1983 Saunders County History - Family Stories

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FAMILY STORIES


      Evelyn married James Satorie: Evla, Bonnie and James.
      Leonard married Ruby Mortonsen: Roland, LeRoy and Sherry.
      Wilhelmina married Lester Voss: Douglas, Darlene and Donald.
      August married Henrietta Bucholtz: Donetta, Cheryl, Michael, Brenda and Cindy.
      Willard married Verna Allan who died after they had one child, Gary. He married Josephine Wally: Darrell. Submitted by Evelyn Kirchmann Satorie

CHARLES KISLER FAMILY

   My husband Charles was born at Rockford, Illinois. I was born on a farm near Marysville, Kansas. We were married in 1946. Charles and I came to Ashland, Nebraska in 1966 from Des Moines, Iowa.

   My husband retired in 1964 after spending 20 years in the regular Army. Charles was stationed in Omaha, Nebraska in 1959. We enjoyed living in the State of Nebraska.

   Since we both enjoyed living in the country, we decided to purchase a farm in Clear Creek township in 1966. My husband farms and also is employed at a print shop in Omaha. We have one daughter, Sandra Sue. Submitted by Arlene Kisler

RALPH KNEPPER

   Ralph E. and Paula J. Knepper became part of Phelps County history when in 1963 the headquarters of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District was established in Holdrege. Ralph, hydraulic engineer for the District, was transferred from the Hastings division. He is the son of A1vin and Minnie Einspahr Knepper of Wauneta, Nebraska, and his grandparents were Franklin S. and Hattie Belle Knepper and Augusta Koch Einspahr of Imperial. His early American ancestors were Pennsylvania Dutch and English and arrived in the United States in the mid 1600's.

Ralph and Paula Knepper
Ralph and Paula Knepper, Dec. 1981

   Ralph was raised in the Wauneta area and graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Nebraska and has served as president of the Mid-State Chapter of Nebraska Engineering Assoc. He has also been president of the Holdrege Country Club, Holdrege Community Concert Assoc., and Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church and is presently serving as Elder of that congregation. He is also active in Beta Sigma Psi fraternity. His hobbies include golf, gardening and antique restoration.

   Paula J. Roehrkasse Knepper is the daughter of Raymond W. and Pauline C. Holtorf Roehrkasse of Grand Island. Her grandparents were William C. and Clara Hodde Roehrkasse, original Seward County settlers (1863) and Jurgen H. and Wiebke Knuth Holtorf who settled in Saunders County in 1868. All of her ancestors came directly from Germany.

   Paula was born and raised in Grand Island. She received her Bachelor's in Music Education and Master's in Music from the University of Nebr. in Lincoln. She has been active in state and area music activities, and is presently High School Vocal Music Director for the Minden Public Schools. She also serves as Choir Director at Mount Calvary and Bethel Lutheran Churches and a vocal ensemble known as "The Group." She is also a trustee for the Public Library, membership secretary of Holdrege Community Concert Assoc., and board member of the "Golden Plains Council of Camp Fire Girls." She is also a member of AAUW, PEO, Alpha Delta Kappa, and many other national and state music associations. Her hobbies include painting, golfing, and reading.

   The Kneppers reside at 704 East Avenue in Holdrege. (From Phelps Co. History.) Submitted by Josephine L. Jenny

ALVIN AND ANNIE KNUDSEN

   Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Knudsen moved to Ceresco upon their retirement in 1966. They had maintained a farm in the northern part of Lancaster County up until this time.

Alvin and Annie Knudson
Alvin and Annie Knudson

   Annie (Anderson) Knudsen had immigrated to the United States from Reftele, Sweden in 1920. Alvin, a native of Lancaster County and son of Herman and Ida Knudsen, married Annie in 1923.

   The Knudsens had four children: Leland; Betty Ann Knudsen Morin of St. Paul, Minnesota; Willard of Lincoln; and Yvonne Knudsen Peterson of Ceresco. They have 9 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Submitted by Yvonne Peterson

ADOLPH AND ALWINE KNUTH

   Adolf H. Knuth was born near Colon, Nebr. on December 19, 1884, the son of Peter and Katherine Knuth. In his early childhood they moved to a farm near Malmo. Adolf was the oldest of eight children. On April 10, 1912, he was married to T. Alwine (Vena) Jons and they lived on a farm near Malmo, his parents having moved to a farm southwest of Cedar Bluffs. On June 29th, 1915, Adolf and Vena became parents of a son, Norman, and in March of 1919, a daughter, Ioma, completed their family. When Ioma was a year old they moved to the home farm near Cedar Bluffs, the Peter Knuths having retired in Fremont, Nebr.

Mr. and Mrs. Adolph H. Knuth
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph H. Knuth

   Adolf and Vena were members of St. John's Lutheran Church north of Malmo. Their neighbors included brother Pete Knuth and wife Minnie and family, Pete and Emma Jessen and family, the Pageler, Sukstorf and Wesely families. Norman and Ioma attended school Dist. 34 where both completed 8 grades. Norman graduated from Cedar Bluffs High School in the spring of 1932 and Ioma from the 8th grade before the family moved to a ranch in the Sandhills of western Nebraska near Ashby. Adolf's love for the ranching life was a factor in purchasing a ranch near Bingham a year later. This ranch is still occupied by daughter, Ioma, her husband, Glen Powles, and their son, Gary, and family. Another ranch nearby that Adolf and Vena purchased later is occupied by son, Norman, and wife and family.

   Adolf and Vena had 4 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Adolf passed away at Bingham in January of 1973 but Vena still lives on the ranch and has reached the age of 90 years. She has become the grandmother of 3 additional girls (children of son, Norman) and tells friends many times that her oldest granddaughter is age 42 and the youngest is 5 months. All family members are associated with the United Church of Christ at Bingham.

   During retirement years, the Knuths spent many winters in California and Arizona where they lived in motel apartments and visited with relatives and friends in the area. After 1964, Adolf did not feel able to drive these long distances anymore but was content spending his last years with his family and ranch neighbors.

   Saunders Co. played a big part in the lives of Adolf and Vena, and Vena still subscribes to the Wahoo Newspaper so that she can follow news of her friends still living there. She has fond memories of many friends no longer living and reminiscences of past incidents that included them. Most of those still living either correspond with her or visit her and many remembered her on her 90th birthday. By Mrs. Glen Powles

THE HANS KNUTH FAMILY

   Hans and Wiebke (Meggers) Knuth, Peter, 16, and Wiebke, 9, left their homeland, Alt Bennebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, from Hamburg, for the United States in September, 1874. Their destination: Saunders County, Nebraska, where Hans and Margretha (Meggers) Frahm, Wiebke's sister, lived in Douglas Precinct.

Jurgen and Weibke Holtorf
Jurgen and Weibke Holtorf, Feb. 19, 1886

   Four children preceded them to America: Hans, the third child in 1870; Christina and Catherine in

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1872; and Henry, only weeks before his parents. Mr. Knuth bought the N.E. 80-acre homestead site in Section 4, Mariposa precinct.

   Hans worked in Chicago several years before coming west to Saunders County. In 1875, he went with a wagon train to Deadwood and Lead, South Dakota and to Cheyenne and Rawlins, Wyoming. In Rawlins he worked at carpentry and tended bar. In March, 1880, he was killed. He is buried in Mariposa's Union Cemetery.

   Christina went to Saunders County, Nebraska. Her aunt was very eager for her to come and work in her home. Christina married her cousin, Henry Frahm, in 1873. Her parents, Peter and Wiebke, came to their home.

   Catherine worked in Chicago before coming to Saunders County, Nebraska. She married Henry Pagelar, a German army veteran.

   Henry's first wife, Ann Margaret Frahm, was born in Illinois. His second wife, Wiebke Maria Frahm, was born in Alt Benneback, Germany. Peter married Katherine Knudson. All settled on farms in Mariposa or Douglas precinct.

   Wiebke, my mother, finished her schooling in Mariposa's School District 75. It is still active. Her schoolmates called her Vickie. She was awarded a Currier and Ives lithograph for spelling. The picture still hangs in our home. She was confirmed in April, 1880 in the second class of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church near Cedar Bluffs. She liked the outdoors and helped her father with the farming. Her dog P(ah)ss-Up (Watch-Out) was her constant companion.

   One evening as she milked her cow in the pasture, she looked up to see rattlesnakes coiled up all around. She closed her eyes and prayed. Later, hours it seemed, she opened her eyes. The snakes were gone. After that, her father brought the cow home to be milked.

   Minnie Frahm, daughter of Jacob and Wiebke Frahm, was the only girl near my mother's age in the area. On alternate Sundays, weather permitting, they walked over two miles to visit each other.

   J.H. (Jurgen) Holtorf came to the United States from Alt Bennebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in 1880. He worked three years in Clinton and Pottawattamie Counties, Iowa. His mother's sister, Margretha Wieck, and husband, Karsten Rolf(e), lived there. In 1883, he went on to Saunders County, Nebraska. He bought a 90-acre farm in Chester precinct, three miles north of Prague.

   February 19, 1886, J.H. Holtorf and Wiebke Knuth were married by Rev. J. Deguisne, the first resident pastor of the St. John's Lutheran Church (St. Johannes Evangelische Kirke). Josephine L. Jenny

PETER KNUTH FAMILY

   Peter Knuth was born January 2, 1858, to Hans and Wiebke (Meggers) Knuth in Alt-Bennebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at Cropp, Germany. Peter left his homeland at age 16 with his parents and sister, Wiebke, age 9, from Hamburg, Germany on the S.S. Pomerania ship, September 9, 1874, and arrived at District of New York, Port of New York on September 23, 1874. The family came directly to Douglas Precinct where Wiebke's sister Margaretha Frahm, lived with her husband, Hans, and family. (Hans, Christine, Catherina and Henry Knuth, older children of Hans and Wiebke, came to America earlier.) Christine married Henry Frahm in 1873. It was to this daughter's home that Hans and family came -- just shortly before the arrival of their first grandchild, Emma. On Nov. 23, 1880, Hans became a citizen of the United States of America. He purchased his homestead of 40 acres for $200 from the Union Pacific Railroad located in Douglas Precinct. He died Jan. 20, 1892 at the farm home and was buried at Union Cemetery in Mariposa Precinct. Wiebke died May 24, 1894 and was buried beside her husband.

Peter and Catherina Knuth and Family
Peter and Catherina Knuth and Family -- Taken 1904. Adolph, (Center Back) Herbert, (Left of Adolph) Peter, Jr., Emma, Ida, Kate, (Right of her mother) Rosina, near her father, Martha near her mother.

   Peter worked for Killian Grocery and Merchandising Store, Wahoo, and while he lived with the Killian family, he would help with the household chores. After three years, he decided to return to farm-work in Sandcreek area.

   On Feb. 27, 1883, at his father's home, Peter married Catherina Margaretha Knutzen, born Jan. 16, 1862 at Tuscola, Douglas County, Ill. to Heinrich (Henry) and Maria (Behrends) Knutzen. When Katie was ten years old her family homesteaded near Colon. Peter and Katie had the following children: Adolph Hans, Emma Maria, Ida Wiebke, Herbert Hinrich, Peter Heinrich, Kate Margaretha, Rosina Christina, and Martha Anna. The family were members of rural St. John's (Johannis) Lutheran Church, Malmo where Peter and Katie were charter members. The 1918 flu epidemic touched many that fall. Their son, Herbert, was one who didn't survive the flu. The following year Peter retired from farming and moved to Fremont. This is the home where I learned to know and love my grandparents. It was always a treat for me to visit and walk to the grocery store with my grandfather. On Sept. 29, 1930, Peter died at his home and was buried at Union Cemetery. Katie died Dec. 29, 1933 and was buried beside her husband.

   My mother, Kate, their daughter, was born April 3, 1893 near Malmo. When Kate was one year old, the family moved to a farm near Cedar Bluffs. She walked the one mile to the one-room rural school (Sandcreek School). In her youth she took sewing lessons at Keister Sewing College, Fremont. As a young adult she attended Fremont Normal College where she met my father, Arthur Groeteke, Fremont. Kate was cashier-bookkeeper for Killian Grocery and Merchandising Store, Cedar Bluffs until her marriage Feb. 14, 1917 at her parent's home. Submitted by Marguerite (Groeteke) Knapp

HANS AND ANNA KNUTZEN

   Hans and Anna (Tietjens) Knutzen were born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Hans was 28 and Anna was 20 when they came to the United States. Hans Knutzen was Hans Knutz until he arrived in the United States when he added the "en" to his last name. Hans and Anna were married and lived in Clinton, Iowa, where they had four children. Three of the children died in infancy. In 1883, Hans and Anna and their only son, John (b. 3-4-1873), moved to Saunders County, Nebraska where Hans purchased 240 acres of land in Sec. 22 Cedar (South) Township for $10 per acre. Anna passed away at age 52 (b. 6-13-1849-d. 3-24-1950) and Hans died in 1911. An interesting note is the fact that Anna's mother (also named Anna Tietjens) is buried in the family plot in Union Cemetery. She was born 5-26-1820 and died 12-21-1904. She apparently lived with her family in the later part of her life, perhaps coming to the United States from Germany. Also interesting is the fact that Anna's mother died just one year before her daughter.

   John Knutzen, their son, inherited the farm and in August, 1895 married Alvina Jensen to whom six children were born, Henry, Albert, Rhoda, Reinhold, Harry, and Lillie. John and Alvina lived on the farm for almost three decades during which John served as the County Road Supervisor for five years and took an active part in community affairs. Alvina (b. 2-27-1887) died of pneumonia January 16, 1936 at age 49. John died February 22, 1951. Both are buried in Union Cemetery south of Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska. All of John and Alvina's children are now deceased.

   Reinhold Mans Knutzen, (b. 7-9-1905, Colon. Nebr.) married Alma Dorothea Harley (b. 5-5-1904, Amelia, Nebr.) on Thanksgiving Day, Nov 25, 1925. They lived in Saunders County all their lives except for eight years when they lived on a ranch south of Atkinson, Nebraska. To them were born seven children, Donald, Noami, Evelyn, Dorothy, Larry, Carolyn, and Joyce. All are married and have children, except Evelyn. Reinhold died on June 13, 1945 at age 39 as a result of a farm accident. He was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Fremont, Nebr. Alma resides in Cedar Bluffs, Nebr.

   Donald John Knutzen, (b. 3-28-1927 at Cedar Bluffs, Nebr.) attended District 60 rural school and graduated in 1945 from Cedar Bluffs High School. After serving in the US Navy in WW II, he attended the University of Nebraska and received a B.S. and M.A. in Education. He married Lavonne Kay Ganshorn of Beaver Crossing, Nebraska on August 10, 1958. They have three children, Lynne, Duran, and Kristi. Donald has taught in the public schools for 28 years, 21 of which were in the Lincoln Public Schools. He was named "Outstanding Teacher" in 1966 by the Lincoln Rotary Club and was awarded a trip to fourteen countries in Central and South America. In 1979, he and his family travelled to Europe. In 1982, he was appointed to serve on the Governor's Educational Policies Commission of Nebraska.

   Duran John Knutzen, (b. 2-19-1966 Lincoln, Nebraska) is the fifth generation of the Knutzen family. He is an honor student at Lincoln Southeast High School.

   For over a century, the Knutzen family have been members of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and have given generously of their time and effort.

H. EMERSON KOKJER

   H. Emerson Kokjer was born 18 November 1898 at Clarks, Nebraska, the son of Hans Madsen and Malina (Hartwell) Kokjer. On 10 December 1924, he married Winifred Clark who was born 16 July 1900 in Lincoln, the daughter of Ernest G. and Elizabeth (Irvine) Clark. Though Emerson's college education was interrupted by WW I, during which he served in Hawaii and France as a radio sergeant in the army artillery, both he and Winifred graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1922. The Kokjers established Wahoo as their home and raised two daughters, Phyllis Marcia (Mrs. Leo J. Beck Jr. of Lincoln) and Janet Elizabeth (Mrs. Norman L. Sothan of Littleton, Colorado). There are eight grandchildren and three great-grandsons.

H. Emerson and Winifred Clark Kokjer
H. Emerson and Winifred Clark Kokjer

   Emerson and Win devoted their lives to their family, their community, and state. Win was an active participant in Mothers' Club, First Congregational Church and its Ladies Aid Society, supported the activities of Wahoo High School and Luther College, held offices in O.E.S. and the Legion Auxiliary, was a member of P.E.O. and worked eight years as the society editor for the Wahoo Newspapers. She enjoyed the activities of the Wahoo Country Club and a ladies' bowling league. A lady of quick wit, devotion and enthusiasm.

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   Emerson's service to the community was continual and generously given. He aided many Boys Scouts in merit badge work, was active in the American Legion and its Firing Squad, the VFW, KP Lodge, was a Master Mason and 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge, was a delegate to Republican County and State Conventions for 10 years, gave financial support to Kennedy College, and his personal support as a donor to the Red Cross Blood Bank. He believed in his father's teaching of good, honest labor. "No matter what you do, do the best you can and give a little more than they expect of you."

   Emerson's career included the practice of law in Wahoo from 1922-1939, serving as city attorney for 13 years and mayor, one term. He began his service for the State of Nebraska when he accepted an appointment as Assistant, then Deputy Attorney General from 1939-1947, commuting daily from Wahoo to the Capitol. On 18 April 1947, he became the District Judge of the Fifth Judicial District. He retired from the District Court in 1971 but within 10 days was appointed to the office of Reporter of the Supreme Court, editing and publishing its opinions. Following his retirement at the end of 1976, he filled his leisure hours with golf, fishing, bowling and world travel. He continued his service through membership in the Shrine.

   Judge Kokjer distinguished himself in all areas of law. The University of Nebraska honored his contribution to the highest principles of law practice by presenting him with an honorary Doctor of Law degree. His example of disciplined service will long remain a tradition with the courts.

   Winifred Kokjer died on 25 April 1966 and is buried in Sunrise Cemetery. H. Emerson Kokjer was buried at her side 25 July 1981. Two outstanding lifetime residents of Wahoo, Nebraska. Submitted by Janet Kokjer Sothan

THE KOLB FAMILY

   Jeremias Kolb, an army officer in Germany, and his wife had two sons -- one of them went to Holland and got into the diamond business. He became a very wealthy man but never married. When he died, his entire estate went to the government. The other son was Johann Mathies Kolb. He married Maria Von Mundt who was a member of the royal family, but because she married a commoner, she lost her royal title.

   One of Johann and Maria's sons, Christian, and his wife, Wiebke, emigrated to the United States in 1862. Christian and Wiebke Kolb's children were Henry Kolb, John F. Kolb, Mary Thompson, Margaret Fedde, and Christina Reimers. (See Chris, Delmer, John, Oren, and William Kolb stories.)

   John F. Kolb's daughter, Minnie, married John E. Sagert. Their children were Karl Sagert and Edna Sagert Boury.

   Karl Sagert married Alice Hultgren. Their daughter, Mary, married Paul Jackson. Her children are Shannon, Gavin and Lucy. Karl's daughter married Joel Schimke. Her twin sister, Karolyn, married Donald Schmidt. They have a daughter, Karla Jane.

   Edna Sagert Boury (husband, William) had a daughter, Gayle, who married Marvin Vala. They had a son, William Roger, and a daughter, Beth Marie.

   Margaret Kolb Fedde had the following children: Mary, Alice, Anna, Eva, and John.

   Christina Kolb Reimers had the following children: Christian, Hermina Arp, Mary Dauel, Henry, John, Herman, and Anna. Christian married Melinda Nolte. Their son, Harry Reimers, had 2 boys and 1 girl. Their daughter, Alice, married Jack Holtorf. She had 1 daughter, Betty, and a stepson.

   Hermina Reimers married Detlef Arp. There were no children. Mary Reimers married Lee Dauel. Their children were William C., Abner, Clarence, and Edward. (These Dauel boys are all married and have children but their names are unavailable.)

   All of the Reimers children are now deceased except Anna who was the youngest. This material was taken from a family history written in July 31, 1969 by Edna Boury.

CHRIS P. KOLB

   Chris, named officially as Christian Friedrich Albert Kolb, was born July 4, 1885 to Johannes (John F.) and Karoline (Witte) Kolb of Yutan, Nebraska. He was baptized July 3, 1887, and remained a lifelong member of St. John's Lutheran Church of Yutan. He grew up on the homestead of his father four miles southwest of Yutan. He helped his father on the farm. When young he enjoyed playing in the band and told stories of marching from Yutan south to the German Hall with the big bass horn or tuba. When small, he thought the whole community came to celebrate his birthday at the hall since his birthday fell on July 4th. Many times he recalled the 1913 tornado in Yutan.

   He married Bertha Mumm, daughter of Jurgen and Wiebke (Sievers) Mumm, a family of twelve children. They farmed in the Yutan and Memphis area. They were the parents of nine children -- Caroline (deceased in infancy); Clara (deceased); Frances, now of Fremont, married to Clarence Timm; Oren of Ashland, married to Ruth Martin; Edgar of Wahoo, married to Gladys Lehr; Delmer of Ashland married to Kathleen Sanders; his twin, Elmer of Ashland (deceased), married to Margaret Hauschild; Mabel Browning of Shenandoah, Iowa, married to Ray Browning; and Margie of Ceresco, married to Ernie Swanson. Wife, Bertha, passed away in 1925 at thirty-six years of age. There were many hardships along with depression times, but Chris managed to keep his large family together. Elsie Otto of Ceresco assisted with the household duties for many years.

   Chris farmed in the Greenwood and Ashland area in the thirties and forties. Chris was good in the art of butchering and helped many neighbors prepare and preserve meat for the table during depression days. He moved from the farm north of Ashland into Ashland in 1953 where he worked at Ashland Feed and Seed company.

   An open house was held at his home to celebrate his eightieth birthday. Many relatives and friends gathered again at Oren's home to celebrate his ninetieth birthday. Chris had a keen sense of humor and we like to think he stayed young with all his kids. Uncle Chris, with his many nieces and nephews, was always ready to joke and laugh as he looked at the bright side of things, overcoming his many hardships.

   Chris passed away August 2, 1977, at the age of ninety-two years, with burial at Hollst Lawn Cemetery at Yutan. Most of his children and grandchildren still reside in Saunders County. Submitted by Margie Swanson

Chris Kolb Family
Chris Kolb Family. Top Row, L. to R.: Bertha, Frances, Oren and Delmer; Lower, L. to R.: Edgar, Mabel, Chris, Clara, Margie and Elmer.

DELMER H. AND JUNE KOLB

   Delmer Kolb was one of 9 children born to Chris and Bertha (Mumm) Kolb. At the time of his birth in 1915, the family lived near Memphis, Nebr. at a site which was later included in the Mead Ordnance Plant. Brothers and sisters of Delmer are Frances Timm, (Fremont); Oren Kolb, (Ashland); Edgar Kolb, (Wahoo;) Mabel Browning, (Shenandoah, Iowa); Margie Swanson, (Ceresco). Two sisters, Carolyn and Clara, are deceased and his twin brother, Elmer, died in 1954.

   The Chris Kolb family also lived in the Greenwood and Yutan areas.

   June Kathleen (Sanders) Kolb, born in 1918, is the daughter of Oren S. and Helen M. (Siemsen) Sanders. She has a sister, Mrs. Clifford (Nellie) Hughes, living near Ceresco. They lived in the Wann community and attended Dist. 21 and Dist. 20 schools. Mrs. Kolb graduated from Ashland High School with the class of 1935. She married Delmer Kolb in Feb. 1938 and they engaged in farming and cattle feeding north and west of Ashland, where they now reside.

   They have two children -- a daughter, Sharon McDonald (1940), and a son, Harold Oren (1943). They both attended Dist. 21 school and graduated from Ashland High School. Harold, a graduate of U. of Nebr., is engaged in farming, president of Kolb Farms, Inc. and a major in the Nebraska Natl. Guard, having been a jet pilot since 1968.

   Sharon attended Midland College. After spending some 15 years in San Francisco, Calif. and Tucson, Ariz., she and her daughter, Kris (1967), returned to Ashland to live in 1979.

   Mr. and Mrs. Kolb are currently building a home right north of Ashland, the original Joseph Stambaugh homestead. A new structure is being added to the renovated 2-story brick home built in 1874. This is said to be the first house built in Saunders County and Mr. Stambaugh believed to be the first white settler in the county.

   Sharon McDonald lives in Ashland, Nebr. with her daughter, Kris. She is the daughter of Delmer H. and June Kathleen (Sanders) Kolb, and was born in 1940 and raised on their farm north and west of Ashland. She and her brother, Harold (1943), attended Dist. 21 school and then Ashland High School. She graduated in 1957 and went on to attend Midland College in Fremont, Ne.

   After working and living in Lincoln for several years, she moved to Tucson, Arizona where she married Richard Noel McDonald. Their daughter, Kristin, was born in 1967.

   In 1970, Sharon and Kris moved to San Francisco and they lived in California until their return to Ashland in 1979.

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