When Mildred Lorena Brunken was born on March 15, 1920, in Meno, Oklahoma, her father, William, was 41, and her mother, Clara, was 35. She married Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke on October 13, 1940, in Lahoma, Oklahoma. They had three children during their marriage. She died on June 25, 2014, in Jefferson City, Missouri, at the age of 94, and was buried at Alva, Oklahoma.
- WHO: Mildred Lorena {Brunken) Kletke
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: LocationUnknown
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHAT: Wish I Didn’t Have To Wear Shoes
- LEFT TO RIGHT:
- Cora Dierksen is the daughter of Carl C. Dierksen (She was 10 in the 1930 US Census)
- Harold H. Brakhage is the son of John H Brakhage (He was 9 in the 1930 US Census)
- Mildred Lorena Brunken is the daughter of William Leopold Brunken (Born 15 Mar 1920)
- WHEN: Circa 1924. Assuming that the children in the picture are about four years old
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – probably
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- NOTES: The boy in the middle of the picture may well be thinking “They get to go barefoot – why do I have to wear shoes?” More likely he is looking down because the sun in his face makes it uncomfortable to look at the camera.
- WHAT: Threshing on the William Brunken other farm.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Mildred Brunken, Jerry Coulter
- WHEN: Circa 1925 – This would be June-July given this is a wheat harvest in Oklahoma. Mildred (Born 15 Mar 1920) appears to be about 5 years old
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- NOTES: The tractor is being used to power the threshing machine. Mildred is sitting on a milk can that is probably being used to carry water or fuel for the tractor.
- WHO: Mildred Brunken
- WHEN: Circa 1925 – This would be June-July given this is a wheat harvest in Oklahoma. Mildred (Born 15 Mar 1920) appears to be about 5 years old
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- NOTES: In the background behind Mildred is the threshing operation. Teams of mules are being used to draw hay wagons loaded with cut wheat up to feed into the threshing machine. The straw and chaff are being blown onto a haystack.
- WHAT: Grandmother Brunken has plucked a chicken and her daughter, Mildred, appears to be amazed that the chicken has no feathers.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Mildred Lorena Brunken, Clara Marie “Mary” (Petersen) Brunken
- WHEN: October 1924 – Mary and Mildred are wearing the same clothes as they have on in the picture dated October, 1924 in the Johanna (Plath) Brunken Visits Oklahoma post.
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- NOTES: Mildred told me that this one of her favorite pictures with her mother.
- WHAT: Mildred Brunken’s Fifth Birthday
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Albert Dierksen, Harold Brunken, Erna Brackage, Ella Brackage
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Wilbur Frey, Harold Brackage, Edna Frey, Mildred Brunken, Elmer Frey, Cora Dierksen
- WHEN: March 15, 1925 – Mildred Brunken was born March 15, 1920
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma. Note the vines on the porch of the William Brunken home near Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Alvin Frey, Wilbur Frey, Harold Brunken, Irene Brakhage, Rebecka Brakhage, Leona Brunken, Gertrude Brakhage, Irene Dierksen
- FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Albert Dierksen. Elmer Frey. Harold Brakhage, Cora Dierksen, Mildred Brunken, Ella Brakhage. Edna Frey
- WHEN: March 15, 1925 – Mildred Brunken was born March 15, 1920
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma. Note the vines on the porch of the William Brunken home near Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- Top Down: Mildred Brunken, Norma Jean Rader
- WHEN: Circa 1925
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – Probably
- SOURCE: SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Unidentified, Mildred Brunken
- WHEN: Circa 1926. These pictures in Hilda’s album were on a page next to pictures dated 1926
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – Based on the photo processors stamp on the back of the pictures.
- SOURCE: SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- WHAT: Mildred Brunken with her cousin from Nebraska, Irene Brunken
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Mildred Lorena Brunken, daughter of Clara Marie “Mary” (Petersen) and William Leopold Brunken; Irene Dorthea Brunken, daughter of Anna Ida (Schlosser) and Gustav “Gus” Brunken
- WHEN: Circa 1927
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – probably the William Brunken home- notice the vines in the background
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- WHAT: Mildred Brunken – Confirmation
- WHO: Mildred Brunken
- WHEN: Circa 1932
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHAT: Mildred Brunken and friends – Confirmation
- WHO: LEFT TO RIGHT: Unidentified, Mildred Brunken, Unidentified
- WHEN: Circa 1932
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHAT: Picture of Mildred Lorena Brunken that she apparently traded with friends.
- WHO: Mildred Brunken
- WHEN: Circa 1935
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHO: Mildred Brunken
- WHEN: Circa 1935
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHAT: Picture of Mildred Lorena Brunken that she apparently traded with friends.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Lucille Alma Pereboom, daughter of Lena (Johnson) and Wilhelm John Pereboom; Mildred Brunken
- WHEN: Circa 1935
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHAT: Mildred’s class high school graduation picture
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Mildred Brunken
- WHEN: Circa 1935
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHO: Lahoma Seniors – 1938
- WHEN: 1938
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHAT: Mildred Kletke’s High School Diploma
- WHEN: 1938
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHO: Mildred Brunken
- WHEN: October 13, 1940
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Darrel Kletke
- LEFT TO RIGHT:Mildred Lorena Brunken, daughter of Clara Marie “Mary” (Petersen) and William Leopold Brunken; Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke, son of Emma Carolina Emile (Wamhof) and Oskar Karl Kletke
- WHEN: October 13, 1940
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Donna Martin
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Audrey Lee Lindorfer, UnIdentified, Mildred Kletke, Martin Kletke, Harold Brunken
- WHEN: October 13, 1940
- WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke
When Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke was born on July 2, 1914, in Alva, Oklahoma, his father, Oskar, was 26 and his mother, Emma, was 25. He married Mildred Lorena Brunken on October 13, 1940, in Lahoma, Oklahoma. They had three children during their marriage. He died on August 20, 2008, in Jefferson City, Missouri, at the age of 94, and was buried in his hometown.
- WHO: Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: LocationUnknown
- SOURCE:SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHAT: Portrait of Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke as an infant.
- WHO: Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke
- WHEN: Circa 1916
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- NOTES: Portrait of Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke as an infant.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Roland Heinrich Christian Kletke, son of Emma Carolina Emile (Wamhof) and Oscar Karl Kletke; Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke, son of Emma Carolina Emile (Wamhof) and Oscar Karl Kletke
- WHEN: Circa 1924
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke, son of Emma Carolina Emile (Wamhof) and Oscar Karl Kletke; Roland Heinrich Christian Kletke, son of Emma Carolina Emile (Wamhof) and Oscar Karl Kletke
- WHEN: Circa 1927
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHAT: Confirmation portrait of Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke.
- WHO: Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke
- WHEN: April 10, 1927
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHO: Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke – future husband of Mildred (Brunken) Kletke
- WHEN: Circa 1838
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHO: Martin Walter Kletke
- WHEN: Circa 1937
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- NOTES: Martin Kletke in his graduation gown. I am thinking this is when he graduated from Northwestern. While this picture could be of Martin’s high school graduation, he looks older and it is probably of his graduation from Northwestern State College.
- WHO: Martin Walter Kletke
- WHEN: May 17, 1933
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- NOTES: Northwestern State College operated a high school as part of their teachers education program.
- WHO: Martin Walter Kletke
- WHEN: June 1, 1929
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- WHO: Martin Kletke
- WHEN: April 19
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- NOTES: Eighth Grade Examination Scores
Martin Kletke
- WHO: Martin Ludwig Walter Kletke
- WHEN: Circa 1940
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Mildred Kletke, Martin Kletke
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Martin Kletke, Mildred Kletke
- WHEN: October 13, 1980
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Darrel Kletke
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Mildred Kletke, Martin Kletke
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: LocationUnknown
- SOURCE: Darrel Kletke
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Martin Kletke, Mildred Kletke,
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: LocationUnknown
- SOURCE: Darrel Kletke
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Mildred Kletke, Martin Kletke
- WHEN: DateUnknown
- WHERE: Alva, Oklahoma
- SOURCE: Mildred Kletke