Arthur and Dora Wolbrueck My maternal grandparents |
 Julius Wolbrueck, Jr (uncle) Gladys Wolbrueck Havel (my mother) |
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Arthur and Dora Wolbrueck My maternal grandparents |
Julius Wolbrueck, Jr (uncle) Gladys Wolbrueck Havel (my mother) |
My grandfather, Julius A. "Arthur" Wolbrueck was very quiet man with a dry sense of humor. His greatest claim to fame with his grandchildren was defying the jaws death by jamming a combine before it sliced him up. This accident happened in 1965. He spent nearly a month in the hospital recovering from the deep lacerations he received. After hearing this story, I spent most of my childhood avoiding the combine, afraid it would start up and eat me, too.
Julius Arthur Wolbrueck died peacefully at home at age 65 in 1978. He is preceded in death by his brother Edward Wolbrueck and sister Katherine
Wolbrueck Mares and he is survived by his brother Louis Wolbrueck. Notice a trend here? My grandfather and his brothers and sister were all named after kings and queens.
Dora M. Krueger Wolbrueck, my grandmother,
stayed on the family farm for some time after her husband died, but now resides in a nursing care
facility in Taylor, Texas. The family gathered to celebrate Dora's 90th birthday August 2nd, 2003.
J. A. "Julius" Wolbrueck, Jr. built his home next door to his parents' on the family farm and currently resides there with his wife, Hanna and their four children, Sam, Carrie, Matt and Jacob. Julius also has two sons from a previous marriage, Eric and Joshua, who now reside in the Dallas, Texas area.
My great-grandparents were Herman Wolbrueck (1878-1962) and Annie Krochewsky Wolbrueck (1880-1962). They were fortunate enough to not only celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary, but share that celebration with their brother and sister. George Krochewsky (Annie's brother) married Herman's sister, Anna. In a remake of the double wedding ceremony of 1903, the Wolbrueck's and Krochewsky's celebrated this very unique landmark with both sides of the family along with much of the Taylor farming community with much granduer.
 Both couples on the Church steps Gladys Wolbrueck (Havel) serving as flowergirl. |  Herman & Anna Wolbrueck 1903-1953 |
The group photo below shows the Senkel family:
Otto H. Krueger (1880-1905) and Minnie Senkel (1888-1974) are maternal great-grandparents. John Senkel and Bertha Kuhl, center, are my great-great grandparents.
The young lady on the far right is Minnie Senkel, age 32.
