Mr. and Mrs. Duffy lived directly across the street. W if I remember correctly. Her husband Ragna was from Sweden and worked for Sperry Rand on Long Island. I remember that he was scheduled to be on the submarine USS Thresher for new equipment trials when it was lost on the bottom of the Atlantic. A last minute change sent a coworker to his death instead.
Life is sometimes very strange.
I think Hiram Stryker was the sales agent for our house . He had been involved in the development and sale of the new homes built in Gerritsen Beach in the 1920s. I remember he had an office on Gerritsen Avenue for many years into the '60's. OH in '71, my wife's home town. My dad was too old for WWII, having served in WWI, so he went to work for Bethlehem Steel as a riveter in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.