These photos were given to me by Jan at the "Cousin Reunion" in Rapid City, September, 2025, hosted by Charlotte Wilson.
Mom always looked so excited when photographed with her kids, and the kids always looked so happy. There is nothing to suggest the family had nothing but a wonderful life despite incredible hardship compared to what the grandchildren and great-children of Ruth and Carl.
Williston
Bruce, Yvonne, Karla, Craig
July, 1954, Williston
Bruce, 3 years old; Yvonne, 2 years old; Karla, a few months old.
October 30, 1954, Newell, SD
Bruce, Yvonne, Karla and parents Ruth and Carl
Yvonne is saying, "I want some gum."
Ruth
Lavonne
Fonda home, South Main.
John Wilson born in 1945
Wedding likely in 1944?
Carl: far left
Oscar: far right
Christine just to Oscar's right
Paul just behind Christine and Eddie
Is that Clara behind and between Eddie and Russell?
Maid of honor to Myrtle's right
Parents of Russell behind and to Carl's left?
1965
Craig, Bruce, Yvonne, Kathy, Karla
Perhaps the most well-known photo
Jan: 1 1/2 years old.
December 1, 1941
Sport -- very shy -- was this Carl's dog?
handwriting on reverse appears to be Carl's
Clara
Myrtle
These two look like part of the family unidentified in a photo farther down.
Oksol farm south of Newell, SD.
Russell, Eddie (in front of Russell)
John Paul
Who is that to the Eddie's left, in between Eddie and Ruth -- is that Carl (who took the photo?)
Ruth holding Yvonne
Sy holding Bruce
Charlotte to the immediate left of John Paul
Gradma Oksol (Christine)
Grandpa Oksol (Paul) behind Christine
Myrtle
Definitely Carl.
Possibly 1941?
Location unknown.
Farm south of Newell
Undated: 1941, 1953?
Nothing on reverse.
Carl with Sport?
Oscar?
Paul Oksol?
Nothing inscribed on reverse.
Grandpa Paul and Grandma Christine
(2nd and 4th from left in back row)
Unidentified mother and father
1st and 5th from left in back row
if so, unidentified family with two boys and four girls
Oksol House, Newell, South Dakota
Lived in Mayville, ND
Sons Jerome and George
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