| Born in Missoula, MT he came to CA with his family around 1925. Raised in Oakland, CA. He joined the Air Force during which time he and Virginia Trautner eloped. She was 17, he was 21. They were married on April 19, 1942 in Reno, NV. |
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| Hugo Froeming with son Jack |
| A memory of his childhood "we used to put cardboard inside our shoes because they had holes in them and we couldn't afford new ones". |
| With his grandfather, sisters and brother |
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| In the Air Force |
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| Virginia and Jack 5'2" 6'2" |
| After he finished his time in the Air Force, he and Virginia returned to Oakland, CA where Jack worked at Independent Iron works where he was a welder. A trade he never forgot. |
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| THE POST ENQUIRER - Oakland, CA Jack is shown in picture, far right, in coveralls. The story reads as follows - "RUN: FOREMAN CALLS - Al Reinecker (left), foreman of the machine shop at Independent Iron Works, across street from plant where butane blast hit, who aided inrescuing injured, called for his crew to runfrom plant as the butane liquid again began escaping. Butane may be seen at bottom. As it hits aire, it becomes gas. Here men race from container. Left to right: Reinecker, Arnellas, Flagg and Froeming. Crew shown in this pair of pictures by Post-Enquirer camerman helped save seriously burned Joseph Mitchell from death." |
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| Jack |
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| Jack Hugo FROEMING Aug 15, 1920 - Sep 18, 1991 |
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