Sibley County Historical Society and Museum/Henderson, MN
Twenty-eight (28) photos were identified in 2018.
(Ostrom Camera - From the museum collection)
Viola Bussler and Raymond Krueger
April 5, 1942
N-507 Identified by Irene Leske (Winthrop)
Kenneth Marquardt & Lorraine Janicke (middle couple)
Attendants unknown
December 3, 1941
N-505 Identified by Myrna Buerkle and adds, "Keep up the vintage photos - they are so fun."
Dorothy Niebuhr and Franklin Burke
Gaylord
August 18, 1944
N-503 Identified by Kathy Bierstedt (New Ulm), Ardella Micke (Hutchinson), Marcene Witt, LaVonne Bentz
Leonard Uecker & Berdina Schiro Family
Back row: Kathleen Grewe Uecker, Reginald Uecker, LaVerna Uecker Borchert, LuVerne Borchert
Front row: Berdina, Greggory Borchert, David Borchert, Leonard
N-500 Identified by Irene Leske (Winthrop) and Jenny Lindquist
Harold Henke & Mildred Franke
Bridesmaid Eileen Krecklau
Groomsman Melvin Henke
Gaylord
April 27, 1941
N-497 Identified by their daughter Marlene Henke Johnson (Nicollet)
Mildred Olson & Stanley Lind Family
Children: Mark, Donald, Marge, Charles, and Dean
No date provided
N-496 Identified by Dean Lind (formerly of Winthrop) and Ron Martin (Winthrop)
Violet, Javain, and Eunice Peterson
N-490 Identified by Sandy Ulrich and Greg Woods (Gibbon)
Bennie & Ellen Johnson Family
Children: Delores & Daryl
N-484 Identified by siblings Larry & Barb Johnson (Winthrop) and Irene Leske (Winthrop)
Helen Grewe & Raymond Schwartz
Married October 23, 1940
N-482 Identified by Mrs. Lavonne Bentz (New Ulm)
Cornelius Zitzman & Julia Ziegler
August 30, 1944
N-480 Identified by Becky Briggs (Eagan, MN)
Violet Vieregge & Stanley Schilling Family
Children l to r: Charles, Sonia, and Lillian
N-479 Identified by Maggie Miller (St. Peter), Irene Leske (Winthrop), Gregory Johnson (Winthrop), and Elaine Deschaine
Esther Gaulke & Otto Stresemann
August 3, 1941
N-475 Identified by Reuben Stresemann (Raleigh, NC) and Sharon Haggenmiller (Henderson)
Winthrop High School Cheerleaders
Mavis Backer, Geraldine Woods, Bernadine Buche Gustafson, Carolyn Swenson, (Margaret) Janette Soehl Kuphal & Janice Ostrom
1950
N-474 Partial IDs by LaDonna Totman (Gaylord) and Janette Soehl Kuphal, final identification by Becky Briggs (Eagan, MN) from yearbook original at the Winthrop Historical Society
Frank Grosam & Caroline Gitter Family
Back row: Leo, Frank, and Caroline
Front row: Margie, Benedict, and Janet
About 1945
N-473 Identified by Bennie Grosam (Fairfax) and Leo's wife Ordell Grosam
Howard Messerli & Meta Kreft
March 30, 1942
N-467 Identified by Robert Jahnke (Cottage Grove, MN)
Viola Henke & Merlin Bergs
June 14, 1944
N-466 Identified by Becky Briggs (Eagan, MN)
Four-Generation Family Photo
Ida (Grewe) Frauendienst, Bertha (Uecker) Grewe, Iona (Frauendienst) Scharpe, & Jerry Scharpe
1944
N-462 Identified by the 2-year old in the photo, Jerry Scharpe (Glencoe)
Erhardt and Anna (Monkemeier) Gebhardt, son Kenneth
Winthrop
June 19, 1944
N-457 Identified by Becky Briggs (Eagan, MN)
Sons of LeRoy and Ardina Hed
Front: Loren and Keith
Back: Jeffrey
About 1955
N-431 Identified at 2018 Sibley County Fair
Alice Schwarzrock and Daughters
Daughters: Bonnie, Sandra, and Linda
About 1958
N-389 Identified by Linda Schwarzrock Ranzau
Steven & James Zitzmann
c. 1953
N-386 Identified by Jim & Doris Zitzmann (New Ulm)
Ralph Carter and Agnes Madson Family
Children: Evelyn, Gerald, Harvey, Jim, George, & Blanche
Gibbon
About 1937
S-355 Identified by Carmen Carter Koester (daughter of Harvey)
Ray Schaefer, June Schaefer, Delores Loeffers, Garfield Marx
Wedding Party
February 19, 1942
S-352 Identified by Daughter Suzanne Marx (Hutchinson)
Siblings Paula and Frank Campa
1953
N-312 Partial ID at 2017 County Fair, final ID by Ron Hanson
Ruben Weckwerth and Lillian Blumke Wedding
Floyd Bluemke, Ruben Weckwerth, Lillian Blumke, & Viola Markwardt
Left/Right ends cropped: Iver Weckwerth & Corrine Klockmann
April 16, 1941
S-252 Identified by Verlinda Stoeckman (Green Isle)
Winthrop High School Sr. Class Play "Here Comes Patricia"
Charles W. Quandt II, Inez Olson, Esmond Lindquist, Roland Olson, Genevieve Eaton, Stanley Olson, Florence Larson, Merrill Haaheim, Ethel Splitstoesser, Margaret Mikes, & Darwin Samuelson
1931
N-230 Identied by E. Larson and Becky Briggs (Eagan) - An original photo is at the Winthrop Historical Society
Winthrop High School Football Team
Front row: Donald Neubarth, Elroy Groehler, Donald Miller, Ronald Martin, Earl Lindstrand, & Orville Saxton
Back row: Coach Kenneth Merritt, Richard Edwards, Merrill Ellies, Dennis Anderson, John Scherer, Luverne Meier, Bert Gustafon, Stanley Totman, & Asst. Coach Lowell Johnson
1950
N-220 ID by Becky Briggs (Eagan) found at the Winthrop Historical Society
Emil Kosek & Luellen Zettler Wedding
Dennis Kosek, Elmer Dressel, Emil Kosek, Luellen Zettler, Dorothy Kosek, Mathilda Kosek
July 30, 1946
N-141 Identified by Debra Kosek McCormick
