Helon Ruth Viertel Knudson

Robert Rachuig sent me this very kind tribute to his cousin Helon Ruth Viertel Knudson, great-granddaughter of Tobias & Wilhelmina Hunger Schulz and August & Henrietta Bernhardt Rachuig.

My special cousin, Helon will speak to me about about sharing this.  -:)

Helon is one of the most giving persons that Joyce and I know.   She is available to help anyone at anytime.  Besides being a wonderful, loving and caring wife, she spends time as a Hospice nurse volunteer, a lot of time serving at the Sunset Home in so many different ways.  She visits. leads in the ladies organizations and gives a great deal of time to fund raising for the home.  She has been a faithful worker at the Pot of Gold helping to sell products that provide help to meet the needs of folks in the Sunset home by helping resell donated products.  She spends more than one full day each week doing this.  They raise close to $100,000 each year.  She helps with a large quilt auction that raises another near $50,000 or more. 

She and Trent are very faithful and involved with their church work At Our Savior's Lutheran Church at Norse about 7 miles out in the country.  They travel all over the state and more to represent their church.  They have served in almost every position of leadership in the church, including (Helon) being on the call team for their  present pastor.  They are full time servants and always available.  They have given up many things for themselves to help others.

Joyce and I are so very proud to be family with them.  They have done many personal things for us and made our life in Clifton more wonderful.  They are one of the main reasons we love living here.
They are the busiest retired couple that I know!
We love them very much and want you to know some of the things about them that make them very special!  The story could go on and on about them!

Love,
Robert & Joyce
 

Helon Ruth Viertel Knudson

Here's a picture of Helon Ruth Viertel Knudson as a toddler.   Her maternal grandfather was Rube Rachuig.  Her paternal grandmother was Anna Kamilla Schulz.  The picture was taken sometime in the late '30s.

Martha Schulz & Otto Viertel Family

The link below will take you to a family tree diagram for the Martha Schulz & Otto Viertel Family.

Link to family tree diagram.

Bruno Viertel & Laura Lange

My aunt sent me this 1949 wedding photo of Bruno Conrad Viertel & Laura Emilie Lange. Bruno was the son of Otto Viertel & Martha Schulz, whose parents were Tobias & Wilhelmina Schulz.

Laura was a descendent of the Rachuig family. Her parents were Richard Lange & Lydia Rachuig, whose parents were August & Henrietta Rachuig. This is one of several instances of inter-marriage between the two families.

I've posted Bruno's obituary in the past. Here is Laura's.

Link to obituary for Laura Lange Viertel.

Adolph Julius Viertel

I found this tribute to Adolph Julius Viertel on the Internet. He was a grandson of Tobias & Wilhelmina Schulz. (His mother was their daughter, Martha Schulz. His father was Otto Viertel.)

Link to tribute to Adolph Viertel

Flora Frieda Viertel Meissner As A Young Girl Before 1920

This photo shows Flora Viertel Meissner sometime before 1920. (She was born in 1905.) I'm not sure of the location, but it may be her grandparents' farm near Cranfils Gap. (Her grandparents were Tobias & Wilhelmina Schulz.)