5 exisiting cousins, Ron, Karen, Laurine, Pinky, Bev

Laurine "Rene" Mitchell: All of the nice words in the dictionary combined could not accurately describe this remarkable woman. Only one comes close: "grandmother". She is a grand mothering figure. Her love is unconditional, patient, endless. She teaches by example, and loves with her entire heart. There is nothing more comforting than her hug, her soft voice, her hearty laugh. To the birthday girl- cheers! All of the nice words in the dictionary combined could not accurately describe this remarkable woman. Only one comes close: "grandmother". She is a grand mothering figure. Her love is unconditional, patient, endless. She teaches by example, and loves with her entire heart. There is nothing more comforting than her hug, her soft voice, her hearty laugh. To the birthday girl- cheers!

Written by Kirsten (Cheryl's (Laurine's daughter) oldest daughter -

 Laurine died at 11:30 am June 29, 2007.

NOTES for Iver:

July 12, 1991 at lunch with Evelyn Cusssac, Bev and Laurine, Evelyn said that Fred Johnson who bequeathed the land to Dad when Dad was four years old was a short black haired black mustaiche (which was big) Norwegian bachelor who was a friend of the family (Dad's Uncle Iver). He was a backsmith, (I can't really remember) but he was NOT a lumberman. He had been a friend of Dad's Uncle Iver. Both were from Norway. He had no first and second names on his birth certificate. In 1957 he had them put on. He lived in Poulsbo from 1944-1951. He chopped wood, looked for work in Seattle and built a quantset house for $2000. He loved living in the woods. He and his wife, Laura (Hoffman) were charter members of the Lemola Baptist Church in Poulsbo in 1946. The family moved to Mountlake Terrace when the ferry moved from Suquamish to Bainbridge as he felt it was too far to drive. The he commuted to Seattle via the Greyhound bus. He got a job in Seattle at the George Bush Company which was two blocks up from the ferry at 2nd and Marion. His office was in the corner window and when we came to Seattle we would see him sitting at his desk. Once, about 1949 or 1950 on the ferry he won a record player/radio combination. Probably one of the few if not only times the ferry offered prizes. He was hospitalized in 1957 after becoming ill. He died in the hospital.

Dad worked at Union 76 before we left Seattle. Dad was up for bonus for perhaps 25 years and nephew or son of owner took dad's job - we think that was the start of Dad's breakdown.

Karen, 2003 at Her folk's grave at Washelli: Iver and Laura

The last family picture of Dad, Mom,
Ron, Mary Jo and Karen in front
Iver and Laura had 2 children: Karen and Ron. Mary Jo was raised with us as our sister

A Buick sort of like these

Iver, Edward, Harry Thompson, Seattle, WA

Bible Study March, 1949:

Marie Johanson
Ellen Brandley
Bess Hanson
Anita Turner
Laura Thompson
Betty Doe
Miss Margie Williams

Poulsbo, Washington

Mountlake Terrace Grade School 1954 Mr. Sorensen's class
L - R
ROW ONE, seated on ground:
Gunther Hausmann, Steve Campbell, Gunnar-?, ______, George Roberge, ______, Doug Middleton, Gordon Quam?
ROW TWO: Linda Matson, Jackie Malloy, Diane Wendell, Karen Corning, Arlene Johnson, Joann Smith, Mary Ostlund, Janice Mennenga, Sally Williams, Gerry Schifferl
ROW THREE: Micky Johnson, Bill North, Tommy St.John, Ann Nagel-?, Sandra Ferguson, Doris Wohlfarth, Linda Ferong, Martha Reynolds, Karen Thompson, Judy Louck, Colleen Berglund, Evelyn Dallman, Loyal Fadden, Larry Packard, Ray Crist, and Principal Mr.Phil Coble
ROW FOUR: ______, "Mouse" Morris, Wayne Harless, Pat Arnim, Leo Lindblom, Jerry Ballard, Gary Rogers, Ray Turner, Dennis Gerhardt, John Noah, Howard Howland, Gary Kirkpatrick, and teacher: Heini Sorensen.

Grade 5 (H*)
Alderwood Manor School
November 1950
Photo courtesy of Larry Campbell

Second Grade at Poulsbo, Washington. Mrs. Webster. I (Karen) is in the back row directly left of Mrs. Webster.
About 1947

Notes for Duane:

Established iconoclast. He had an Ed.D degree from the U. of Nebraska.
His dissertation was in Peer Evaluation; but, he dropped out of education after l
osing several jobs. After moving to Washington state he built five houses in twelve
years, four of which he rented out and one in which he lived with his wife. At the same
time he maintained the family through two job eliminations of his wife Karen 2 jobs, each
of eight years for sixteen years. He had friends among school board members and builders,
the former of which he had frequent discussions. He taught school for two years and was
school Superintendent at two schools after that. He spoke openly of being the most fired
person. He often wondered why the 40-hour work week was not changed to 20 hours or
even a 10-hour work week, with technology doing so much more than when the 40-hour
work week came in.

Notes for Karen:

She taught school in French and Spanish and was school librarian from 1962 to 1974.
She had a BA degree from Kearney State College and an ME.D with an emphasis in media
administration at the University of Nebraska. She was a records manager for a subsidiary of
BN Railroad, Plum Creek Timber Company and SAFECO Properties, a subsidiary of
SAFECO Insurance Co. Her special interests included genealogy, knitting and animals,
especially dogs. She was born with no first or second name as was her father. She put her
first name on her birth certificate via forms but was unable to get her middle name on it
without going through court. Her original name was Carol Ann. She was named after a
woman in her father's office. She and her husband bought the land in Poulsbo, Washington
from her mother Laura (Hoffman) Thompson that Karen's father Iver Thompson had
inherited from a friend of his uncle Iver named Fred Johnson.

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Kingston Church in Kingston, Washington. Ron is 3rd from right in front in white T-shirt,
Mary Jo is directly behind the boy to the left of Ron.
Updated:
Front Row: unk, Donald Rose, Unk, Ronald Thompson, unk
2nd Row: Merle Briggs (dead by 2006), Irene Culbertson, Mary Jo Thompson, Albert Mills, unk, unk, Joyce Prentice, leader
3rd Row: Leonard Culbertson. Milton Briggs, Evelyn Culbertson. Barbara, Billy Mills, Rosemary Wright, Glen (Robinson?)

Barbara and Billy Mills married
Evelyn went East to study music

A picture of Ron and Robert, 1st cousins, having ice cream cones
at Golden Gardens about 1931

15512 F Emma Kate Geiduschek (Susan¹¹, Ronald¹⁰, Iver⁹, Peter⁸, Torsten⁷, Ola⁶, Häakon⁵, (Hakonson)⁴, Häakon³, Jon², Johannes¹) was born on 4 August 1994 in Seattle, Washington.

They had 4 children:

156. m i. Oswald HOLMES.

Oswald lived in Edmonds. In 1985 he was in an Everett Nursing Home. He later lived with his sister Borgny, where he died about in the 19990's

Died 1990/1991 in Alaska, and was buried in Petersburg, Alaska. He was a fisherman in Alaska. His brother was killed in WW II.

Norman and his wife had three children:
1571 m Oliver HOLMES (Norman¹⁰, Louisa⁹, Peter⁸, Torsten⁷, Ola⁶, Häakon⁵, (Hakonson)⁴, Häakon³, Jon², Johannes¹).

1572 m Peter HOLMES (Norman¹⁰, Louisa⁹, Peter⁸, Torsten⁷, Ola⁶, Häakon⁵, (Hakonson)⁴, Häakon³, Jon², Johannes¹).

1573 f Peggy HOLMES (Norman¹⁰, Louisa⁹, Peter⁸, Torsten⁷, Ola⁶, Häakon⁵, (Hakonson)⁴, Häakon³, Jon², Johannes¹).

Oswald, Borgny, Norman, Ole (Oliver) and Louis, Seattle, WA

NOTES for Louisa:

She came to the US after she was grown. She met and married in Seattle. Her mother wouln't marry Grandpa although he tried to send money but the mother hated him.

They had 2 children:

Evelyn married (2) Norman LAINE Spring 1999 in Seattle, Washington.

161. f ii. Clare BROWN.

NOTES for Alex:

Birth and death dates - which came from SS index on web showed birth of 7 oct 1914 and death of 10 mar 1997. This possibly is brother.

NOTES for Hanna:

Per Evelyn, Hanna's real name was Johanna.

Clifford died 17 Apr 1997 in Minneapolis, Minn. He married Lucile E BARRY. She was born 12 Feb 1917 in St. Paul, Minn. Lucile died 24 Dec 1995 in Minnetonka, Minn, at the age of 78.

They had 2 children:

162. f i. Mary TORSTENSON.

163. f ii. Carol TORSTENSON.

NOTES for Clifford:

His wife died before him. He has Alzheimer's. His Texas place was sold in 1995. He was born in Norway, I think. His daughter Mary Margot GRUMAN, has older brother Al who has daughter Susan. Cliff's brother lives in Michigan and he has a sister in Texas. Cliff and his wife both cremated and will be buried in July in same plot. Vahalla means heaven in Norwegian, His daugher took Norweigian language classes for 4 years.. Daughter had brother dead 50 years. He was in a nursing hom in Minneapolis.

162. Mary TORSTENSON .(Clifford⁹, John⁸, Torsten⁷, Ola⁶, Häakon⁵, (Hakonson)⁴, Häakon³, Jon², Johannes¹).

164. m i. Nathan GRUMAN.

165. f ii. Gillian GRUMAN.