With the final pressures of the Great Depression weighing on her family, Amy was unable to return to college and so she married her high school sweetheart, Herbert Brooks "Stub" Hatch June 29, 1938, at the age of 18, Stub was 19. The couple moved west to California, setting up housekeeping in Stockton, California, where Stub went to work for his father in the local Chevrolet dealership until the outbreak of WWII and where Amy gave birth to a son.
Following the attack at Pearl Harbor, Stub enlisted in the Army Air Corp to fly fighter planes. This move meant Amy needed to close up their home and sell their belongings in Stockton, then moved back to Michigan to live with her family for the duration of the war. She remained there until Stub's honorable discharge from the service as a fighter pilot ACE in 1946. At that time they purchased the Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Cadillac dealership in the tiny town of Placerville, California on Highway 50, in the foothills of the Sierra Mountains, south of Lake Tahoe. It was in Placerville that Amy gave birth to two daughters.
In 1955, Amy and Stub sold the Placerville dealership and moved to the San Francisco Bay area, establishing Hatch Chevrolet Co. in Los Altos, California. There Amy raised their three children who grew up and began their own lives. With retirement in 1978, Amy and Stub chose to move to La Conner, Washington, where they remained for the rest of their lives.
Stub and Amy Hatch were married just shy of 64 years when Stub passed away in April of 2002.
Following the attack at Pearl Harbor, Stub enlisted in the Army Air Corp to fly fighter planes. This move meant Amy needed to close up their home and sell their belongings in Stockton, then moved back to Michigan to live with her family for the duration of the war. She remained there until Stub's honorable discharge from the service as a fighter pilot ACE in 1946. At that time they purchased the Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Cadillac dealership in the tiny town of Placerville, California on Highway 50, in the foothills of the Sierra Mountains, south of Lake Tahoe. It was in Placerville that Amy gave birth to two daughters.
In 1955, Amy and Stub sold the Placerville dealership and moved to the San Francisco Bay area, establishing Hatch Chevrolet Co. in Los Altos, California. There Amy raised their three children who grew up and began their own lives. With retirement in 1978, Amy and Stub chose to move to La Conner, Washington, where they remained for the rest of their lives.
Stub and Amy Hatch were married just shy of 64 years when Stub passed away in April of 2002.
With the final pressures of the Great Depression weighing on her family, Amy was unable to return to college and so she married her high school sweetheart, Herbert Brooks "Stub" Hatch June 29, 1938, at the age of 18, Stub was 19. The couple moved west to California, setting up housekeeping in Stockton, California, where Stub went to work for his father in the local Chevrolet dealership until the outbreak of WWII and where Amy gave birth to a son.
Following the attack at Pearl Harbor, Stub enlisted in the Army Air Corp to fly fighter planes. This move meant Amy needed to close up their home and sell their belongings in Stockton, then moved back to Michigan to live with her family for the duration of the war. She remained there until Stub's honorable discharge from the service as a fighter pilot ACE in 1946. At that time they purchased the Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Cadillac dealership in the tiny town of Placerville, California on Highway 50, in the foothills of the Sierra Mountains, south of Lake Tahoe. It was in Placerville that Amy gave birth to two daughters.
In 1955, Amy and Stub sold the Placerville dealership and moved to the San Francisco Bay area, establishing Hatch Chevrolet Co. in Los Altos, California. There Amy raised their three children who grew up and began their own lives. With retirement in 1978, Amy and Stub chose to move to La Conner, Washington, where they remained for the rest of their lives.
Stub and Amy Hatch were married just shy of 64 years when Stub passed away in April of 2002.
Following the attack at Pearl Harbor, Stub enlisted in the Army Air Corp to fly fighter planes. This move meant Amy needed to close up their home and sell their belongings in Stockton, then moved back to Michigan to live with her family for the duration of the war. She remained there until Stub's honorable discharge from the service as a fighter pilot ACE in 1946. At that time they purchased the Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Cadillac dealership in the tiny town of Placerville, California on Highway 50, in the foothills of the Sierra Mountains, south of Lake Tahoe. It was in Placerville that Amy gave birth to two daughters.
In 1955, Amy and Stub sold the Placerville dealership and moved to the San Francisco Bay area, establishing Hatch Chevrolet Co. in Los Altos, California. There Amy raised their three children who grew up and began their own lives. With retirement in 1978, Amy and Stub chose to move to La Conner, Washington, where they remained for the rest of their lives.
Stub and Amy Hatch were married just shy of 64 years when Stub passed away in April of 2002.
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