Marker, Ruth Berenson

Eric Charles Marker was born in England on May 18, 1918, the son of William and Gertrude Marker. The Marker family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before 1930. Eric Marker and his wife, Ruth Berenson, lived in Milwaukee with their two children, James and Kathleen. Marker joined the United States Navy around 1945, and trained at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois, until July 1945. He then served as a fireman on the USS Fergus in the Pacific Theater from July 1945 until at least February 1946. Eric C. Marker died on August 16, 1996.

From the guide to the Eric C. Marker letters, Marker, Eric C. letters, 1945-1946, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)