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| [ Courtesy: Steve Glazer - 01-11-2015 ]
Dorothy Frances "Dottie" Paswinski (nee Smith) -- born on January 8, 1921, in East Chicago, Indiana, to James and Elsie Smith -- was raised in Indiana Harbor and Hessville. She attended Hammond High and graduated with Shep in 1939. Dottie married Andrew Paul ("Andy") Paswinski on May 11, 1946, after he was discharged from the Army, where he had served in the air corps as an aircraft mechanic on B-17 bombers in England during WWII. The couple initially settled in Hammond, where Andy was a motorcycle policeman until retirement in 1966. He then worked for Inland steel until retiring from there in 1981. After Hammond, Andy and Dottie lived in several other locations in Lake County before moving to Port Charlotte, Florida, for ten years, returning to Indiana in 1999. After 62 years of marriage, Andy passed away on April 22, 2009; Dottie followed on May 22, 2011. They both now lie in Schererville, Indiana. |
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| Dorothy and Andrew have a son Mark, who explained several connections to Shep's stories:
His Uncle Frank owned a gas station on 165th and Arizona, which may or may not have been an Esso station as refered to by Shep as "Mr Anderson's Esso". Mark worked there for a few years and Jack Flickinger was a regular customer. "He always said after getting some gas, "check the oil" as it always seemed to be a quart or two low."
Mark's father worked at another gas station, Ardnt's (sp?) on 165th and Arkansas.
Mark's wife is Judy Doppler/Paswinski. Her father, George Doppler was a friend of Jeans and was also in the same grade with him. The Doppler Family was in the construction business and had no connection with the Orpheum gravy boat riot. |
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