Last known address: zip code 92240, Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California. George David Apgar, was born in Allentown on June 13, 1910. George graduated from Carson Military Academy in Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, and studied briefly at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster. During World War II, he worked for Curtis Wright Aircraft in Paterson, New Jersey; later he was inspector of small parts and gears for aircraft motors at Ranger Aircraft in Farmingdale, Long Island. When he became shift supervisor, one of the people he supervised was Rose Hacker Caplan, who had been born in New York City on January 23, 1913; they were married soon afterward. George and Rose intended to go to the West Coast after the war was over, but they only got as far as Reno. At first George worked for the Reno fire department, and then he joined Rose in working for various casinos in Reno and Lake Tahoe. He worked as a supervisor in Reno until he retired in 1974, and they went to live in the desert in California. Rose died in Reno on June 28, 1983, at the age of 70, and George moved to Moberly, Missouri, to be near his sister. In 1987, he moved back to Desert Hot Springs, California, and lived in a mobile home. He provided comments for this account. He died in Riverside, California, on November 22, 1993, at the age of 83.
Last known address: zip code 92240, Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California. George David Apgar, was born in Allentown on June 13, 1910. George graduated from Carson Military Academy in Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, and studied briefly at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster. During World War II, he worked for Curtis Wright Aircraft in Paterson, New Jersey; later he was inspector of small parts and gears for aircraft motors at Ranger Aircraft in Farmingdale, Long Island. When he became shift supervisor, one of the people he supervised was Rose Hacker Caplan, who had been born in New York City on January 23, 1913; they were married soon afterward. George and Rose intended to go to the West Coast after the war was over, but they only got as far as Reno. At first George worked for the Reno fire department, and then he joined Rose in working for various casinos in Reno and Lake Tahoe. He worked as a supervisor in Reno until he retired in 1974, and they went to live in the desert in California. Rose died in Reno on June 28, 1983, at the age of 70, and George moved to Moberly, Missouri, to be near his sister. In 1987, he moved back to Desert Hot Springs, California, and lived in a mobile home. He provided comments for this account. He died in Riverside, California, on November 22, 1993, at the age of 83.
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