Original maintained in Bruce's memorabilia binder, 2022 - 2023.
Thursday, September 7, 2023
Friday, August 25, 2023
Another Undated Photograph
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Old Photographs
It's a shame we didn't see these photographs until after our parents had died.
I would have loved the backstory: the what, why, when. Sometimes the "who." Always, "who was the photographer?"
Dad was born in 1922, in the farmhouse on the homestead, just a mile or so south of Newell, SD. When he left home at age 20, he never returned home except for very short visits. Photography was very rare at this time; the family was very poor and hiring a photographer would have been a big deal for special occasions.
One assumes:
- seventeen or eighteen years of age, high school graduation;
- twenty years of age, on his way to sign up for the US Coast Guard
Dad served in both theaters during the war, first: many Atlantic Ocean crossings, home-stationed in Boston, pier 13 (IIRC), USS Wakefield. Then, fewer Pacific Ocean crossings but spent more time in Asia than Europe.
From his biography:
In 1942, Dad received a letter in the mail with a return address from the US Selective Service.
Dad did not open the envelope; he did not want to go into the army. Instead he visited the Belle Fourche Navy recruiting station.
Dad was sworn into the United States Coast Guard, November 6, 1942.
“I went on active duty December 23, 1942, and was assigned to Coast Guard Boot Camp in St. Augustine, Florida. The folks took me to Rapid City, South Dakota. Then I took a road bus to Omaha, Nebraska. I took the train from Omaha on December 23, 1942, and arrived in St. Augustine, Florida on Christmas Day 1942. I stayed in the Ponce de Leon Hotel during boot camp.”
Sunday, August 20, 2023
Undated Photograph -- My Interpretation -- August 20, 2023
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Christine Tangvold -- Mrs Paul Oksol -- Paternal Grandmother -- Obituary
Highlights:
- spelling of her first name: Christine
- b. Trondheim, Norway, March 31, 1880
- arrived US, 1905; first settled aat Zumbrota, MN
- married to Paul Oksol, April 15, 1911 in Minneapolis, MN
- moved to Newell, SD; homesteaded that sprring, 1911
- five children: Edward, Oscar, Myrtle, Clara, and Carl
- Belle Fourche Hospital, following 10-day illness
- First Lutheran Church, Newell, SD
- Reverend K. A. Knutson officiating; Mrs Knutson, organist
- Wilson cemetery south of Newell, SD
- pall-bearers: three sons, two sons-in-law; one nephew
- Edward, Oscar, and Carl
- Russell H. Wilson, Raymond Wald
- Jerome Viseth
When I read the names of Russel Wilson and Raymond Wald, tears come; those were the "good years."
Sunday, August 6, 2023
Don's 100th Birthday Party
Photos
Don with all three children: Don, Jr; Leslie; Kenn (far left):
Leslie with husband Jerry front row: Don, Sr, Don, Kenn:
Rehanna (Kenn's wife) and Storm Lake t-shirt for Don:
Road Trip
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Departed Euless, TX, at 9:00 a.m.
2:11 p.m. CT: Arkadelphia. Short McDonald's stop. $4.92 for a better snack (for two) than $13 for coffee for two and one butter croissant earlier this morning. Incredibly clean, nice McDonald's and very friendly staff.
10:22 a.m. CT: Starbucks break northeast of Dallas, east of Rockwall, I-30.
Friday, August 31, 2023
2:00 p.m. CT arrive southeast Pennsylvania; incredibly long, winding road to get to Gettysburg, PA. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Gettysburg. Then to motel, Holiday Express, York, PA.
Saturday, September 1, 2023
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CT: Barnes art museum.
4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. CT: Don's 100th birthday
Overnight in Oxford, second of two nights.
Sunday, September 2, 2023
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. CT: tour Amish country
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT visited Don's retirement community, Ware Presbyterian Retirement Village, Oxfford, Pennsylvania
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT: Philadelphia -- Reading Terminal Market; Pennsylvania Fine Arts Museum.
6:00 p.m. CT: deepart direclty for home via I-95 -- Baltimore, MD; Washington, DC, Ft Meade, MD
Sunday, September 3, 2023
Driving -- Washington, DC, to Nashville, TN
Monday, September 4, 2023
11:00 a.m. CT: arrive Nashville; spend an hour with Arianna
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CT: tour Shiloh
7:00 p.m. CT: Chick-Fil-A in Corinth, MS
Tuesday, September 4, 2023
Overnight to home in Texas.
Arrived home 8:00 a.m.
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Birthday Party Details
Bruce and May hotel, Friday, September 1, 2023, one night:
- Holiday Inn Express & Suites York, an IHG Hotel, 140 Leader Heights Rd, York, PA 17403
- intersection of I-83 (N/S) and US Highway 182 (E/W); southwest quadrant
Contact:
- Leslie: 520-670-[Bruce's B/D +7146]
- location of party? Mill Road Farmhouse, link here.
Letter from Leslie Meredith, Don's daughter, July 28, 2023, details:
- birthday picnic: Saturday, September 2, 2023
- location: Morgantown, PA
- my hunch: 145 Mill Road, Morgantown, PA
- Labor Day weekend: be advised
Locations:
- Morgantown: site of birthday picnic
- Hershey: where Leslie's family is staying (the Merediths staying in Hershey)
- Lancaster: center of Amish culture
- Oxford: Don's home; small village.
- Ware Village
- 101 Kensington Lane
- Oxford, PA 19363
Maps:
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Additional Information
Additional Information
Hotel confirmation:
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Location Of Party
Mill Road Farmhouse
ABNB won't give out address until booked.
My hunch: 145 Mill Road, Morgantown, PA
Sunday, July 9, 2023
Trondheim -- Ådalsbjørg -- Greetings -- July 9, 2023
Ivar Moen, a distant cousin, posted this a couple of days ago.
My grandfather, my father, and I visited this site when I was in eighth grade. The stone holds great significance for the family.
Ådalsbjørg in Forradal?
I have long forgotten, but should look this up ... if the Moens were on my maternal grandmother's side of the family.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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