The Eldest Child of Claude Jasper Pitcher and Loretto Marea O'Toole: Claude Franklin

Aunt Bernice's Engagement Announcement

28 May 1940

The 1930 Van Buren County Michigan Census

The 1920 Van Buren County Michigan Census

Claude Franklin was born on 18 Feb 1918 in Sister Lakes, Van Buren, Michigan. He is the first child of Claude Jasper Pitcher and Loretto Marea O'Toole.

Claude met and married Bernice Rose Swierz on 29 June 1940 in Dowagiac, Cass, Michigan. Together, they had 5 children: Judith Rose, Robert Franklin, James Patrick, Timothy Martin, & Patricia Ann.

Claude died on 9 Feb 1989 in Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan.

Bernice was born on 10 Nov 1922 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. She died on 12 Dec 2006 in Bradenton, Manatee, Florida.