September 1, 2022
Michelle picked me up at the airport in Indianapolis and after lunch she took me to an antique store where I spent way too much money on this little cutie!
Now I have a complete set of vintage 1940s Pyrex bowls in the primary colors. The set is now worth $150 - $225
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The Annual Eppert Family Golf Scramble was on Saturday September 3rd. Somehow I don't have any photos of that fun event, but I was paired with Uncle Bob and my niece, Laura Huffman, and we came in 2nd. After church on Sunday we went to Eric and Mary Sampson's home for our pot Luck Dinner, fun and visiting! I love this time to be with family!
Below from left: Uncle Bob Sampson, Uncle Ronald Eppert, and a new 'cousin-in-law' we met for the 1st time, ____ Mullhein (I can't recall his first name). He is married to Robyn Eppert, Ray and Leona Eppert's daughter. Ray and my dad were cousins.
The young men of the family from left: Dakota Lyons, Jake Smith and Joseph Boone, all married to Eric and Mary Sampsons daughters, and Lucas Schorr, Amy and Paul's oldest.
Amy and Aunt Nancy
Abbi, Kendra, Erin and Ben enjoy the shade, ...
...while the fun part of the family plays on the monster slip and slide!
Aunt Nancy, Uncle Ronald, Robyn and her husband and my brother John.
The graves of my great-great-grandparents, John and (Anna) Laura Hoback Loughmiller.
And here's some family photos I took from photo albums my sister Michelle has.
They are not in any particular order, so I have tried to label all of them.
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My mom made these dresses for us to celebrate the Indiana Sesquicentennial in Sept. 1966. We are standing in front of the fireplace of our new Log House in Seelyville, Indiana. The fireplace may be old fashioned, but the house was the only one around with an indoor swimming pool.
L-R: Cindy, Sandy, Patty and Shelly (Michelle)
The people in the photo below are listed below and I assume it was taken in the late summer or fall of 1906. The man standing on the left is my Great-Grandfather, Charles Beecher Eppert and the woman seated in front of him is his wife, my Great-Grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Somerville Eppert. She is holding my grandfather, John W. Eppert Sr. This is a photo of her family, her parents and siblings and grandchildren. The oldest grandchild on the right is Charles and Mary's oldest son George. He was killed if France in WWI when a airplane he was working on was hit by another plane. it was just days before the end of the war.
Charles Beecher Eppert wedding photo - October 14, 1894
Mary Elizabeth Somerville's wedding photo.
Grandpa Ferdinand M Fiege, John, Cindy, Shelly and Grandma Ruth Fiege, my Mom's mother. Indianapolis, probably sometime in late 1958 or early 1959 before Patty was born.
Charlotte and Ruth Lofstrom.
My Grandmother Ruth and her darling daughter and only child, Charlotte Ruth. I would guess around 1937
Grandma Eppert, Uncle Ronald and Grandpa Eppert
June 15, 1952
Grandma and Grandpa Eppert
Mildred Esther Loughmiller and John Wayne Eppert
Wedding photo October 14, 1931
Little Charlotte Ruth Lofstrom
My Mother's Grandparents
Johan Edvard Lofstrom and Emma Hallberg Lofstrom
Probably McKeesport, Pennsylvania
My grandfather, Eddy Lofstrom is in the front row with the curly hair and an arrow pointing to him. about 1913 - his 1st grade photo. Pennsylvania
The Lofstrom Children
standing l-r: Robert John, Wilhelmina Fredrika and Esther Christina
seated in front: Edward Frederick (Born 25, Jan. 1907)
The little family
Eddie, Chuckie (Charlotte) and Ruth Lofstrom (about 1934)
Eddie and Ruth
The 5 Eppert Children
oldest to youngest:
John (10), Michelle (8), Cindy (7), Patricia (4) and Sandy (3)
(This photo must have been taken in late Feb. or early March 1964)
Doc and his daughters, Shelly, Cindy and Patty.
Charlotte and her Kiddies, summer 1959.
Shelly, Johnny, Cindy and baby Patty.
Eddie and Ruth - Indianapolis 1948
Eddie died of a massive heart attack in 1951. On November 22, 1953, Grandma Ruth married Ferdinand Fiege who was a widower with 4 grown children.
Who is in the photo? ↓
Chuckie (Charlotte) leaving the church on her wedding day, June 15, 1952
(Love the dress!)
18 yr. old Mrs. John Wayne Eppert Jr.
John Wayne Eppert Jr.
Charlotte and a date at a high school dance.
Mom and Dad going to Prom
Eddie and Charlotte
Doc and Charlotte's wedding
June 15, 1952
Living in Lansing Michigan in early 1953 while Dad attended the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University.
These next three pictures are of the Brazil High School Drama Department. Look closely and you will see my mom (Charlotte, aka Chuckie).
Mom's engagement announcement
The Eppert Family in the fall of 1959.
Grandpa and Grandma Lofstrom. They passed away in 1940 and 1943 respectively.
My Grandma Ruth's Father, William Henry (Grandpap) Paul and his second wife who was a widow, Mrs. Manning.
Well, I had a wonderful 4 days in Indiana, I caught a very early flight home on Labor Day and Darryl took me out for a delicious breakfast.
It's always good to come home (wherever Darryl is 😉)
