- LEFT TO RIGHT: Julius Kirmse, Hilda (Brunken) Kirmse, Dale Kirmse, William Brunken, Harold Brunken, Mary (Petersen) Brunken, Arno Lindorfer, Herbert Lindorfer, Leona (Brunken) Lindorfer, Mildred Brunken, Evelyn (Pereboom) Brunken, Alan Brunken, Alvin Brunken
- In Front: Audrey Lee Lindorfer
- WHEN: Circa 1939
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – probably at the Brunken farm
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- NOTES: The children and grandchildren of Mary and William Brunken are visiting. I wonder who took the snapshot – the shadows of two people show in the picture.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: William Brunken with Dale Kirmse and Arno Lindorfer on his lap; Audrey Lee Lindorfer with her cousin Billy Courter[1] in front of her; Mary Brunken with Alan Brunken on her lap.
- WHEN: Circa 1939
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – Note the vines on the porch of the Brunken farm house near Lahoma, Oklahoma.
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- NOTES:
- The grandchildren of Clara Maria “Mary” (Petersen) and William Leopold Brunken are visiting near Lahoma, Oklahoma.
- Billy Courter was a cousin of Arno and Audrey Lee Lindorfer and not a grandchild of William and Mary. The Courter family lived nearby and was included in family get togethers.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Arno Lindorfer, Alan Brunken, Dale Kirmse
- WHEN: Circa 1940
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Donna Martin
- WHAT: Mary Brunken’s House in Alva
- WHEN: Circa 1944
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Judy Yordi
- NOTES: William Brunken had passed away October 12, 1941. In 1943, after Harold and Leona were married, Grandmother Brunken moved to Alva, Oklahoma to be near her two daughters, Hilda and Mildred.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: LEFT TO RIGHT: Alvin Brunken; Evelyn (Pereboom) Brunken, wife of Alvin; Martin Kletke, husband of Mildred; Mildred (Brunken) Kletke; Clara Marie “Mary” (Petersen) Brunken – Grandmother Brunken; Herbert Lindorfer, husband of Leona; Leona (Brunken) Lindorfer; Harold Brunken; Leona (Oelerking) Brunken, wife of Harold
- WHEN: 1944 – as per the note on the back of the picture
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – appears to be at the Brunken farm house, the home of Harold Brunken and his family
- NOTES: A family get together on the Brunken farm near Lahoma, Oklahoma. The Brunken farm near Lahoma served as a convenient location for family gatherings as it was somewhat central to where the Brunken children families were living – Hilda and Mildred in Alva, Alvin in Covington and then Oklahoma City, Leona in Enid and then Blackwell.
- WHAT: Hilda and Mildred are holding their infant daughters
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Hilda (Brunken) Kirmse holding her daughter Judy Ann Kirmse; Mildred (Brunken) Kletke holding her daughter Janice Kletke
- WHEN: 1945
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma – appears to be Grandmother Brunken’s house in Alva
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Mildred (Brunken) Kletke holding Janice Kletke ; Evelyn (Peerboom) Brunken holding Jere Brunken; Hilda (Brunken) Kirmse holding Judy Kirmse
- WHEN: 1946
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – appears to be Brunken house in background
- SOURCE: Lavila Testerman
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Leona (Brunken) Lindorfer, Herbert Lindorfer, Mildred (Brunken) Kletke, Martin Kletke, Julius Kirmse, Hilda (Brunken) Kirmse
- WHEN: Circa 1946
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma – appears to be next Grandmother Brunken’s house in Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- NOTES: Snapshot of Mary (Petersen) and William Brunken daughters and their spouses.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Hilda (Brunken) Kirmse, Leona (Brunken) Lindorfer, Mildred (Brunken) Kletke
- WHEN: Circa 1946
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma – Appears to be Grandmother Brunken’s porch behind the sisters.
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- NOTES: Three sisters are meeting at their mother’s home.
- WHO: Audrey Lee Lindorfer is in back holding onto left to right Alan Brunken, Arno Lindorfer, and Dale Kirmse
- WHEN: Circa 1940
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma – The background looks like foundation of the Julius and Hilda Kirmse home.
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- NOTES: Audrey Lee Lindorfer is trying to get her little brother and two cousins to face to the camera.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Dale Kirmse, Arno Lindorfer, and Alan Brynken
- WHEN: Circa 1940
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Arno Lindorfer
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Martin Kletke, Julius Kirmse
- MIDDLE ROW,LEFT TO RIGHT: Herbert Lindorfer, Leona Lindorfer, Mary Brunken holding Darrel Kletke, Mildred Kletke, Hilda Kirmse
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Arno Lindorfer, Dale Kirmse
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: LocationUnknown
- SOURCE: Darrel Kletke
- Back Row: Grandma Brunken Holding Alan
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Arno and Dale
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: LocationUnknown
- SOURCE: Darrel Kletke
- Back Row: William Kirmse, Martha (Cordes) Kirmse, Mary (Petersen) Brunken
- MIDDLE ROW,LEFT TO RIGHT: Arno Lindorfer, Audrey Lee Lindorfer, Dale Kirmse
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Darrel Kletke, Donna Kirmse
- WHEN: Circa 1947
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Dale Kirmse
- NOTES: William and Martha Kirmse were the grandparents of Donna and Dale Kirmse. They lived in Alva and were a part of joint family functions.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Donna Kirmse, Grandmother Brunken, Judy Kirmse
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: LocationUnknown
- SOURCE: Arno Lindorfer
- Back: Mary Brunken
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Karen Kirmse, Kathy Kirmse, Kevin Kirmse
- WHEN: 1967
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Arno Lindorfer
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Donna Kirmse, Janice Kletke, Judy Kirmse
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Phillip Kletke, Darrel Kletke
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: LocationUnknown
- SOURCE: Darrel Kletke
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Alvin Brunken, Leona Brunken, Mildred Kletke, Harold Brunken
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: LocationUnknown
- SOURCE: Donna Martin
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Judy Kirmse, Janice Kletke, Mildred Kletke, Donna Kirmse, Leona Lindorfer
- Front: Grandmother Mary Brunken
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: LocationUnknown
- SOURCE: Darrel Kletke
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Leona Brunken, Leona Lindorfer, Herbert Lindorfer, Martin Kletke, Mildred Kletke, Evelyn Brunken
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Harold Brunken, Grandmother Mary Brunken, Alvin, Brunken
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: LocationUnknown
- SOURCE: Darrel Kletke