Earl Geary

My grandfather, Earl Geary (b 1922), was the son of Laura (nee Martz) and Edward Geary.
Born and raised in Sch. Haven, he married Ann in 1941.

The oldest photo I have of Earl(center)(others and year unknown)
He was a 1939 graduate of Sch. Haven High School.

Earl’s graduation photo
A veteran of World War 2, serving as an MP in Japan.

Earl and his brother Jean. Japan 1945
Earl was an employee of the Reider Shoe Company.

He designed, and with his father and brothers, built the white house at 330 Columbia St.

It was a great place to spend as a kid, with the curved stairway,

ab. 1967

and stone fireplace.
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Late 1960s early 1970s

Earl passed in 1954.

Fortunately, he owned a recording console, and someone saved some of his recordings. Not the greatest sound, but it’s the only time that I have heard my grandfather’s voice.
I have three recordings of him.
Earl, mom then Tom
Earl reads the news, then mom and Tom

Earl plays the clarinet He came from a musical family as you will see.

Two other photos:

Earl and Mom (1942)

Earl and his sister Betty (ab 1930)

Laura May Martz

Laura (b. 1905) was the daughter of Gussie (nee Dress) and Alexander Martz.
Born in Shenandoah, she married Edward Geary(Pap from here) at the age of 16 in 1921.

Young Laura Martz
She was the mother of 7 children: Earl, Betty, Tuner, Red, Nancy, Net and Nipper.

Net, Mom, Nipper. Tom, Pap, Nancy, Earl and Laura.
Another Great grandmother who loved to cook….

and if Netter’s Christmas Eve Kielbasa is any indication, she was very good at it. (Yes, a boy cannot live on PA Dutch cooking alone!)
Laura passed in 1946

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Alexander Martz (Martzinkowski) was born in 1877.
He came here from Poland. And that’s about all I know.

Edward Stanley (Pap) Geary

Pap (b 1902) was the son of Sarah (Sallie( nee Heim))(eventually Bast) and George Geary.

George, Pap, Sarah

Born in and raised in Sch. Haven, he lived mostly on Columbia St.
Like his eldest son, an employee of the Reider Shoe Company.
Some Christmas pictures

Clockwise from left: Mom, Ann, Nipper, Popo, Pap, Betty, Momo, Tom, Laura, Red.

Red, Nipper, Netter, Betty. Pap and Laura.

Pap passed in 1991.
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