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Martin Blanken – St. Charles, MO Filling Station Attendant

October 7, 2026

I am old enough to remember driving into a gas station (which my father called a “filling station”), running over a hose that made a bell ringing noise, which was followed by a man coming out to serve the arriving customer. The filling station attendant would ask my father how much gas he wanted and … More Martin Blanken – St. Charles, MO Filling Station Attendant

Grosse Kirchen – Part 2

April 16, 2019

Today’s continuation of yesterday’s post will tell the story of two sons of Ernst Moritz and Wilhelmina (Hahn) Grosse.  These two boys followed very similar paths through their lives.  The older of the two sons was Traugott Johannes (T.J.) Grosse, and the younger one was yesterday’s birthday boy, Frederick Grosse.  Each of them was baptized … More Grosse Kirchen – Part 2