Here is a picture of the William Carl Zumstein family taken on about 1913.
On the top row are his daughters Ruth and Lillian.
The bottom row has William Carl, his eldest son, Earl, who died in 1986
in Sacramento County, then Melida Fischer Zumstein, and Vera.
Here is a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Zumstein taken about 1943
Ruth, Betty and Jack
Rudolph Zumstein is Grandpa's brother. He, too, came to America to attend school. Here he is in a picture of the football team of the Wilton German English College in 1896. If you can't read the small type, he is the 4th from the left in the middle row.
My parent’s wedding photo, July 3, 1937.
When my father was a child, he and his brothers and sisters were considered underprivileged urban children that several farming families ‘took in’ for summers so they could see the benefits of fresh air and cow patties. The Stutzman family of central Illinois took in my father, aunts and uncles for years. Harold Stutzman is on the left, followed by Berness, Grace, and my father.