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- LEFT TO RIGHT: Julius Kirmse, Hilda (Brunken) Kirmse, Dale Kirmse, William Bru (17/64) -- Oklahoma Brunken Cousins

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- LEFT TO RIGHT: Julius Kirmse, Hilda (Brunken) Kirmse, Dale Kirmse, William Bru

- LEFT TO RIGHT: Julius Kirmse, Hilda (Brunken) Kirmse, Dale Kirmse, William Brunken, Harold Brunken, Mary (Petersen) Brunken, Arno Lindorfer, Herbert Lindorfer, Leona (Brunken) Lindorfer, Mildred Brunken, Evelyn (Pereboom) Brunken, Alan Brunken, Alvin Brunken - In Front: Audrey Lee Lindorfer - WHEN: Circa 1939 - WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – probably at the Brunken farm - SOURCE: Mildred Kletke - NOTES: The children and grandchildren of Mary and William Brunken are visiting. I wonder who took the snapshot – the shadows of two people show in the picture. - LEFT TO RIGHT: William Brunken with Dale Kirmse and Arno Lindorfer on his lap; Audrey Lee Lindorfer with her cousin Billy Courter[1] in front of her; Mary Brunken with Alan Brunken on her lap. - WHEN: Circa 1939 - WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – Note the vines on the porch of the Brunken farm house near Lahoma, Oklahoma. - SOURCE: Mildred Kletke - NOTES: - The grandchildren of Clara Maria “Mary” (Petersen) and William Leopold Brunken are visiting near Lahoma, Oklahoma. - Billy Courter was a cousin of Arno and Audrey Lee Lindorfer and not a grandchild of William and Mary. The Courter family lived nearby and was included in family get togethers. - LEFT TO RIGHT: Arno Lindorfer, Alan Brunken, Dale Kirmse - WHEN: Circa 1940 - WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma - SOURCE: Donna Martin - WHAT: Mary Brunken’s House in Alva - WHEN: Circa 1944 - WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma - SOURCE: Judy Yordi - NOTES: William Brunken had passed away October 12, 1941. In 1943, after Harold and Leona were married, Grandmother Brunken moved to Alva, Oklahoma to be near her two daughters, Hilda and Mildred. - LEFT TO RIGHT: LEFT TO RIGHT: Alvin Brunken; Evelyn (Pereboom) Brunken, wife of Alvin; Martin Kletke, husband of Mildred; Mildred (Brunken) Kletke; Clara Marie “Mary” (Petersen) Brunken – Grandmother Brunken; Herbert Lindorfer, husband of Leona; Leona (Brunken) Lindorfer; Harold Brunken; Leona (Oelerking) Brunken, wife of Harold - WHEN: 1944 – as per the note on the back of the picture - WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – appears to be at the Brunken farm house, the home of Harold Brunken and his family - NOTES: A family get together on the Brunken farm near Lahoma, Oklahoma. The Brunken farm near Lahoma served as a convenient location for family gatherings as it was somewhat central to where the Brunken children families were living – Hilda and Mildred in Alva, Alvin in Covington and then Oklahoma City, Leona in Enid and then Blackwell. - WHAT: Hilda and Mildred are holding their infant daughters - LEFT TO RIGHT: Hilda (Brunken) Kirmse holding her daughter Judy Ann Kirmse; Mildred (Brunken) Kletke holding her daughter Janice Kletke - WHEN: 1945 - WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma – appears to be Grandmother Brunken’s house in Alva - LEFT TO RIGHT: Mildred (Brunken) Kletke holding Janice Kletke ; Evelyn (Peerboom) Brunken holding Jere Brunken; Hilda (Brunken) Kirmse holding Judy Kirmse - WHEN: 1946 - WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – appears to be Brunken house in backgroun
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