I was born in 1938, so you figure out how old I was when we had this Luckert family reunion at the Joe Bruhns in Newman Grove--somewhere in the first half of the 1940s. George Washington Luckert (b. 2 February 1873-d. 26 April 1961) married Anna Elizabeth Jones (b. 1 March 1875-d. 27 July 1920). They had six children. In order, Elizabeth Mae (b. 3 May 1897-d. 25 March 1977), Evelyn Cathryn (b. 23 May 1899- ), Richard Charles (b. 24 November 1900-d. 26 August 1986), Chester Winford (1 April 1903-d.15 November 1986), John Herbert (6 May 1906-d. 30 January 1994), and Bessie Liberty (b. 4 July 1909-d. 10 April 1976). As already evident, Elizabeth was Lizzie, Chester was Chet, John was Jack, Bessie was Betty. Lizzie married Vern Stocking (b. 1915-d. 1939), Evelyn married Joseph Bruhn (d. 1975), and Betty married Arthur F. Vanness (b. 4 May 1913-d. October 1976). Richard married Ella Clements (b. 1902-d. 1925), Sylvia Maranville (b. 26 December 1909- ), and Gertrude/Billie Schaeffer (b. 22 October 1920- ). Chet married Sarah/Sally Clements (b. 27 April 1906-d. 3 January 1957) and Angela Raemaker Eyman (b. 11 December 1915-d. 9 October 1975); Jack married Velma Koftan (b. 25 March 1915-d. 25 March 1991).
Yes, Rich and Chet, brothers, married Clements sisters their first times. As an interesting sidenote, a Wesley V. Clements (1875-1901), son of A.S. and S.A. Clements, is buried in the old Kemma Cemetery, near the Kemma School, as I recall. In the website for Knox County (Nebraska) Cemeteries, Kemma is said to be specifically a Quaker cemetery. Kemma was an area west of Morrillville, southeast of Center, and the locale of the other Luckerts, Loal, Oscar, Bertha.
Below, L-R: Lizzie, Rich, Evelyn, Jack, father George, Betty, Chet.
The next is grandfather George with his grandsons at the time. Back Row: In his uniform Alton (Rich's oldest), Grandpa Luckert, Kenneth (Chet's); Front Row: James/Jimmy Vanness (Betty's), Gary (Jack's).
Finally, Back Row: Evelyn, Chet, Lizzie, Joe Bruhn, Alton, George, Kenneth, Gertrude/Billie, Betty, Rich, Jack holding Judy Bruhn. Front Row: Jim, Gary, Kay Vanness, Barbara Kramer (Evelyn and Joe's granddaughter, whom they brought up).
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