George Kenneth Bachman
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Parents: George and Pauline (Matthias) Bachman they were married in March 1911
Siblings: Conrad A (1913), Robert G (1914), Virginia E (1919)
George (Father) was born in Scranton PA in 1885, he died February 1931
Pauline (Mother) was born in Scranton PA in 1891, she died August 1970
Stock boy at Samter Brothers before enlisting.
Green Ridge Baptist Church -
“He gives freely of his talents at his Church, Green Ridge Baptist”
Participated in:
Opera Guild
Singer’s Guild
Was a bass soloist
Scranton Community Opera 1948
SCRANTON, PA. - COMMUNITY OPERA SOCIETY OF SCRANTON (Est. 1946)
Ferdinand Liva, dir. Rita Sawicki, sec. Suite 207 Connell Bldg.,~ Scranton B.
4 performances at Masonic Temple Theater: Faust; *Hansel and Gretel (3); Rigoletto; *La Serva Padrona. Season opened Oct. 6. Leading singers: Charlotte Denny, Lena Ferretti, Peggy Monley, Florence Olah, Joan Polley, Rita Rosato, Mary Russoniello, Rita Sawicki, Palma Shard, sopranos; Rosa Donato, Jane Mongan, Barbara Nuttall, mezzo-sopranos; Joseph Laub, Bernard McGurl, tenors; Frank Curcio, Frank Nicolosi, baritones; George Bachman, Michael Leondi, Donald Stalbird, bassos. Conductor: Ferdinand Liva. Stage director: George Winter-stein, Jr.
Awarded a course at Juilliard School of Music - October 1946
B.S., State Teachers College (Mansfield, Pennsylvania), 1952;
B.S., Juilliard School of Music, 1953
(http://archive.org/stream/commencement5256univ/commencement5256univ_djv…)
Graduate of Technical High School
Married Vida DuRand Mead Niewiadomski - April 5, 1954
Adopted Theodore Jon Niewiadomski
Children: Paula, Beckee, Georgette K, Ginee
Taught Music at Monticello High School - Monticello Illinois
Died August 30, 1972 in Monticello Illinois. He was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery - Dunmore PA with his parents and maternal grandparents.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal