September Birthday - Patricia Jean Schoenewald Kurtz

Patricia's birthday is September 21, 1931.  She was born at home in Sandpoint, Idaho.  We celebrated her 88th birthday this year.

1951 Vale, Oregon

1931 with parents in Sandpoint, Idaho

Montana or Idaho logging camp

2019

Pat and her baby sister, Darlene

8th Grade - Vale, Oregon (2nd to the right)

Young Teen with friends - Vale, Oregon (far right)

1979 Family Picture

September Birthday - Johann Hermann Schoenewald

My Grandpa John's birthday is September 13, 1900.  He was born in New Auburn, Minnesota and died March 16, 1988 in Portland, Oregon.  Buried with his wife, Emmeline, in Medford, Oregon.

Taken in the Mid 1980s - as grandchildren we always remember him in those overalls

Probably taken in Sandpoint Idaho

Young Teen 

Probably in Sandpoint Idaho

John with his two daughters, Patricia and Darlene in Vale, Oregon

Labor Day - theme work

For the theme work and it being Labor Day, I thought I would share some pictures of the logging industry where my Grandfather, John Schoenewald, worked in Idaho and Montana in the 1920's.

John and Emmeline married in 1928.  They continued to moved around in the various logging camps with Emmeline working as a cook while John was logger * until their first child was about 4 years old.  Then they decided to move to Oregon where they could have a more settled life just outside of town.

A logger works in the lumber industry, cutting down trees and loading them for transportation. Typical job duties involve cutting, skidding, and pre-processing the logs. The logs are then processed into boards, paper, and other valuable materials. Most loggers work in teams of two to safely fell timber. (source: ziprecruiter.com)