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Posted by Thomas P Krebs
on 4/19/2008, 8:01 pm, in reply to "Re: Did any know my Dad"
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A brief of Paul G. Krebs JR.: a man of big dream to make the world better. He was born in Gorham, Kansas March 23, 1920, and passed peacefully away at his home near Coulee Dam on November 22, 2007. At a young age he moved to North Central Oklahoma where his dad was the newspaper editor in Ponca City. In 1940 Paul was all set to join the Merchant Marines when a telegram from his dad advised him against it. JR’s dad said the USA would be at war in near future and told him to join the Air Force. He joined the Air Force on that recommendation. It was one of the few times in his life, that Mr. Krebs took advice from anyone. In 1941 when stationed at Pane Field, Paul spotted a longhaired two-legged mermaid walking down the beach of Mukilteo. He married the mermaid, Edna, two weeks before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. After the war, Paul was reacquainted with his wife and two daughters. The youngest child was two years old when he saw her for the first time. Like all men coming home in 1945 he needed a job. Mom would not go back to Oklahoma and he read about Grand Coulee Dam hiring. They moved to Coulee Dam lived in the country to avoid exposing his family to the bombing like he had experienced in the cities of Europe during Would War II. His greatest love was taking land and making it grow. The first place he improved was Indian land near the Columbia River on ground he did not own. In 1965 they moved to Belvedere. The place after his work looked like he manicured the grounds, the trees, flowers and the grass. That home is where he wanted to die. Life gave him his final wish, on the last day on earth, as he passed away at his home. His other love was writing articles to Newspaper Editors. His articles can be found in the following papers: Coulee Dam Star, Omak Chronicle, and the Wenatchee Daily World. Mr. Krebs would take great pleasure from the people writing back and disputing his articles and wars of words that followed. His body was cremated and, a memorial military service is to be held at the Nespelem Community Center December 8 at 1:00 PM. He leaves a great legacy, Surviving are his wife June, Sister Margaret Synder, Brother Bob Krebs, Four children Martha Vess, Melissa Kappus, Thomas Krebs, Allen Krebs. 10 grand children, and 4 great grand kids. As all four of his children cannot make this service there will be an additional memorial service in the spring at Coulee Dam Wash on May 26.
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