Paul graduated from the University of Detroit in 1951, cum laude, with a Bachelor of Philosophy in Political Science. Paul served for three-plus years during the Korean War in the Pacific with the Amphibious Group. They were engaged and married on a Tuesday after Paul’s Navy OCS graduation in 1952. They dated for a year right as Paul was in training for the Navy, and Ginny went once by train to see him, and the rest was history. Mary Magdalen Social Hall in Hazel Park, Mich. Paul and Ginny met in 1950 while Paul and a friend were out “girl trolling.” Paul met Ginny over a ping pong table at St.
Then they were blessed again with two great-grandchildren: Joseph Mazade and Hutchinson Francis. Their children blessed them with 10 grandchildren: Jessica, Rachel, Garrett, Gabrielle, Reece, Kyle, Connor, Nicole, Catherine, and Jacquelyn. Both were born in Michigan and raised five children: Paula, Stephen, Glenn, Barry, and Eric (deceased).
Paul and Ginny were married on July 29, 1952, and they will renew their vows at the 8 a.m. Paul and Ginny Mazade celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary surrounded by family and friends on Saturday, June 4, at IronOaks.
