When Leona Cecelia Brunken was born on February 11, 1911, in Lahoma, Oklahoma, her father, William, was 32, and her mother, Clara, was 26. She married Herbert Jacob Lindorfer July 12, 1931, in Lahoma, Oklahoma, and they had two children together. She then married Robert George Schuelein on January 13, 1986, in Dumas, Texas. She died on December 15, 1996, in Texhoma, Oklahoma, at the age of 85, and was buried in Texhoma, Texas.
- WHO: Leona Brunken
- WHEN: 1925
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- WHO: Leona Cecelia Brunken, daughter of William Leopold and Mary (Petersen) Brunken
- WHEN: 1925
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Evelyn Pereboom. Rev. Phillip Roesel (Pastor 1903-1941)
- Middle Row, LEFT TO RIGHT: Leona Brunken, Gertrude Brakhage, Clara Stable, Earl Lichtenberg, Rebecca Brakhage
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Evert Schnieder, Tillie Holtz, Lorence Nolting, Ellen Thain
- WHEN: 1925
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Evelyn Brunken
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Earl Lichtenberg, Tillie Holtz, Clara Stable, Evert Schneider, Leona Brunken, Evelyn Pereboom, Rebecca Brakhage, Lorence Nolting, Gertrude Brakhage, Ellen Thain
- WHEN: 1925
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Tillie Holtz. Clara Stable. Leona Brunken. Evelyn Pereboom, Rebecca Brakhage, Gertrude Brakhage, Ellen Thain
- WHEN: 1925
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- WHO: Leona Cecelia (Brunken) Lindorfer
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- NOTES: The coat seems to be the same as in the Brunken Family picture – just the collar is turned into a neck scarf.
- WHAT: Marriage portrait of Herb and Leona (Brunken) Lindorfer.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Herbert “Herb” Jacob Lindorfer, Leona Cecelia (Brunken) Lindorfer
- WHEN: July 12, 1931 – Date Married
- WHERE: Lahoma or Enid, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- NOTES: Leona was the first of William and Mary Brunken’s children to marry.
- WHAT: Herb and Leona (Brunken) Lindorfer – Honeymoon
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Leona Cecelia (Brunken) Lindorfer; Herbert “Herb” Jacob Lindorfer,
- WHEN: 1931
- WHERE: Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Leona Lindorfer
Herbert Jacob Lindorfer
When Herbert Jacob Lindorfer and his twin brother Alfred Christian were born on January 6, 1905, in Honey Grove, Texas, their father, Charles, was 24, and their mother, Mary, was 24. He married Leona Cecelia Brunken on July 12, 1931, in Lahoma, Oklahoma. They had two children during their marriage. He died on April 14, 1978, in Guymon, Oklahoma, at the age of 73, and was buried in Texhoma, Texas.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Herbert Jacob Lindorfer, Alfred Christian Lindorfer – twin sons of Charles Christian and Mary Magdalene (Ryser) Lindorfer
- WHEN: August, 1905
- WHERE: Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas
- SOURCE: Cheryl Dumaine
- NOTES: Herbert Jacob Lindorfer is the future husband of Leona Cecelia Brunken
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Herbert Jacob Lindorfer, Alfred Christian Lindorfer, Paula Fredericka Lindorfer
- WHEN: DateUknown
- WHERE: Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas?
- SOURCE: Cheryl Dumaine
- Whot: Leona Lindorfer
- WHEN: DateUknown
- WHERE: LocationUnknown
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Herbert “Herb” Jacob Lindorfer, Leona Cecelia (Brunken) Lindorfer
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: Blackwell, Oklahoma?
- SOURCE: Arno Lindorfer
Robert George Schuelein
When Robert George Schuelein was born on April 6, 1912, in Kremlin, Oklahoma, his father, George, was 39 and his mother, Hulda, was 36. He married Myrtle I Wilmot and they had one daughter together. He then married Leona Cecelia Brunken on January 13, 1986, in Dumas, Texas. He died on October 30, 1995, in Wellington, Kansas, at the age of 83, and was buried there.
