Gazlay Family History
Robert Elwood Chapel
Parents
| Father | Robert William Chapel (7 November 1876 - 19 June 1947) |
| Mother | Rose Anna Garrett (6 December 1892 - 12 October 1971) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 28 November 2009; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 66 |
| Name | Robert Elwood Chapel |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 13 April 1917 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut1 |
| Married | 14 September 1940 in Uncasville, New London County, Connecticut to Helen Teresa Krupowski2 |
| Died | 25 May 1980 in New London, New London County, Connecticut1 |
| Buried | in Comstock Cemetery, Montville, New London County, Connecticut3 |
Biography
Robert is a WWII Army veteran serving at the Battle of the Bulge and spending time wounded in Stalag 4B POW camp in Muhlberg, Germany. Prior to the war he worked at Robert Gair Mill and afterward he worked for 30 years at Robertson Paper Box in Montville where he was a box machine operator.4
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Helen Teresa Krupowski (daughter of Alexander Kropowski and Marcella ‘Mary’ Zacharowa) |
| Born | 14 July 1920 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | 14 September 1940 in Uncasville, New London County, Connecticut to Robert Elwood Chapel |
| Died | 26 May 2010 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| Children | of Robert Elwood Chapel and Helen Teresa Krupowski: |
| +1. | Robert Elwood ‘Red’ Chapel, Jr. |
| Born | 1 December 1942 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | 9 June 1962 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut to Dale Mae Strickland |
| Died | 2 December 2010 in Quaker Hill, Connecticut |
| +2. | Raymond Edward Chapel |
| Born | 17 March 1951 |
| Married | 11 May 1974 in New London, New London County, Connecticut to Patricia Lynn Hatch |
| Died | 21 November 2009 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| +3. | Shirley Ellen Chapel |
| Born | 8 May 1954 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | 16 November 1974 in Quaker Hill, Connecticut to Peter Ramsay Smith |
Sources
- Death Certificate, Connecticut, Montville, Certificate No. 10 (1980), Robert E. Chapel. Copy in possession of Shirley (Chapel) Smith.
- Marriage Certificate, State of Connecticut, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Town of Montville: Robert Elwood Chapel and Helen Teresa Krupowski. Certified copy in possession of Shirley (Chapel) Smith.
- Email from Shirley (Chapel) Smith to Lee Gazlay 14 November 2010.
- Information provided from personal knowledge by Shirley Ellen (Chapel) Smith