GAPA Chicago Memorial to Our Dearly Departed Members

To All Our Dearly Departed Members, Family Members & Friends!

Is it a given that everyone passing from this life into the next goes right up to the Great Oktoberfest in the Sky? If so, why did God send His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us!

Among the spiritual insights of the German mystic,

Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerich:

"The poor souls (or lost souls: those with no one to pray for them) in purgatory suffer inexpressibly (from despair)."

"Many stay a long time in purgatory who, although not great sinners, have lived tepidly."

"There is a strong link between the holy souls in heaven and their descendants here on earth, lasting even centuries."

Mike Haas at gravesite of Casper Lauer at

St. Boniface German Catholic Cemetery.

St. Gertude, a German Catholic nun, saint and mystic is invoked for her intercession on the behalf of souls in purgatory and for living sinners. Our Lord told St. Gertrude that the following prayer would release 1000 souls from purgatory each time it is said. The prayer was extended to include living sinners as well. This number of 1000 souls is only considered spiritually symbolic in that this prayer may include as many souls as 1000 or more depending on the sincerity and passion of those requesting our Lord's mercy !

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most precious blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home, and within my family. Amen. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus "

Our dearly departed GAPA members, family members and friends may still need our prayers. If we forget them, who will remember us!

Pray for our GAPA Dearly Departed!

Chuck Pinkerton (Philly GAPA) & Roger Haas (GAPA Chicago) join hands!

"The living can help their dearly departed loved ones in the afterlife through prayer. The souls of the departed can receive solace through the Eucharist, prayer and almsgiving. The belief that prayer can reach into the afterlife--in which our affection for one another continues beyond the limits of death--has been a fundamental conviction of Christianity throughout the ages, and it remains a source of comfort today. Our prayers for the deceased can assist in their purification and are never too late, nor are they ever in vain!"

(Pope Benedict XVI, from Spe Salvi, November, 2007)

National Law Enforcement Memorial Wall

Rich Adorjan, John Schuld, John Huinker & Roger Haas

National Law Enforcement Memorial in D.C.

GAPA's Pat Duckhorn, 1st Vice President, Illinois State Fraternal Order of Police

National Law Enforcement Memorial Wall in D.C.

Casper Lauer Inscription

Larry Vincent Inscription

Casper Lauer
Larry Vincent
Tom Taylor
Joan Spicer
Erna Braun
Elizabeth Sebastian
Roy Sebastian, Sr.
Donald Swinkle
Karl Laschet
Blanch Bohling
Nora Bradley
Jack Groth
Bernard Kuhlmann
Helen Heerdt
Gertrude Kirchens
Anne Hundrieser
Gloria Gleason
Herb Litz
John Bagans
Dietmar Sadowski
Terry Menzyk
Marge Frank
Craig Kohler
Sophie Drewniak
Paul Blaney
Dick St. John
Virginia St, John
Else Diedler
Frederick Lowe, Sr.
Clara Schaefer
Anna Haas
Michael Haas Michael J. Haas
Ludwig Duenstl
Lydia Duenstl
Mary Hadle
Donna Luecker
Gus Kurtzner
Peter Hasiuk
Muriel Drell

The Metro Club's

Beppo Koestenberger

Ernest Tuchowski

Janice Martin

Eleanor Altergott

Daniel Thun

Ed Thun

Andrew Hoffman

John Neumann

John Kessel

Walter Kelly

Helen Griesch

Maurice Thoele

Mary Schmit

Bruce Hicks

Genevieve Sleichert

Ann Volkl

Frank Kracher

Robert Watts

Adeline Kelly

Patricia Anderson

Florence Danielson

Rose Enk

Chester Brandt

Marcia Baldree

Linda Zaragoza

Barbara Adorjan

Carolyn Zickenheiner

Herb Schreiber

Ed Hundrieser

Albert Puhr

Gerald Koch

Virginia Dudek

Bill Haack

Colleen Schober

Gerhard Stadler, Sr.

Heinz Wieland, Sr,

Ana Stefanec

Mike Kirsch

Fred Hattenberger

Dick Curry

Jerry Swinkle

Henry Bachmann

Rose Hrynewcz

Phyliss Ashford

Hedi Abt

Lillian Cordt

Craig Phillips

Ferdinand Moritz

Siegfried Schweitzer

Miervaldis Leititis

Barbara Klug

Vietnam Wall Memorial in D.C.

Kenneth Haas Inscription

John Kessel, We miss ya!

David Paul

Rosemary DeChristopher

Angelo DeChristopher

Richard Howe

Gertrude Johnson

Josephine Griebahn

Ernie Rothmund

Edward Haas

Joan Gustafson

Frank Kajari

Frankie Kajari

William Adams

Nancy Pemberton

Roberta Williams

Siegfriend Manke

Judy Goga

Natalie Laduzinsky

Clarence Asbach

Isabella Stadler

Gina (Haas) Bitz

John Marlovitz

The Rothmunds

Pat, "Grandma Lucky" & Ron

Franz Kokott Sr, Heinz Kokott, Guenther Siegel, Syril June Schloss, Rolf Northfell, Gladys Boose, Ernst Kresen, James Gartner, Harry Formanski, Bernadine Theis, Ann Schoenemann, Harry Obermeier, Harry Waechter, Joseph Krieger, Beppo Koestenberger, John Coughlin, Norm Hick, Arthur Haack, Manford Cousee, Reinhold Schoemann, Angelo DeChristopher, Phillip "Dutch" Neaveill, Alphonse Mazur, Suze Holzinger, Pat Rothmund, Rick Wagner, Bob Trausch, Glen Trausch, Gina (Trausch) Kawell , Rudy Deimer, David Bahr, Army Sgt Wesley Wells-KIA Iraq, Donald Theis, Rich Stubbe, Catherine Jacobs, Kevin Fleischhacker, Georg Hunger, Herta Hunger Kenneth Haas KIA-Vietnam, Melburn Haas, Ernie Rothmund, John Petry Sr, Joe Krieger, Frank Graszer, Simon Krischak, Olza Bernhardt, Gary Jensen, Cindy Espeland-Mathey, Ed Ruettiger, Sr, John P. Becker, Richard S. Schaefer, Erwin Manenti, Veronica McCann, Don Maas, Joseph Schober

Founding President Norbert Hozinger with wife

Mary Ellen

Jerry Koch & his vintage WWII Jeep was always a

highlight at past GAPA picnics!

Lillian & Roy Handler

Tom Schmidt,

Ya did good things for us!

Terri Volkl (bottom center), a great GAPA gal with

hubby George (left) & Volkl family!

Carl, You were among GAPA's finest!

Carl & Leonna Sonne

Carl Turek

Barbara Asbach

Marie Kwasnicki

Leona Sonne

Carl Sonne

Lucy Westerby

Burt Johnson

Walter Kruppok

Esther Davis

Bob Gablin Sr.

Monroe Vollick

Henry Shurman

Dennis Schaefer

Margaret Marie

Harold Schulz

Ewald Thun

Dave Bahr

Rick Wagner

Arthur Carney

Bob Powell

Bob Frenzel

Esther Schuld

Tom Schmidt

Tom Slowinski

Hans Scharl

Margaret Bickel

Mel Itter

Norbert Holzinger, Founding President

Mike Slepecevich/ "Mike Lukas"

Ed Adorjan

Frank Zuelke

If your dearly departed GAPA member, family member or friend is not listed here, and you wish to add him/her to our intentions list, contact me at the below email address.

Mike Haas, GAPA Web Meister.