Bomo and Papa

Bomo and Papa

My husband Bill was born on April 27th 1918.  

Bill as a baby

His father, William August was a school teacher, he taught woodwork.  His profession was a pattern maker.  When there is a part of a car that needs to be made out of metal it first has to be made out of wood, as the pattern.  He made patterns, it was very intricate work.  And then he taught wood shop in the high school in cleveland.  He was very loving, a very sweet wonderful man.  

Papa, Bill, and Virginia

His wife was Margaret Laura.   She was very possessive of her children.  I called it "she had a jealous streak".  She was very difficult to get along with, where her husband wasn't.  I can't say anything negative but she had a jealous personality. 

 They only had two children, Bill and then Virginia who is four years younger than him. Bill and Virginia were very close.

 Bill and Virginia used to take Ballet, and other kinds of dance.   Bill's mother wanted her children in show business, but his father didn't.  He would have rather seen Bill become a ball player, he didn't go for that show business stuff.

Bill, Virginia, Bomo, and Papa

Bomo, Papa, Virginia and Bill

Bomo and Bill

She adored her son, and he really loved her too.  He wrote a song when he joined the air force, about his mother it started, "remember mom when I was a little boy how you played with me..." and when on and on about how much he loved his mother and dedicated it to her because she was having a going away party for him.  They say if a son loves his mother he makes a better husband.  She showed for sure that she loved her son more than she loved her daughter.  She would make virginia cry over the dumbest stuff when she was a little girl, but not her Bill.  Virginia would admit her mothers faults, but not Bill.  He would never say anything about his mother, even though he could see it, he would never say anything.

Bomo