Participant Info
- Membership Number
- 735
- Salutation
- Ms
- First Name
- Clara B.
- Middle/Maiden/Previous
- Kellogg
- Last Name
- Vugrin
- Address 1
- Address 2
- City
- State
- MI
- Zip Code
- Phone
- 231-834-8360
- Code
- RO
- Work Code #
- State Membership
- MI
- Status
- 1
- Date of Birth
- 07/20/1923
- Date of Death
- 02/20/2004
- Deceased At Join?
- Comments
- By the time World War II began, James had asked Clara to become his wife and they were married on April 7, 1941. The war brought economic renewal to Michigan and the young couple took advantage of the availability of work. They moved to the center of Michigan's economy, Detroit, where James worked on the railroad and Clara became "Rosie the Riveter," working in a factory to produce wartime products. Clara, in fact, worked on building bombers for the United States military. Both James and Clara managed to work steadily throughout the war. Afterward, they took factory jobs in Lansing, eventually moving farther east to settle in Grand Rapids.
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