Zum 75ten Geburtstag meines Vaters

Here are pictures I used for a slide show on the occasion of my father's 75th birthday in 2003, plus some additional pictures.


Augsburg 1929: Lina Volpert with her first-born Helmut

1932?

Christmas 1940

ca 1942

with grand parents Adolf and Regina Hourand in 1944.

Helmut mit Schwester Helga, als sie ihn in der Flak-Stellung vor Augsburg besucht (Okt 1944?)

Kissing, May 1945, shortly after the end of the war

silver wedding anniversary of Hermann and Lina Volpert 1952

Helmut and Helga

Abfahrt

Helmut sisters Angela and Waltraud

He gave up smoking in 1977

Hiking in the mountains must be his favorite hobby (after music)

what's with the hat?

Wedding Helmut and Waltraud, 28 July 1957, here with parents Fritz and Gertrud Schmitt

Augsburg, Christmas 1958, shortly after Ulrike was born.

in Stockholm, 1960. I am in the arms of my grandmother Lina

no comment

1966

1966

Summer 1966: Our new house in Lindenberg, Spielermoos, is almost finished.

Architect: brother-in-law Rudi Goetz.

ca1968

Christmas in Spielermoos.

From 1964 until today, Helmut has worked in the Red Cross as a volunteer paramedic and educator. He must have run hundreds of First Aid courses.

Something must not have gone so well . . .

Monastery Saeben, Pentecost 1975

Helmut was choir director of the lutheran (!) Johanneskirche for more than 10 years. This picture was taken in spring 1977. One can see our host daughter Irene from Buffalo, NY.

a rare occasion.

Ulrike was the first to leave the house for college. September 1978.

Ulrike, Klaus, Maria and Elisabeth. 1979

grandmother Lina, ca 1980. She would pass away in 1983.

What good-looking siblings: Waltraud, Manfred, Helga, Helmut, Angela

Summer 1985. Vati with Maria, Heewon, Mikihito Wada and wife Saki und son Ryuta

Oregon, August 1989

Ja, wenn Enkel immer Engel waeren. . .

in Korea, mit Heewons Familie, vor ihrer Kirche. Mai 1998.

Musik for Muttis 70th birthday. 1996

Hmmm

father and daughter Elisabeth

Mallorca

Alles Gute zum 75ten Geburtstag!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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