The Frazee Family Extra Photographs

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Created by Bob Frazee
Copyright 2010, all rights reserved.
Last Update: 13 July 2010

A short family history to help put these pictures in perspective may be helpful.

Oliver Sidney Frazee was married twice. To his first wife was born Gladys Frazee. Gladys married J Latham of Bird Island and had two children: J.D. and Ruth Latham.

Oliver's first wife died and he married Elizabeth Wiest. Oliver and Elizabeth had five children: Russell, Donald, Hazel, George, and Vivian.

Gladys Latham died and J.D. Latham was raised by his Frazee grandparents, Oliver and Elizabeth Frazee of Olivia, MN. Ruth Latham was raised by her Latham grandparents, Charles and Mary Latham of Bird Island, MN

Accordingly, there will be many photographs the the various family members mixed together. Come with me and enjoy them all

I have encouraged family members to provide me with photographs and family history. Most of the photographs on these sites are ones I had in my collection. I want to give special recognition to my sister Shannon Welch nee Frazee, and my cousins Judy Severson nee Bjerke and Betty Magnuson nee Frazee for providing photographs of our grandparents, parents, uncles and aunts which they have preserved over the years.

If you have any photographs you would like to share with the family just let me know and we can make arrangement to have them copied and returned to you. My belief is that photographs are taken to be shared, not kept hidden away in a shoebox or a dusty album. I will send a full size copy of any photograph to any family member who requests one. Don't be bashful.

The number of photographs has increased so I have created this Jump Station by family. Of course there are many overlaps so don't restrict yourself to just one family scroll down and enjoy them all.

The Frazee Clan


Oliver Sidney Frazee
aka: "The Boss" and "Grandpa"
This is where it all started.
Our founder visited Arizona, 1951
Some of his genes are in each of us.




These photos are not in any particular order other than roughly by family.



Oliver Sidney Frazee
Date unknown


Grandpa Frazee with Gladys???
Sucking on lolly pops



Grandma & Grandpa Frazee
walking the street in Arizona
Unknown woman
1951


Grandma Frazee feeding bear
Arizona, 1951



Grandpa Frazee hugging
Grandma Frazee


Grandma and Grandpa Frazee


Dressed for the cities at Bjerke home in Minneapolis and back on the farm



Grandpa, Donald, George, & Russell
Hazel, Grandma and Vivian


Vivian and Hazel
Grandma Frazee holding Judy
1947



Grandma Frazee
At Hazel's house
March 3, 1947


Donald and Grandma
The way we used to ride


Grandma Frazee at home on
the farm, 1960


School photograph - 2nd grade?
Russell Frazee identified with an "X"
Donald Frazee on his left?


Hunting or Logging Party?
Russell Frazee by intitals "RF"
Date Unknown


1916 Hokum's Auction
Left to Right:
Hazel Frazee, Mildred Hokum
Donald and George Frazee
Russell Frazee and Russell Hokum

Russell L. Frazee
Hamline football uniform
About 1925 - 1926

Frazee home in Bird Island

Russell L. Frazee
Date unknown

Russell L. Frazee
Date Unknown


Vivian & Russell Hyndman, Wilma Frazee nee Hyndman and Russell, Date Unknown



Russell L. Frazee
at Hazel's home
date unknown


Bobby, Jimmy & Terry
1944 or 1945

Cowboys on Uncle Donald's farm
Betty & Jimmy sitting behind table
Terry sitting in front
Bobby standing on right


Jerry Bjerke, Grandma Frazee, Grandpa Frazee
Terry, Betty & Bobby Frazee
Ronnie Bjerke and Jimmy Frazee
About 1946


Russell & Jeanette Frazee
Street Photo - Daytons, Mpls

Betty Frazee, Yvonne Hyndman
Shannon Frazee, Mary Hyndman
Jimmy Frazee


Russell & Jeanette Frazee, May, 1956

Russell at home, January 1961


Tommy & Shannon
Russell & Jeanette's
Christmas Card
about 1956

Campaign Poster
about 1958


Family photo at Green Lake, date 1962/63
Starting at bottom of table and going clockwise: Wilma, J.D., Donald, Bertie Mae & George, George Meier
Steve Latham, Russell, Jeanette, Marge holding Linda
Cindy Latham standing behind Marge, Kim Latham standing by Wilma


Tom Frazee with Tiny (see the dog?)
March, 1962


Jimmy, Shannon & Betty Frazee

Tom and Shannon on front
steps of Frazee home, Bird Island, MN

Russell L. Frazee
About 1959

Russell & Jeanette Frazee
25th Wedding Anniversary


Bob Frazee's graduation from high school, May, 1959
Shannon, Jim, Bob, Tom, Mom (Jeanette)


Bob Frazee graduated from Hamline
June, 1963 Jeanette, Jim, Fran Lenth, Bob
Grandma Knudson, Tom, Shannon & Russell

Bob's Army Retirement Portrait January, 1995


Shannon and Bill Welch

Shannon Welch & Jim Frazee
In California for Bill's 30th Birthday
31 December, 1974


Shannon, Allison, Bill & Lisa
Christmas, 1974

Terry, Shane, Dawn & Kathy Frazee
Christmas, 1974


Allison, Bill, Lisa & Shannon
Summer, 1980

Bob & Fran, Suzanne and Phillip
Christmas, 1979


Howard and Bernice Knudson
Tom & Judy Frazee
Bob & Fran Frazee
Bill & Shannon Welch nee Frazee
Christmas, 1980
The Cousins

Phillip, Allison, Suzanne, Lisa
Chris and Corey Christmas, 1980

The Mark Meyer and Lisa Welch Wedding - 27 March 1999


Bob and Fran Frazee
Bill and Shannon Welch
Tom and Terry Frazee
Mark Meyer and Lisa Welch
Dinner before the wedding, Mar 1999

Bill and Lisa Welch


Lisa Welch and her Bride's Maids
Allison Welch (sister) and Marie Camp (cousin)

Bill & Shannon Welch nee Frazee; Lisa and Mark Meyer

Wilma's 80th Birthday Party, June, 2000


The Frazee Clan
Bob, Shannon, and Tom
Betty, Wilma, and Bertie Mae

Bob Frazee, Bill Welch, Tom Frazee


Bill, Shannon and Allison Welch

Tom, Terry, Bill & Shannon
use the "Biff" provided by the Frazee
Lions Club during Frazee Days in Frazee, MN


Bob, Shannon & Tom
Bob's 60th Birthday, May 2001

Bill Welch, Kauai


Jim Frazee and Kirk Nicholson

The Mark Lis and Allison Welch Wedding, 30 September 2006


Allison & Mark Lis, Shannon Welch nee Frazee

Tom, Bob, Shannon, and Jim

Corey and Jennifer's Wedding Reception, August, 2009

Shannon, Bob and Tom

Tom, Judy and Terry


Bob and Fran on their Honda
Goldwing, Upper New York, 1969

Bob and Fran with their
2002 Goldwing


Frazee Family at Grand Cayman Island, March 2008
Phillip, Laura, Abbey Smith, Fran,
Bob holding Elle Monet, Suzanne & Rob Smith


Mark, Jake & Allison Lis nee Frazee
Shannon Welch nee Frazee
Lisa, Mark, and Will Meyer
2009


Kathy and Terry Frazee 2009

Jeanette and Howard Knudson

Jeanette Knudson

Grandma & Grandpa Knudson's cabin
at Big Lake, MN

Back Row: Russell Frazee, Harry Knudson (grandpa), & Howard Knudson
Front Row: Unknown, Bessie Knudson's Mother, Bessie Knudson,
Jeanette Knudson Frazee, Howard's first wife?

Back row: Russell Frazee, Howard Knudson, and Unknown
Front row: Grandma Knudson's mother, Harry "Grandpa" Knudson holding Terry,
Bess "Grandma" Knudson, Jeanette Frazee nee Knudson
Summer 1940

PVT Howard Knudson
USMC, WWII


Howard and Bernice Knudson
Christmas, 1980


Frazee spending Christmas in Minneapolis
at the Knudson apartment, December 1951


Black and white television was the newest technology
in 1951. It was Christmas but Grandpa's "TV" was the hit
of the day. He could get good black and white pictures
with just "rabbit ears" on top of his set - unlike our
snowy pictures in Bird Island. Hoppalong Cassidy was the
craze and there were stories in the paper about people who
got upset that Hoppalong never got shot that they actually
shot at him on the TV. This was the start of a new era.

In the background is Bobby (facing camera) and
Jimmy (facing the TV). Dad (Russell) is on the right
watching TV. Grandma Knudson is sitting in the middle
facing toward the camera. In the foreground on the left
is Mom (Jeanette) Tommy and Shannon, facing the
TV, are being held by Lil, Howard's second wife.

Harry "Grandpa" Knudson"
About 1959

Harry "Grandpa" Knudson
Retirement from Honeywell
March, 1958


Grandma Knudson's 80th Birthday
with Phillip and Lisa

Howard's 75th Birthday

Looking Back - Olivia School, First Through Eight Grade in 1921
Article from Olivia Newspaper


Donald, George and Hazel Frazee



Donald Frazee "A Schoolboy"

Donald and Wilma Frazee
Written on the photograph
"Still Happy, Winter, 1932

Jeanette, Bobby, Terry, Betty and Wilma
Jimmy crawling on the ground
Fort Ripley, summer 1943

Judy Bjerke, Betty and Shannon Frazee
The Girl Cousins

How High's the Snow, Momma?
Up to the Roof and Snowing

Betty and Shep in front of
their home on the farm

Uncle George with Terry, Betty and Bobby


Terry, Bobby, and Betty Frazee, Riders on the Plain

Donald got a pony and cart for Mike
and Jennifer - every child's dream


George & Bertie May Frazee, Donald & Wilma Frazee
Toby & Hazel Bjerke nee Frazee, Marlyn & Vivian Boozier nee Frazee
Donald and Wilma's 50th Wedding Anniversary.





Hazel on front steps of
her home in Minneapolis


Hazel, Grandma, & Vivian Frazee



Grandma Frazee with
Jerry Bjerke
Date: ???


Gerald Bjerke
High School Graduation
1951


Hazel Bjerke with Judy
About 1948

Judy at the pump at Grandma
Frazee's farm in Olivia,


Jerry Bjerke with his F102 at Itazuke, Japan AB,

An F102 refueling. This is how Jerry got
from San Francisco to Okinawa.

Jerry flying to Okinawa - His favorite pictue


"This an actual [photo] taken from the tanker on our
trip to Okinawa. This is actually me. The AF photographer
was on the tanker I was paired with. This picture appeared
on the cover of Interceptor Magazine that was published by
the old ADC."



Toby and Hazel Bjerke
1980


Toby & Hazel, Jerry & Kay Bjerke



Judy Bjerke with Jim & Shannon Frazee
at Bjerke Home in Minneapolis
January, 1963


Allison Welch, Jennifer Magnuson
and Jennifer Erlandson roller skating
September 1981


Kert and Judy Severson nee Bjerke
with J.D. & Marge Latham
Judy's daughter Jennifer Beth Erlandson
Photo taken at Donald & Welma Frazee
50th Wedding Anniversary
Labor Day weekend, 1982


Hazel Bjerke, 1996


George spent many years in
the Riverside Sanatorium,
Granite Falls, MN, with TB
The exact dates are unknown.

Bertie Mae would drive from
their home in Olivia every
Friday night to spend the
weekend together. She would
sleep in the car because she
couldn't afford a motel room.


George - date unknown

George & Bertie Mae
at Hazel's home, Jan 1953


George and Bertie Mae, outside
their home in Olivia, with Bubbles

Jennifer Meyer, Judy's daughter,
with Jim Frazee & George
June 1988


George with Bubbles on lawn
at Russell Frazee home, Bird Island

Jennifer Erlandson, Judy's
daughter with George at
Hazel's home in Mpls.




Maid of Honor, Ester, Bride, Vivian Frazee
Matron of Honor, Hazel Bjerke
Flower Girl, Judy Bjerke
1952


Grandma Frazee with Jerry Bjerke
1952



The Bride, Vivian, and her
Father, Oliver Stanley Frazee

The Bride and Groom
Marlyn & Vivian Boozier nee Frazee


Marlyn & Vivian Boozier
April, 1959

Marlyn & Vivian Boozier
Year????


Vivian Boozier nee Frazee
Date Unknown (1990's?)
Vivian with Judy's grandchildren


Back Row: Ryan Meyer, Tanner & Dane Fricke
Front Row: Isabella Meyer, Vivian
Elisabeth Meyer, and Hunter Fricke
Christmas Eve, 2006

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(Editor's note. My goal was to complete this project by 6 July 2010. Although the page is basically complete if you have any photographs you want to contribute please don't be bashful. I can always add more.)


For copies of these photographs in full size write toBob Frazee - rmfz@prodigy.net.

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