Vivian Arlie Wall (1922-1946) and Clara Luvenia (Corbett) Wall (1921-1990) Photo Album 1936-1945

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My dad, Vivian Arlie Wall (1921-1946) and his dog about 1933, the Wall farm, Sharon Center, Ohio

My dad Vivian and friend "Bud" Shanafelt - 1936, Sharon Center, Medina County, Ohio

Dad's graduation photo, June 1939 - this photo was taken in front of my grandfather's (Reason D. Wall) farm house.

Vivian and Aunt Grace's pony, August 1939, the
Wall farm

Clara Luvenia Corbett, ca.1940-41, Copley, Summit County, Ohio.

Clara Corbett and Vivian Wall, 1941, Copley, Summit County, Ohio. My Corbett grandparents lived an easy walk from my Wall grandparents.

Mrs. and Mr. Vivian Wall, 14 June 1941

My parents, Clara and Vivian Wall, June 14, 1941, The wedding was held in the front yard of my great-grandmother, Luvenia (Trowbridge) Westfall in Copley, Ohio.

Bride's Maids my Aunt Elinor (left), Aunt Dorothy with the bride. Elinor still alive in 2023. Elinor told me that it was so hot this day in June that she became sick and the wedding was interrupted until she felt well enough to go on.

Aunt Elinor, Mom, Dad and best man

Mom, Clara Luvenia Wall, on Mom and Dad's honeymoon near Niagra Falls. Dad's black 1940 Plymouth in the foreground.

1940 Plymount Standard - as young as I was I remember Mom driving with Art and I in the back seat of their car after Dad went overseas.

Dad, on their honeymoon in New York, June 1941

Mom, Honeymoon, June 1941

Pvt. Vivian Wall, Fort Hayes basic training, Columbus, Ohio

WWII Basic training 1943, Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio

Pvt. Vivian Wall, Basic Training, 1943

Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas, 1943; Dad in the middle, Army Scout training.

Pvt. Vivian Wall. The only other photos of Dad with a mustache that I know of were taken in Morocco in 1943. The inscription says, "Your Son with love Johnny". Mom nicknamed Dad "Johnny" from the 1939 Andrews Sisters' lyrics, "Oh, Johnny, Oh, Johnny, how can you love".

Ronald N. Wall

Modified: 31 January 2025