Complex sentence: Strake's father, George Strake, Sr., was born in St. Louis, graduated from St. Louis University, served in the Army Air Corp in WWI, went to Tampico, Mexico and later Havana, Cuba, to work in the oil business.
Split into simpler sentences: Strake's father, George Strake, Sr., was born in St. Louis. Strake Sr. graduated from St. Louis University, served in the Army Air Corp in WWI, went to Tampico, Mexico and later Havana, Cuba, to work in the oil business.