Sunday, November 1, 2009

Old photos from Omi & Opi

Aunt Christine & Onkle Viktor visited Opi Oct 19 - Oct 26, 2009. We cleared more space for Opi to live in. We cleaned and cleaned, and Aunt Christine spot painted, including the kitchen borders, and all the floor moldings. We worked very hard for four days and then spent three days visiting and having fun. Opi is very happy with his clean house.
Next spring some of us may need to do the front and back yards!

There are lots of photos in the house. All the grandchildren walls, photo books (all in one place now), plus a huge box under the guest room chest of drawers (lots of photos that didn't make it to the books). There are also boxes of negatives in several different places.

We found these photos we don't remember making the family circuit
so we thought we'd share them.
Here we go!




Omi's mother, Anna Fuchs (born Kleinschrodt). I think this is shortly before she died. She died when Omi was about 24, her father died several years later. Omi said she took after her mother for the love of her family, children, animals, and nature. Children and animals even followed her around the town Obernbreit. When their house was bombed in the war, she saved her cat, the family bible and her wedding dress. She was buried in her
wedding dress as was her wish.


End of the picnic, New Haven Conn. Note Uncle Charles is under a year old, so I think this is early 1955 when Opi was still at Yale.


Great Aunt Chris & Great Uncle Carl Schmidt. Aunt Chris & Uncle Carl went extra lengths to make Omi feel at home in a new country. Their children both died of childhood illnesses in the 1920s. Aunt Chris was a kind and nurturing friend to Omi, and an inspiration to others.


After Aunt Chris' husband died she moved to Utah to make friends with her sister, Opi's mother. She called her sister every day - even though the conversation was all about the sister, our grandmother, Mum. She was warm and nurturing to all her sister's grandchildren. Note that Uncle Charles has his photo in the place of honor - on the piano!


This is Honey Girl, Mum's dog (Opi's mother's dog). Uncle Victor & Aunt Christine both loved sitting with her and sharing cookies and dog biscuits - yes the dog & the children ate the cookies AND the dog biscuits.


Kuziel & Cannon Cousins with Opi and Cannon Cats. We were all close to the Kuziels and loved visiting them in Santa Fe, New Mexico.



The Kuziels in the late 60s. Frank Jr, Martin, Uncle Frank, Wanda, Cindy and Aunt Isabelle. Uncle Frank was of Polish & Austrian background was very kind and a terrific Uncle. Aunt Isabelle many of you know for her gentleness and warm heart.



1965 Birthday party for Mum (Opi's mother), behind her is Pop (our grandfather), and next to Mum is Aunt Christine! Plus some of our dozens of cousins from Opi's 6 brothers and sisters.


Mid 70s visit with Great Aunt Chris, Mum - we were having a snack! Aunt Chris had a goodie cupboard above her kitchen sink where she kept the favorite goodies of all the great nieces and nephews. If you were older and responsible you were tall enough to get the goodies you wanted and share with the younger shorter cousins. There was always ice cream and fixings for sundaes in the freezer! Both Mum & Aunt Chris played piano so Uncle Victor had fun playing duets with them. And they sometimes played duets together.

Baby Rosie in Point Fermin (San Pedro) house. 4029 Carolina Street - check it out on google maps! It was a fun big house with lots of bedrooms, close to the Pacific.


Omi's dog Fifi - Point Fermin


Opi with Grandchildren!



Aunt Christine, as Woglinde visiting Germany 1983


Early 80s visit to Germany. Behind Omi is her sister Anna, to her right is her beloved brother Paul, and on her left is her dear sister in law Greta. The three young women in the back row are Pauls three daughters, Omi's nieces. Omi also had a brother Hans, he fell off a tractor as a young man and had brain damage. But he was very popular and fun - like Omi. The whole town showed up for his funeral. Hans had an apartment in Pauls house, all his family took care and loved Hans. Omi's mother asked Paul to take care of his older brother
for the rest of his life, he did!

1988 Family Party - where in the world are Omi & Opi? Freiberg East Germany.

Omi and Opi having a picnic in Freiberg.


And that brings us to Hillsboro. Opi with one of his bunnies a few years ago.

Love to all, Onkle Viktor & Aunt Christine

3 comments:

  1. I'm all smiles. Thanks so much Onkle Viktor! (Special thanks for including the photo of Woglinde with her 1983 David Bowie frock of hair - love it!)

    Rik

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  2. love the photos - felt many tender emotions - love you all dearly ... especially dear Mother and Father!
    xo Isabelle

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  3. Hi family cannon (i find no other way to connect you)
    Please send a mailadress to milkaknubbel@t-online.de and i send you the pictures of the last visit of Victor & Elfriede in Germany.

    Greetings Tommy

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