I post these photographs with some trepidation but out of utmost respect for my grandfather. Obviously, these photos are from a very heart-wrenching time in the DeMarc family history. As a historian I feel its important to share them, but a part of me looks at them as something very personal. George survived being wounded twice in World War II but lost his life in this horrible accident before he even reached the age of thirty. This deprived me and my sisters of ever getting to meet him. Even now I wish I could somehow be granted an hour to sit down with him and just chat.

NOTE: George's vehicle was taken to a nearby junkyard after the accident. I believe these photos were taken the next day after the accident by George Teck. Teck was married to Josephine LaPatka, who is the sister of George's wife Irene LaPatka. Oddly enough a photo of the wreckage that appeared on the front page of the Youngstown Vindicator was taken before George's remains were removed. On the extreme right side of one of the photos posted below you can see two men standing alongside the wreckage. I believe Steve LaPatka (possibly Andrew LaPatka) is at top looking down at something beside the vehicle. The man in foreground with the hat and his back to camera is harder to figure out. For some reason he reminds me of Frank "Shorty" LaPatka but it could be any number of people.