Karlins About To Return Home

Herman Karlin Family About To Return  Home

From Hilda's Album[1]

Who's Who

1. Mildred Brunken
2. Mary Brunken
3. Betty Foltzman[2]
4. Leona Brunken
5. Louise Brunken
6. Wm Brunken
7. Herman Karlin
8. Mildred Karlin
9. Harold Brunken
10. Alvin Brunken

Story

Apparently the Herman Karlin family is about to begin traveling home to Columbus, Nebraska after visiting the William Brunken family.

My first thoughts had been that the families met in Minneapolis, Kansas given the picture of Herman and Mildred Karlin + Betty Foltzman in Minneapolis, Kansas wearing the same clothes as in this picture was on the previous page in Hilda's album.

Probably it was Hilda who took this picture.

Date

July 1926 - as labeled on the previous pictures in Hilda's album.

Location

Lahoma, Oklahoma - possibly on the William Brunken farm.  What little is visible of the background appears to be consistent with that of the William Brunken farm yard near Lahoma, Oklahoma.

Notes

1. Scanned on December 7, 2014 from a picture album prepared by Hilda Ida Brunken.
2. Email from Betty Meyn, January 8, 2015. "As to Betty Foltzman, she has no relationship with either family.  She was a very dear friend of Louise Brunken Karlin.  They met at a nursing school and then she lived with Herman and Louise when Mildred was a little girl.  She did 24 hour nursing care but used Louise and Herman's home as a base when she was not working (similar to what the current home care nurses do today.)  She later married William Neary and moved to Iowa.  Louise and Betty N. stayed very close throughout their lives.  Betty and Bill always felt that mom (Mildred) had named me after her as I was born on Bill's birthday.  I visited her a number of times with my grandparents and parents in Sheldon IA."