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Grandparents Kintner and Knarr at wedding of Richard and
Irene, Sherwood, Ohio. |
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Newspaper coverage of the June 1, 1941 wedding of Irene
and Richard...In a ceremony solemnized Sunday in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Kintner, in the presence of twenty-five
relatives and friends, their only daughter, Irene, became
the bride of Richard Knarr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Knarr
of Winamac, Indiana. The Rev. Orville Noffsinger, pastor of
the Church of the Brethren, Defiance, read the nuptial
service. Attendants were Miss Grace Miriam Rodabaugh of
Williamstown and Elmer Knarr of Winamac, brother of the
bridegroom. The bride chose a light rose sheer frock for her
wedding and carried pink roses. Miss Rodabaugh was attire in
aqua sheer and her bouquet was an arrangement of sweetpeas.
Miss Pauline Kintner of Auburn, Indiana, cousin of the
bride, played the nuptial music and Mrs. Francis Knarr of
Winamac, sang, "I Love You Truly" and "Perfect Love." After
the ceremony a dinner was served to the bridal party and the
attending guests. The bride is a graduate of
Sherwood-Delaware high school, class of 1937, and of
Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana, class of
1939. Since her graduation she has taught in the Emmett
school in Paulding county. Mr. Knarr, a graduate of Winamac
high school, class of 1933, and also of Manchester College,
in 1939, has been teaching at Monroe Center near Winamac.
The couple will reside in Bryan for the summer while they
have employment there, and in the fall will go to Winamac,
where Mr. Knarr expects to resume his teaching. |
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Ed & Eva Kintner's farm, north of Sherwood, Ohio. |
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Irene recalls the time that it snowed so much that she
could step over this fence on her way to school. |
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Kintner barn, Sherwood, Ohio. |
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Harvesting on the Kintner farm. |
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Kintner Farmall tractor and combine. Grandpa Kintner
standing to the right. |
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Jay Kintner. Died in 1912; drowned in tub of rain water;
went in head first. |
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Funeral Casket of Jay Kintner, died in 1912 in drowning
accident. |
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Irene, 1921. Her mother had embroidered the Red
Carnation Pillow.
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Irene Kintner, ca 1921. Photo: Smith's Studio, Defiance,
OH. |
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Irene in high chair. |
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Mom picking strawberries. |
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Lowell Kintner, Irene's brother. |
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Lowell Kintner, Irene's brother. |
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Irene. |
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Vernon and Raymond. |
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Irene Evelyn, Vernon Edison, Raymond Lester, Lowell
Victor Kintner. Jay was the first-born; he died when he
drowned in a tub of water outside. The tub was used to
collect rainwater next to the house. Jay had gone missing
and a search was conducted in the adjacent corn field. Jay
had just started walking. |
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Grandma Eva Lehman Kintner, Irene in high chair, Vernon. |
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Grandpa, Raymond, Vernon, Lowell. |
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Mom on the farm. |
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Mom, with Brother. |
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Mom, on the Kintner homestead. |
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Mom, brothers Vernon and Raymond on right. Raymond was
14. Note the knickerbockers. This may have been Raymond's
last picture before he died. |
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Mom and neighbor Evelyn Baker. |
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Rev. Sam Mohler, Defiance Church of the Brethren
minister; he baptized Irene Kintner. |
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Sam and Mary Kintner's place. Fannie's husband in
front of house. Boys-Lowell, Vernon, Raymond. Irene's mother
is holding her. Mary Kintner, Arlene, Fannie in white dress,
Pearl Breininger? behind the boys. |
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Sam and Mary Kintner on left. Boys are Lowell, Raymond,
Vernon. Aunt Fannie and husband. Pearl Breininger is second
from the right; Arlene Hageman is holding Irene. |
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Mary Kintner holding Irene. Note automobile in
background. Photo taken in 1921.
Irene in Mary Kintner's arms. Lowell, Raymond, Vernon, Sam
Kintner on left. Aunt Fannie and Eva Kintner, Pearl
Breininger, second from the right. |
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Mom held by her mother Eva (Lehman) Kintner. |
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Mom, held in arms by grandma Kintner, in front of Sam
and Mary Kintner farm house.
Left to right: Back row--Mary Hane Kintner, Samuel Kintner,
Aunt Fannie's husband, Aunt Fannie, Eva Lehman Kintner with
Irene, Edith Kintner and her husband Charles Kintner.
Front: Vernon, Raymond, Lowell, Otho, Arlene (Hageman),
Virginia, Pauline. |
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Kintner family. Aunt Bertha Lehman, Irene Evelyn, Eva
and Ed Kintner, Lowell Victor, Vernon Edison. |
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Mother, with her brothers and parents on the farm. From
left to right: Eva Lehman Kintner, Raymond, Vernon, Lowell,
Irene, John Edward Kintner. |
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Grandma, with a pile of melons. |
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Kintner boys at the Kintner home. |
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Grandpa and Grandma Kintner. |
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Grandpa on trip and standing in front of Washington D.C.
monument. Vernon took Richard and Irene (before wedding) and
his parents on a trip to Washington D.C. and New York City.
They camped in a tent at a campground along the Potomoc,
not far from the Capitol. While in D.C., they visited the
Mint and the White House. Vernon had a Ford car. They stayed
at campsites along the way. Lowell stayed behind in Ohio and
did the farm work while they traveled. |
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Breiningers on the right. Pearl (Hane) Breininger was
grandpa Kintner's first cousin on his mother's side. Pearl's
sister Stella is on the left side. Pearl b. Nov 23, 1888 and
Stella b. Mar 16, 1897 were daughters of Alexander Hane.
Stella married Lloyd Kinzer. |
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Lowell and Ethel on right. Ethel's sister Mabel Hardy. |
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Lowell and Ethel Kintner, wedding. |
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Roger's 7th birthday. Cake baked by Irene. |
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Chicken brooder house, Sherwood, where little chickens
were raised. Lehman or Kintner farm? |
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Dad helping with the farming in Ohio. International
Harvester Farmall tractor. Grandpa had to go to a Cleveland
hospital to have 2/3 of his stomach removed. |
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Marcella and Roger with John in the high chair. John
still has the high chair. |
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Roger, Marcella, John |
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Sam and Mary Kintner. |
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Kintners at Sam and Mary Kintner's. |
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Sam and Mary Kintner. |
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Kintner thresher. Note the tractor. Also automobile
in background. |
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Kintner tractor. |
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Kathleen Vera, 5 weeks old. |
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Vernon and Kathleen, 16 weeks old. |
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Ruth holding Kathleen. |
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Kathleen with her mother. |
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Kathleen. |
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Kathleen, Billie and their mother Ruth Kintner. Billy 6
months; Kathleen 2 1/2 years. |
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Kathleen, Billie, Robert Kintner. Easter Sunday 1949.
Kathleen 6 yrs; Billie 4 yrs; Robbie 22 months. |
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Vernon Kintner's house. |
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Vernon and Ruth (blurry image), standing in front of
Richard and Irene's 1941 Ford. |
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Vernon Edison and Ruth (McGane) Kintner. Photo taken about time Richard and
Irene visited them at their Arizona home in Green Valley. |
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Vernon's family. Easter Sunday 1949. |
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Vernon and Ruth with the kids. |
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Billie Kintner. |
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Kathleen, with John. |
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Kathleen and John playing by the farm implements. |
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John, with Mother. In backyard, at Grandpa and Grandma
Kintner's. |
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John, with Irene in yard. |
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John, with Mom on bench. |
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John with Mother waiting for Daddy to return from
overseas. Irene: "I made the snowsuit you're wearing from
your Dad's overcoat. Probably my best creation as far as
sewing goes." |
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In front of the rose bushes at the Kintner farm. |
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Irene wearing the sweater Richard sent her. January
1945. |
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John. |
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Kathleen with Billie. Kathleen 2 3/4 yrs; Billie 8
months. |
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Bobby's wedding. Robert and Eva Kintner, with Ruth.
Orlando, Florida. Eva's parents are next to her. |
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Dawn Kintner (Bob's daughter) and Kenny Kintner
(Vernon's youngest son), with Ruth Kintner. St. Augustine,
Florida, Feb 1994. |
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Robert and Ruth at DisneyWorld, Feb 1994. |
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