Harry was the son of Harry A. and Florence (Gray) Evertz of Newark, NJ. His father was an engineer and his mother was a teacher. He had a brother, Edward, who became a lawyer in Hackensack, NJ and a sister Alice, who married Horace F. Banta, also a lawyer. He married Darlene Van Gorder. Harry joined the CB's during WWII. He was stationed in the Philippines in the 13th CB's. One of Harry's projects was to help build the run way for the long range B-29 Bombers on Tinian Island in the Mariana's Islands just east of the Philippines. On August 6, 1945 the Nola Gay left runway 1 and dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. A second bomb was dropped on August 6th. While Harry was in the Philippines, Darlene and their boys moved to Ft. Lauderdale where her parents were living. Harry joined them there after the war. He started a construction company called Harry Evertz Construction. He died on January 18, 1961 and is buried at Forest Lawn in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Harry was the son of Harry A. and Florence (Gray) Evertz of Newark, NJ. His father was an engineer and his mother was a teacher. He had a brother, Edward, who became a lawyer in Hackensack, NJ and a sister Alice, who married Horace F. Banta, also a lawyer. He married Darlene Van Gorder. Harry joined the CB's during WWII. He was stationed in the Philippines in the 13th CB's. One of Harry's projects was to help build the run way for the long range B-29 Bombers on Tinian Island in the Mariana's Islands just east of the Philippines. On August 6, 1945 the Nola Gay left runway 1 and dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. A second bomb was dropped on August 6th. While Harry was in the Philippines, Darlene and their boys moved to Ft. Lauderdale where her parents were living. Harry joined them there after the war. He started a construction company called Harry Evertz Construction. He died on January 18, 1961 and is buried at Forest Lawn in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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