois|Illinois||61|..|.||||Y|Salesman|R R Station|4577|W|N|26|N|
 |18|22|Schuck, Raymond.|Son.|.|.....|.|v|m|W|19|S|..|Y|Y|Illinois|Illinois|Illinois||61|..|.||||Y|None....|...........|....|.|.|..|.|
 |18|22|Schuck, William.|Son.|.|.....|.|v|M|W|15|S|..|Y|Y|Illinois|Illinois|Illinois||61|..|.||||Y|Laborer.|Mills Steel|7824|W|Y|15|N|
 |18|22|Schuck, Lawrence|Son.|.|.....|.|v|M|W|10|S|..|Y|Y|Illinois|Illinois|Illinois||61|..|.||||Y|None....|...........|....|.|.|..|.|
e. Note:   NF30
Note:   Dad was working for the Treasurer's office of the City of Chicago. We had met when Aunt Biz was working at the Stevens Hotel, and was dating Ray Delp, who was working for the Grey Line Tours Sightseeing. Dad was working summers as a Tour Guide. Anyhow, we decided to get married. Dad was earning a magnificent salary of $45.00 per week. By December his job was eliminated and there just weren't any jobs at any salary. Finally late in Jan we went to Joliet. By March I was pregnant, which I surely didn't need. In June I left and went to Marquette, Michigan where Uncle John and Aunt Laura were trying to run a hotel. That didn't work, and by late fall I was in Chicago where Jim was born. Uncle Fred went to Joliet and got Dad and put him to work at the Aerial at $40.00 per month. WPA paid $44.00, but we managed somehow. We lived on veal at 10 cents per pound and potatoes and rutabagas which Uncle Rick kept bringing home. Finally Dad got raised to $60.00 per month and we moved to a heated flat on Carney Blvd, and my mother lived with us. The twins were born there.
  By the time Jim was going on four, we moved to Newberry, where you [Wm John] were born. Mother went to Chicago, while we were moving, and died shortly after she'd arrived at Aunt Gert's, where Aunt Biz lived with Gert and Bill. Then Plouffs' had to sell the big house and they wanted the little house, so we moved to the house on Carney, where Jane was born. Thompsons lived a couple doors from us, and Kerskie's next door. Clarice Kerskie died about a month ago. We lived there 8 years and then a year in that terrible house on Logan, and froze to death. Continue later, some of this hurts too much, I can't handle it right now. [«b»«i»Kathryn Scherer Schuck«/b»«/i»]
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  I suddenly remember that I went to Chicago and stayed with the newlyweds in the tiniest apartment I ever saw. There was a garbage drop door in the wall above the sink. Little did I know there was a matching door in the hall. As I put the garbage in, your Dad grabbed my hand from the hall. I was so surprised and had hysterics. What a nite that was and how sorry he was. Another memory nugget for you. Your Dad was still working for the bus company and had some of his friends over, so the apartment was full. I had forgotten your Dad was a trickster and a tease. [«i»Betty Jaeger Gilbertson«/i»]
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  16 Nov 1945
 Himeji Japan
 Naval Air Station
  «b»Hi Aunt Kitty and Uncle Ray -
 Jim Jer Judy John & Jane («i»by order of rank«/i»)«/b»
  Greetings from Commando Bong Jaeger - Heck, already I've destroyed more planes than Maj. Bong - 25 yesterday - all fighters too - latest type - "George" some Zeroes & Berries too - l300 Machine guns - bomb sights - gee - do I ever have fun -
  Spent most of this morning teaching the new replacements how to take their carbines apart to clean them - this battery is about 90% replacements - including officers - 5 of the 6 officers joined the battery since last week - all the old officers are now on their way home - this Div fought thru New Guinea - Philippines -
  So - we have a real job on our hands - our replacements were Inf. basics - have never even seen an artillery piece fired - Joe & I are the only officers in the battery who can fire the battery on any problems - the others have never fired indirect fire - so you can see what type of troops MacArthur has over here -
  These Japs arc crazy little people - Joe is like a giant & I even feel pretty big - there aren't many troops here - our Bn. - about 400 men - is responsible for a strip about 30 miles wide - from the East coast to the West - & we are on the main island of Honshu - this Jap lingo is kinda tough - but I am learning a few phrases -
  Quite a contrast here - lots of electricity - modern transformers & sub-station - hi tension wires all over - and right under the wires some farmer is tilling a field - about 20 yds long & 15 wide - cause there are 20 other farmers in the same area - he either pulls the plow himself - or he has a (caribou)? - old dirt roads - people pulling their carts along on them - then a powerful toot here comes the police chief in a Packard - he is top man in the village - and then too - the ever present Jeep - the people are very poor - they work hard & earn 6-8 yen a day - 1 yen equals about 6 2/3¢ -
  We are paid in Jap invasion currency & American money is taboo -
 I found a couple of swell cases of china - we are using them in our mess - I was afraid to ship them home -
  My room is cozy - stove - chintz curtains (I hung em myself) desk - cot - wardrobe - lamps - drawers - pictures on the wall even - I've got 4 cute kids rite over the desk - kind of an aim in my postwar planning - & I'm still waiting for the 5th picture - make my planning more interesting.
  Love and Kisses
 Fritz
  P.S. We have all the Jap beer we can drink - every G. I. has a case - they say it is OK - I say so too. [«b»«i»Frederick Henry Jaeger II«/b»«/i»]
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  I think it was a Scherer trait that you swap kids from time to time, I know there was a considerable amount of it done when we were kids. It was very frequent especially for Mary and I. Dad would put me on the train and we would take the "milk run" to Marinette. We sometimes would be all alone but we never thought about it. Aunt Kitty or Uncle Ray would be at the other end to pick us up. It was neat and I enjoyed the trips.
  I have a strawberry story to tell , your story about the Strawberry Hat reminded me of it. One day while I was visiting I was riding one of you around in a stroller. It was a hot, hot sticky day and we wanted something cold and something to eat. Jimmy said, "what are we going have for supper? I'm getting hungry." You mom said, "Jim, it's too darn hot to cook and it's too darn hot to eat so we're having strawberry shortcake." This seemed like quite a diversion to me because my dad, being a meat and potatoes type guy, always had that at least once a day, no matter what the weather. But this day your mother plunked down the most humoungous strawberry shortcake, piled higher than I ever saw one and it was loaded with berries and whipped cream. It was luscious and it was the first time I ever had a whole dinner of strawberry shortcake.
  I always remember Ray as a smooth talker who was always happy to see us and always made us feel really welcome. I especially remember that he constantly had his wonderful pipe in his mouth. It was really his trademark. [«b»«i»Barbara Scherer Harp«/b»«/i»]
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  «b»Kitty Is Home «/b»
  It seems only a few ''yesterdays'' since I was in the depot in Chicago to catch the Chicago and Northwestern '400' back home. The announcement ''...train for the Twin Cities now boarding on Track 14,'' started me reaching for my bags when mother said ''that's not for Marinette Menominee, that is for Minneapolis St. Paul.'' How could they do that? The only twin cities I knew were the Wisconsin and Michigan cities bordering the Menominee River and the Green Bay. I had grown up there all my life! it was home and had always been so. Now we were coming home to our twin cities again.
  My brothers and sisters and I had returned seven years ago to bring dad to rest at Forest Home. We boys live on both coasts now and in Missouri. Both girls live in Wisconsin but then there was no opportunity to stay long. We did notice that our old Pierce Avenue house was about to collapse and that the 'mountain' we used to sled down at City Park had grown considerably shorter than our mind's eye remembered. Other than that, we were busy and had to go on with our lives. Yesterday we again returned to bring mother home. We brought her to rest alongside dad. She had been at his side for 57 years.
  Born at St. Joseph's in Menominee, she grew up in Marinette. Like her brother and sisters, she also went to Our Lady of Lourdes. She had to work very hard to finish with her classmates. She and her sister had moved to Chicago during high school but they each returned to Marinette to live with older sisters in their senior year to finish with their friends. After school she returned to Chicago to work. There she met dad, and went back again to Marinette to marry him. She raised the five of us among family and friends and stayed until all were almost grown before moving to many temporary cities because of dad's nomadic career. They settled down, finally, in Madison but still she often returned home to see family and friends.
  Mom would have loved the gathering after mass. The children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren were there to say good-bye. So were her nephews and nieces,... and old school friends too. We met her newest granddaughter Jill, only a month away from a July wedding with Steve. In some ways' mom was there. In the laughter and memories of everyone. In the confusion of the day. At one time her voice sounded like Jane as she directed the hotel staff to set up more tables, ''we have more family coming.'' Another time her voice was Jim's as he directed the unenthusiastic staff to serve what the family asked, they were paying good money for the service.
  She would have laughed with her chicks as they went off to Victory Beach to be together and watch the children swim. She would have favored the choice to change to Henes Park, our old favorite. Our convoy of six cars drove past the entrance. It has been 40 years since dad would take off his jacket, loosen his tie just a little, roll up his cuffs two turns and get comfortable for a picnic there. We put Amanda and Kyle in the water and took off our shoes and socks and waded in with them. Then, deciding to have supper together, the Schucks took off on another adventure.
  We thought of going to Schlöegles, a 'new' place but then it was suggested that we go to the old Silver Dome which brought back thoughts of an elegant place to dine. We were off to the races! Some to their hotel to change clothes and some to go ahead and make reservations for sixteen in what should obviously be a crowded restaurant. When the advance party arrived there was not one car in the lot of the now faded nightspot. The menu had Marinette Mexican and alligator and when the bartender was asked how the food was she replied, ''not bad.''
  Both the choice remark and the dilapidated state of the place set us off back across the Menekaunee Bridge to Michigan and Schlöegles but it was now after eight and the sidewalk had been rolled up. Jim remembered seeing another place across from Victory Beach so we took off and descended on the place ten minutes before closing. Rushing in to set a reservation for sixteen to a wide-eyed kitchen staff of a café ready to close, we soon found that Jim had made arraignments at a different place a few doors away. We were too tired to move! We stayed and talked. Mother would have enjoyed the humor of it all.
  All told, it was a day of reminiscing. Family had been together, new members had been welcomed, old members had been seen again, some for the first time in forty years. Yesterday we all returned to the twin cities. Kitty is home. [«b»«i»Wm. John Schuck«/b»«/i»]


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