My idea of happiness is having a good feeling about my life. My life has not been perfect. I would have had one job in a perfect world. I was able to manage my finances. My wife and I have enough money to last the rest of our lives. I wouldn’t have moved south in a perfect world. I spent thirteen years in Texas. I was more productive in the northern part of the country. I do have a good feeling about my life overall. I have a good feeling about our finances. My wife contributed to our finances. I feel good about having one wife. (Willie Nelson had several wives.) We worked together. We shared the same ideas.
8/14/2022
Ronald L. Wolfrum
Ronald L. Wolfrum's grave is in
National Cemetery of the Alleghenies
.
https://goo.gl/maps/6BhrVQtSaE1XQK9z9
There are photos in the left frame at the bottom.
I watched the birth of Ronald, September 13, 1954.
Ronald died from cancer.
He had a tumor as large as three softballs, which prevented food from entering his stomach.
Ronnie died in 2017.
He died on his birthday September 13, 2017.
He came to visit his parents before he went to the VA hospice.
He knew he would die in the hospice.
A vehicle came to transport him to the hospice.
I'll never forget the horrified look on his face as he boarded the vehicle.
I felt his warm body after his death.
What was your mom like when you were a child?
My mother was concerned about my health and education. She helped me to learn my abc's and counting to 100. She got some cod liver oil, and had me swallow little tablets.
I remember getting my butt beat with a switch, but I don't remember what for.
My mother was the bread winner. One of her first jobs was selling shoes at the Charles store in Defiance. I was about a second grader then. She was a cashier in the General Motors Central Foundry cafeteria. That was one of her last jobs.
She had a picture of me in my ROTC uniform on a table in her house, which was when I was fourteen.
8/07/2022
Where did you go on vacations as a child?
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We lived in Defiance, Ohio and Toledo was 60 miles away.I rode the merry-go-round.
If you could catch a brass ring, it was good to get a free ride. I didn't catch one.
I'm guessing that I was in the first or second grade at the time.
Don Wolfrum, August 06, 2022Nancy Rupp, August 07, 2022
8/04/2022
Can you tell us about Grandpa Andy and his wife, child, and farmland?
Can you tell us about Grandpa Andy and his wife, child, and farmland?
Grandpa Andy was born the son of a shoemaker. Cholera epidemics existed at the time of his birth. He had a sister, Eliza. He had two brothers, who I’m aware of; Adam and Jake. Adam was a farm owner; his farm was near Ayersville, Ohio. Jake was another brother. Jake worked at the Defiance County road department. Andy married Catherine Kaestner, who was a neighbor. Andy’s ancestors lived in Germany, and his wife’s ancestors lived in Germany. Andy had six children; three boys and three girls. Andy built a home. Andy owned the farmland, which the home was on. Andy had income from milk, eggs, and produce. Andy raised fields of tomatoes, and housing for tomatoe laborers were on his farm. He raised and roasted peanuts. Andy made applebutter in two ten gallon pots. Andy buried produce to preserve vegetables. Andy’s youngest son, Ralph, inherited Andy’s farm. Ralph’s daughter Brenda has a home on Andy’s farm, Jonathon and Michael; Ralph’s sons are active on Andy’s farm
Can you tell us about Grandpa Andy and his wife, child, and farmland?
Andy and Grandma Wolfrum had an upright piano in their home.
They also had a Victrola. https://www.google.com/search?q=victrola&oq=Victrola&aqs=chrome.0.0i433i512l3j0i512l7.7609j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Andy and Grandma had catalpa trees in their yard.
8/03/2022
What was your first big trip?
I was a hitchhiker when I was in high school. David Whithans and Daniel Welp were two of my classmates at Concordia, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. David Whithans lived in Chicago, and Daniel Welp lived in St. Louis, Missouri. I hitchhiked about 140 miles to David Whithans home in Chicago, and I hitchhiked about 340 miles to Daniel Welp’s home in St Louis, Missouri. David Whithans lived on South Halsted Street in Chicago, and gangs were present in the area. Any action in David’s area had to take the gangs into consideration. Daniel Welp’s father was in charge of a children’s home. I participated in washing and drying of clothing during my visit.
8/02/2022
Henry McCarty
These are pictures of Henry when he was a baby.
He has been diagnosed with leukemia. He is my grandson, and he'll be four years old in July 2022. He is doing well as of August 14, 2022
Henry's car
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