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Pam (Kroetch) Marks

Pam (Kroetch) Marks of San Jose, Santa Clara County, California United States was born in January 1951 at San Jose Hospital in San Jose to Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch and Frank Kroetch. Pam Marks has a sister Kathleen Rae (Kroetch) Pinna. She married Tom Jacobs in 1984 and they later divorced in 1993. They had a child Layne Marks Jacobs. She would also marry Neil W. Marks in 1999.

Pam (Kroetch) Marks

Pammy, Pam Chaboya, Pam McCaffrey, Pam Jacobs

Willow Glen in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California United States

January 1951

San Jose Hospital in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States

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If I had to describe Pam I'd say she is funny, artistic, and loves all aspects of family history and genealogy. Wife to Neil Marks, mother to Layne Jacobs, she has lived most of her life in the San Francisco Bay Area - particularly in Santa Cruz and Willow Glen. She has researched her family's genealogy (and many of her friends!) going back hundreds of years. Loves to travel to locations that have to do with her roots.
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1951

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January 1951

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San Jose Hospital in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

Welsh, English, Scottish, French, Irish, German, Danish
Nationality & Locations

Has lived in Cupertino, Saratoga, Willow Glen, and Aptos CA; also has lived in Seattle Washington
Early Life & Education

Grade School: Doyle, Cupertino CA; University Heights, Seattle Washington; Junior High: John Marshall Jr. High, Seattle Washington; High School: Saratoga High School, Saratoga CA.
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Pam is a 'thinker' or someone who understands that there is truth in all religions.
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Hospital Emergency Room Supervisor
Personal Life & Family

Pammy is the mother of Layne Jacobs Marks, wife to Neil Marks, sister to Kathy Pinna, aunt to Daniel Pinna, and a truly artistic individual. She loves music and is a talented artist. She has a particular passion for genealogy and has spent decades researching the Kroetch / Kroetsch, Steeples, Marks and numerous other families. She has some records going as far back as the 1300s and has tracked her ancestors from the U.K. to the Mayflower. She has traveled the world to visit historic sites related to her family, perform hands on research and has been an activist in the genealogy community since RootsWeb. It is her passion for genealogy that has resulted in AncientFaces. Pammy had the idea to add photos to family trees back in 2000 which resulted in the first stage of AncientFaces when we were recognized as the first original photo genealogy site online.
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40 Memories, Stories & Photos about Pam

Pam Marks

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Pam (Kroetch) Marks

Typical 'pony' photo of the 1950's...Bird Ave., Willow Glen

Date & Place: 1954 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California United States

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Kathy Pinna

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04/04/2009

Frank Kroetch Family

A photo of Frank Kroetch, his wife Joyce Benning Kroetch, daughters Pamela (with glasses in front) and Kathleen.

Date & Place: January 1, 1958 in Cupertino, California USA

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12/28/2016

What are holidays and celebrations without family? Happy Birthday to AncientFaces.com cofounder Kathy Pinna (shown here in back), with her mother, father and sister (also an AncientFaces cofounder) taken in 1958 San Jose, California.

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04/03/2009

Kroetch Family Wedding Photo

Family photo taken at the wedding of Kathleen Kroetch to Leonard Pinna. L to R: Frank Kroetch (bride's father), Pam Kroetch (bride's sister), Kathy Kroetch, Joyce Benning Kroetch (bride's mother), and John Kroetch (bride's step-brother).

Date & Place: May 27, 1972 at Kroetch Home in San Jose, California USA

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Pam Marks

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04/22/2006

Kroetch and Barrett Family, 1957

Photo taken Christmas day at the Frank Kroetch home in Cupertino, CA. From left to right: Chuck Barrett, niece Kathy Kroetch (with mouse ears), Anne Calkin Kroetch, Fred Kroetch, Frank Kroetch with his sister Norma Kroetch Erickson on lap, Uncle Bill Erickson with neices and nephews in front: Pam Kroetch (with mouse ears) Brent Kroetch and Wendy Lee 'Brandi' Kroetch.

Date & Place: 1957 at Kroetch Home in Cupertino, California USA

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12/25/2020

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! This is the AncientFaces family in Cupertino CA at Christmas in 1957. Two of the founders were little girls and the Founder and Creator was born decades later. Hope your day is full of love however you gather.

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Kathy Pinna

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12/15/2022

This was a great time for us kids. Uncle Chuck lived with us, Uncle Fred, Aunt Ann, and their children lived nearby in Cupertino, and Aunt Norma and Uncle Bill lived in the adjacent city to us, in Santa Clara. Pam and I couldn't get up Christmas morning until sunrise so when it got light, we'd jump out of bed and get Mom and Dad and Uncle Chuck. Dad would call Aunt Norma and they would come right over. We would be excited and the adults would be bleary eyed. They would begin the day with screwdrivers (!orange juice & vodka) while we opened presents. Then around miday, Uncle Fred and family would come over and we'd eat and party all day 😁😁 Chrstmas was a dawn to after dusk affair and the more people, the merrier. Lots of family and a stream of neighbors dropping by. Uncle Bill came from a small family and he and Aunt Norma didn't have kids. I think he loved the chaos!

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Dewey David D'Albert

Dewey (on left) with wife Connie Tasker Benning, grandchildren Kathy and Pam Kroetch, and Nellie and Shirley Abbott, great-grandparents of Kathy and Pam. Willow Glen, San Jose, CA 1953/54

Date & Place: Not specified or unknown.

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Bob Olson, Glen Heistand, and Kroetch girls

Kathy Pinna

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04/04/2009

Bob Olson, Glen Heistand, and Kroetch girls

L to R: Bob Olson with Kathy Kroetch on his shoulders, and Glen Heistand with Pam Kroetch on his shoulders. Taken on Bird Ave in Willow Glen, San Jose, CA. Wish the traffic were still so light! Bob Olson and Glen Heistand were from Washington state.

Date & Place: January 1, 1952 at Kroetch Home in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California USA

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01/04/2022

In the 1950s, almost every family had friends and/or family members who were in the military. World War II had ended just a few years before and the Korean Conflict had started in 1950. This 1952 photo in the Willow Glen district of San Jose CA (now Silicon Valley) is of Kathy (left) and Pam (right) Kroetch with their mother's high school classmates, Bob Olson (left) and Glen Heistand (right). It's Pam's birthday today!

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09/25/2023

Erickson Wedding

Family goofing off prior to Bill Erickson and Norma Kroetch Dahlquist' wedding, September 1953. Back row: Granville Gillett, Elaine Kroetch Gillett, Frank Kroetch, Norma and Bill. Front row of children: Shawn Gillett, Kathy Kroetch, Sandi Gillett, Sherry Gillett, Susie Gillett, Pam Kroetch.

Date & Place: Not specified or unknown.

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Pam Marks

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03/05/2006

Pam Kroetsch & Kathy Kroetch Pinna

Once again, my sister looking perfect and me goofing off!

Date & Place: 1977 in San Jose, California USA

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Kathy Pinna

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02/27/2006

Rod Ferguson, Kathy Pinna, and Pam Kroetsch Marks

The older generation of cousins - Kathy Kroetch Pinna, Rod Ferguson, and Pam Kroetsch Marks. We're 1st cousins, once removed - but of the same generation. Rod Ferguson's father, Harry Ferguson, was Pam's and my father's (Frank Kroetch's) Uncle.
People in photo include: Rod Ferguson

Date & Place: June 1, 2000 in Snohomish, Washington USA

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09/26/2023

Cousins

Summer fun at the Ewen home on "B" Ave. in Coronado. Left to right: Bonnie Ewen, Doug Ewen, Pam Kroetsch, Kathy Kroetsch.

Date & Place: June 1967 at Ewen home in Coronado, California USA

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Pam Kroetch's Family Tree & Friends

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Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch Oct 11, 1930 - Sep 10, 2017

Frank Kroetch Mar 25, 1927 - Jul 12, 2001

Pam (Kroetch) Marks born Jan 1951

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Kathleen Rae (Kroetch) Pinna born 1949

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Tom Jacobs

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Layne Marks Jacobs

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Karen C. Stokke Nov 14, 1950 - c. 1992

Karen Cecelia Stokke was born on November 14, 1950 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington United States to Richard Finwall Stokke and Carolyn Edith Webster. Karen was baptized in 1964 at University Congregational United Church of Christ 4515 16th Ave NE, in Seattle, King County. Karen Stokke died at age 42 years old circa 1992 in Clallam County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Karen C. Stokke.

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Kathleen Rae (Kroetch) Pinna born 1949 Santa Clara, California, United States

Kathleen Rae (Kroetch) Pinna of Santa Clara County, California United States was born in 1949 in San Jose to Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch and Frank Kroetch. She has a sister Pam (Kroetch) Marks. Kathleen was baptized in April 1964 at University Congregational Church in Seattle, King County, WA. She married Leonard Michael Pinna on May 27, 1972 at Church of the Valley in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California and they later divorced in July 1981 in San Jose. Kathleen Pinna has a child Daniel J Pinna. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kathleen Rae (Kroetch) Pinna.

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Daniel J Pinna born Jan 11, 1981 San Jose, California, United States

Daniel Joseph Pinna of San Jose, Santa Clara County, California United States was born on January 11, 1981 at Good Samaritan Hospital 2425 Samaritan Dr, in San Jose to Kathleen Rae (Kroetch) Pinna and Leonard Michael Pinna. Daniel was baptized in 1987 at St. Frances Cabrini Parish 15333 Woodard Rd, in San Jose. Daniel Pinna married Lisa Michelle (Kinslow) Pinna on June 14, 2014 at Carmel Mission Basilica Museum 3080 Rio Rd, in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, CA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Daniel J Pinna.

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Kroetch, Martin (Born Apr 9, 1858) Kroetch, Lawrence (Aug 23, 1892 - Nov 1976) Kroetch, Gertrude (May 25, 1884 - Jun 1969) Kroetch, Callistus (Born Aug 8, 1890) Kroetch, Marian (Oct 11, 1930 - Sep 10, 2017) Maxwell, Juanita (May 15, 1901 - Jul 3, 1935) Gray, Margaret (Oct 2, 1882 - May 6, 1974) Kroetch, Ida (Apr 24, 1910 - Jul 18, 1993) Kroetch, John Baptiste (Apr 7, 1874 - Apr 30, 1945) Kroetch, Dorothy (Oct 16, 1906 - Aug 2, 1932)

Gillette, Elaine (May 19, 1924 - Jan 29, 2007) Kroetch, Frederick (Feb 16, 1889 - Aug 1970) Kroetch, Marian (Apr 21, 1929 - Sep 5, 1995) Kroetch, Anabelle Johannes (Born 1929) Kroetch Abbott, Hellen (Sep 27, 1879 - Sep 27, 1968) Rafferty, Wendy (Born Apr 25) Pinna, Kathleen (Born 1949) Kroetch, Dorothy (Apr 21, 1908 - Mar 1987) Kroetch, Lester (Sep 6, 1913 - Jan 8, 1999) Kroetch, Frank (Mar 25, 1927 - Jul 12, 2001)

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Pam (Kroetch) Marks' History: 1951

Introduction

Birthday

Ethnicity & Family History

Nationality & Locations

Early Life & Education

Religious Beliefs

Professional Career

Personal Life & Family

Living status

40 Memories, Stories & Photos about Pam

Pam Kroetch's Family Tree & Friends

Pam Kroetch's Family Tree

Tom Jacobs

Pam (Kroetch) Marks

Neil W. Marks

Pam (Kroetch) Marks

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