On July 17th, 1939, the Schulte family gained a new member. Named after his father, John “Larry” Schulte was the only child of John W. Schulte and Maria Jacobsen Schulte.[1] The Schulte family was well-established in the community, and frequently referred to as one of the community’s “well known pioneer families.”
Read MoreWilliam Dobrovich was born in Joliet, Illinois in 1935. He was born to Joseph and Mary Dobrovich. His maternal grandparents were first generation immigrants from the Yugoslavian region. Prior to World War I, Yugoslavia was part of the Austrian-Hungary empire, His mother was born in Joliet Illinois in 1905 and died May 1st, 1941, after giving birth to at least 9 children.
Read MoreHarvey Thomas Taylor was born on November 14, 1918, in Quinter, Kansas to Isom Ray Taylor & Eva M. Belville, just a few days after the official end of World War I. Harvey was one of seven siblings, with three brothers and three sisters.
Read MoreAnthony Troutner was born on October 23, 1952. He lived in Colorado for the majority of his life. He eventually joined the Army, serving in the Vietnam War and becoming a Specialist Fourth Rank. To do so, he had to complete two years of service and an officer and leadership cadet training course.
Read MoreAllen Stephen Braley was born in New Hampshire to Ernest and Laura Braley on October 4, 1930. Allen was the youngest of six children: Lena, Mabel, Mark, Roger, and Ralph. Shortly after Allen’s birth, the Braley family moved from the East coast to the Denver area looking for a new start.
Read MoreCharles Franklin Lowell, a Second Lieutenant during the Korean War, was born on the 3rd of September 1929, to Arthur C. Lowell and Florence C. Peterson in Independence, Missouri. Lowell would have grown up a child of the Great Depression, which hit Jackson County in 1931.
Read MoreJerry Burton Blodgett was born on June 25, 1951, in Portland, Oregon to Francis Le Roy Blodgett and Silvia Agnes Blodgett. He spent his formative years in Oregon, attending high school in Harrisburg, a small town just north of Eugene, Oregon.
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