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The day my father retired

The day my father retired in 1977.
1.The day my father retired in 1977
2.The day my father retired in 1977
3.The day my father retired in 1977

Klaus J. Gerken is on Facebook. Contact him on kgerken@rogers.com and read latest poems in Ygdrasil – a Journal of the poetic Arts.

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Author Klaus GerkenPosted on March 29, 2015April 2, 2015Categories Gertrud Gerken, Johann Gerken, Johntext Canada, Klaus J. GerkenTags father, retirementLeave a comment on The day my father retired

My parents with their 1955 Buick Roadmaster

(Photo taken by an 11 year old Klaus J. Gerken in 1961).

My parents with their 1955 Buick Roadmaster

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Author Klaus GerkenPosted on January 10, 2015Categories 1955 Buick Roadmaster, 1961, Canada, Gertrud Gerken, Johann Gerken, Johntext Canada, Klaus J. Gerken, Ontario, OttawaLeave a comment on My parents with their 1955 Buick Roadmaster

My parents in 1961

John and Gertrud Gerken

My parents, John and Gertrud Gerken, Christmas 1961.

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Author Klaus GerkenPosted on January 4, 2015January 4, 2015Categories 1961, Canada, Christmas, Gertrud Gerken, Johann Gerken, Ontario, OttawaLeave a comment on My parents in 1961

Christmas 1960

Christmas 1960Merry Christmas from 1960. Nelson Street, Ottawa, Canada.

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Author Klaus GerkenPosted on January 1, 2015January 4, 2015Categories 1960, Canada, Christmas, Gertrud Gerken, Johann Gerken, Klaus J. Gerken, Nelson Street, Ontario, OttawaTags Gertrud Gerken, Johann Gerken, Klaus J. Gerken, Nelson StreetLeave a comment on Christmas 1960

My Parents And I

Benjamin Books

Books

My Parents and I lived in the apartment above Benjamin Books on Osgoode Street, Ottawa, Ontario, for one month, October 1959.

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Author Klaus J. GerkenPosted on October 4, 2014November 18, 2014Categories Johann Gerken, Klaus J. Gerken, October 1959, Ontario, Ottawa, RememberTags Benjamin Books, Klaus J. Gerken, Osgoode StreetLeave a comment on My Parents And I

A letter to my mother

My father writing a letter to my mother. 1940?

Herr Gerken

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Author Klaus J. GerkenPosted on September 24, 2014Categories 1940, Johann GerkenTags Klaus J. GerkenLeave a comment on A letter to my mother

My Father

My father, Johann Gerken, at 16 in 1927. Cuxhaven, Germany.

Johann Gerken

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Author Klaus J. GerkenPosted on September 11, 2014Categories 1927, Cuxhaven, Germany, Johann Gerken, Klaus J. GerkenLeave a comment on My Father

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