Joliet Genealogy: Joliet Township High School

Several years ago my great-aunt had to be admitted to a nursing home. After being admitted my cousin sent me many family photographs and mementos. I was entrusted with these items as I had become the family historian nearly a decade before. Among those items was a 1937 issue of "The J". This was the yearbook for Joliet Township High School. My great-aunt had been a member of this class. In 1987 she returned to Joliet from Fresno, California to attend her 50 year high school reunion.

Contained in the yearbook were the dates of class members marriages. These were noted under the names of individuals in the margins of the pages. Additionally were newspaper clippings for members of the class that had enlisted in the armed forces. I do not believe it to be a comprehensive collection of members who joined. Perhaps they were the women and men my great-aunt had been friends with.

Below in no particular order are some of the men and women who served in various branches of the armed forces.