Paul served in the US Air Force as an electrician during the Korean war. He was stationed at a radar station on an island in Japan. He played the tuba in the Penfield High School Band and was in the St. Joseph’s Adult Folk group. Paul worked as an electrician and later as a manager of an electrical supply company. He grew up in Penfield and was baptized in the Old St. Joseph’s Church. That is also were he and his wife were married.