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Enjoying Every Day

Posted on January 26, 2026 by Caryn

My husband’s aunt, Margee Kountz is the last of her siblings still alive. She came into this world almost 18 years after her oldest sister, Joann Schulenberg. In fact, Margee was just six months old when her sister was married. … Continue reading →

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Home Is Where You Are

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Caryn

Having started out his life in South Dakota, and having family there, my husband’s uncle, Bobby Cole was very much at home in the rural areas of that state. That is likely why he and Aunt Linda Cole moved to … Continue reading →

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They Had A Good Time

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Caryn

Our aunt, Linda Cole was always a vibrant, happy person. She had a laugh that would light up a room. We didn’t see Linda and her husband Bobby as much as some of the rest of the family, because they lived for many years is Kennebec, South Dakota, Continue reading →

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Hanging Out In A Small Town

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Caryn

When my husband, Bob’s uncle, Bobby Cole comes to mind, I am taken back to the days when my girls, Corrie Petersen and Amy Royce, were little. Whenever we took a trip to see Bobby and Bob’s aunt, Linda Cole, we always had a great time. The girls got to play with their cousins, Continue reading →

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Small-Town America

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Caryn

My husband, Bob’s uncle, Bobby Cole was a fun-loving person who always made people around him laugh. It wasn’t so much that Bobby told a lot of jokes or played a lot of pranks, but more that he liked to laugh and found a lot of things funny. Continue reading →

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No Bugs

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Caryn

It’s hard for me to believe that my husband’s aunt, Linda Cole has been in Heaven for over six years now. I remember so well the times we went to visit her and Uncle Bobby Cole, when they lived in Kennebec, South Dakota when our girls, Corrie Petersen and Amy Royce were little. Continue reading →

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The Country Lifestyle

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Caryn

My husband’s uncle, Bobby Cole was a man who liked things to run on a slow, easy pace. That might be why he and his family moved the the dinky town of Kennebec, South Dakota. Bobby’s family was from that area, so it was an area he was comfortable with, and his family all agreed that it felt like home. Continue reading →

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In A Small Town

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Caryn

My mother-in-law, Joann Schulenberg was the eldest of her parents three living children. Her older brother Everett passed away at birth. The second living child was Linda Cole, who was born 15 years after her older sister. Following Linda, youngest … Continue reading →

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Had We Known The Future

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Caryn

Yesterday, while coming home from a routine trip to see my sister-in-law, Brenda’s doctor in Fort Collins, Colorado, she received a phone call from her cousin, Sheila Cole. We don’t hear from her often, so we were immediately on high … Continue reading →

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Time And Distance

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Caryn

For years, Bob and I and our girls went to visit his aunt and uncle, Linda Knox Cole and Bobby Cole and their children Sheila and Pat, in Kennebec, South Dakota, where they owned and operated a hotel. One thing … Continue reading →

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