T5 Earl I. Pahlke
1922 - 2005
USAR
WWII
Earl Irving Pahlke was born in Barrington, Illinois, on September 30, 1922, to William and Florence (Schwemm) Pahlke.
He served in the U.S. Army as a Tech 5 during WWII from 1943 until 1945 in the 3rd Army, 2nd Mechanized Cavalry.
Pahlke married Fay Sylvia Keteri in Houghton, Michigan, on April 9, 1950; they raised two daughters in Fox River Grove.
He was a hard worker, employed from the time he was 17 – working as a residential home carpenter for 50 years. Restless in retirement, Pahlke worked another 19 years at True Value Hardware.
Tech 5 Pahlke passed away at his home in Fox River Grove, on April 4, 2005, and rests in Evergreen Cemetery in Barrington.
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Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution