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AFTER THE WAR Kazmer eventually recovered from his incarceration and returned home to Boulder, Colorado. There he apprenticed as a pattern maker, and eventually became good enough to start his own business. He married his first wife, Elaine, and had three children. Divorced, he married his second wife, Elsie, with whom he would travel the country with after retirement. Both had become ballroom dancers and would travel around looking for a place to dance. Kazmer even built a ballroom in his basement to entertain friends and dance the night away. Kazmer also loved to fly fish. As age and back problems made life a bit more difficult, he moved from his home in Boulder and moved to Capser, Wyoming to be closer to his daughter. Kazmer, born on 5 July 1920, passed away on September 8, 2011, at the age of 91. Quentin returned home and attended the University of Michigan, studying chemical engineering. He lived for a time with an uncle, whose son, Roland Ingerson, also flew combat in Europe with the 98th Bomb Group (Heavy). He is officially listed as MIA after his aircraft was shot down. Quentin returned to Milwaukee to work for AMOCO Metal Manufacturing, Inc. He holds one patent, and shares two others for his work in metalurgy. Quentin married late in life. He met his wife-to-be, Katleen Sweeney who was Quentin’s mother’s nurse. They married in November of 1991. Quentin passed away on 4 February 2014, age 90. |