In follow-up to Don's post, Fr. Dan emailed me to comment about his connection with Tom Klawitter. Dan wrote the following:
" While home on leave from Vietnam, my
brother Pat met a girl named Rose Klawitter whose family
lived in a town called Steger in Illinois. Rose's
brother Tom was in the high school at the Joss.
When I entered in Quarta, we were classmates. He left
after that year and I see Tom Klawitter periodically at
family events. He lives currently with his wife Kathy
in Lexington, South Carolina."
Fr. Dan also recalled that Tom was affectionately nicknamed "Pontiac" because his nose resembled that of the Indian's on the nickel. I seem to remember that nickname. Now I know its source. Funny! Dan added that Tom is a golfer.
Monday, May 23, 2016
Friday, May 20, 2016
Fr. Dan in Chicago Area
Don Wampach emailed the following news clip to me for inclusion in our class blog. Don is speaking of their attending Mass at St. Jude's in South Holland, IL, with Fr. Dan and then gathering at Dan's brother and sister-in-law's home, Pat and Rose Clayton, in Dolton, IL, on January 31.
"Fr. Dan Clayton was back in the Chicago area again for his six-month "check-up" and visit. Once again, John and Kathy Driscoll and Betty and Don Wampach went over to South Holland, a Chicago suburb, to attend Dan's Mass and have brunch afterward with him. We shared another wonderful time. Dan is planning to be back in our area in late June/early July. He is looking forward to our class gathering in the Outer Banks in October, as are the Driscolls and the Wampachs."
Don also wrote that he discovered a connection with one of our classmates. In his comment below he is referring to Rose Clayton, Dan's sister-in-law.
"Fr. Dan Clayton was back in the Chicago area again for his six-month "check-up" and visit. Once again, John and Kathy Driscoll and Betty and Don Wampach went over to South Holland, a Chicago suburb, to attend Dan's Mass and have brunch afterward with him. We shared another wonderful time. Dan is planning to be back in our area in late June/early July. He is looking forward to our class gathering in the Outer Banks in October, as are the Driscolls and the Wampachs."
Don also wrote that he discovered a connection with one of our classmates. In his comment below he is referring to Rose Clayton, Dan's sister-in-law.
"I also learned that afternoon that Tom Klawitter, who was with us
for a year or two in high school, and now lives in Lexington SC, is
Rose's brother. I've known Rose (from going down to Claytons in the
summer) since before she and Pat were married, but never knew Tom is her
brother. Rose is very nice! Tom and I were close at the Joss, both
of us White Sox fans."
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| Fr. Dan with his niece Beth Clayton Brown, daughter of Pat and Rose Clayton |
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