Photo collection of Sandi Knippelmeyer

personal photo collection
of
sandi knippelmeyer

Sandi is the daughter of Wayne and Marilyn Knippelmeyer. Many of these pictures ultimately come from Wayne Sandi is very interested in family history and is a good steward of the pictures. Wayne grew up in the Bunker Hill area between Table Rock and Elk Creek. Sandi is related to the Millers (also spelled Muller) and the Goodenkaufs.

bunker hill students in 1902 with goodenkauf kids in it

This is not Sandi's picture, but it is added because there are many Goodenkauf children in it. You will see many of Sandi's pictures of the Goodenkaufs below. One of the 13 kids, Delphine, was her grandmother. This photo was given to Howard and Debbie Blecha by Arvid Blecha. This photo was labeled as District 51 but as Wayne Knippelmeyer points out, these kids are from Bunker Hill families.

Photo 3065.

1, Delphine Goodenkauf; 2, Rudolph Wopata; 3, Jess Vondrasek; 4, Teacher Mary O’Connel; 5, Martha Vanlaningham (original misspelled Vanlingham); 6, Margaret Goodenkauf; 7, Felicia Goodenkauf; 8, Bessie Wopata; 9, Julia Wopata; 10, Freda Kuhlman; 11, John Kuhlman; 12, Joe Wopata; 13, Violet Boone; 14, Ronald Boone; 15, Willie Vanlaningham; 16, Nettie Kovanda; 17, Amelia Goodenkauf; 18, Dora Kuhlman; 19, Emil Goodenkauf; 20, Joy Talbot; 21, Guy Talbot; and 22, George Kuhlman

bunker hill country school, 1951

Bunker Hill Country School, 1951. Teacher Janet Minchow with her students, as follows:

Back row: Wayne Knippelmeyer, Eugene Frederick, Marvin Knippelmeyer, Lois Ahntholz, Eldon Knippelmeyer

Middle: Kenneth Ahntholz, Rich Knippelmeyer, Judy Gottula, Leland Michal, Mary Ellen Michael, June Gilbert

Kneeling: Evelyn Michal, Joyce Knippelmeyer, Rose Mary Michal

Photo 1444, Bunker Hill Country School, from Sandi Knippelmeyer

the family home of sandi's dad, wayne

Photo 4004.

Wayne Knippelmeyer shared this after pictures of farm houses were posted on Facebook with the comment that some houses were painted, some weren't. This is the house Wayne lived in after the family moved there in 1946. As you can see, this is a "transition" photo, a house both unpainted and painted -- in the process of it, anyway.

Even more interestingly, this is the house was where Nick and Mary Goodenkauf raised 13 kids. The first were gone when the last ones were born. The house had 3 rooms down stairs and 3 up stairs. Pictures of Nick and Mary and their children are below.

photos of family
mullers/millers & goodenkaufs

John & Zillah Hays Muller wedding picture. They were married in 1910. Photo 1785.

High school graduation diploma of Gladys Miller Knippelmeyer, Class of 1934. This is Sandi Knippelmeyer's grandma, mother of Sandi's dad Wayne. Knippelmeyer. Photo 3595.

Gladys Miller Knippelmeyer in 1935, out at "the Rocks" area now known as Goat Hill.

a little muller history found at the nebraska state historical society

Photo 1472, Nicholas & Marie Goodenkauf with their children. Sandi cannot identify the siblings other than her great grandmother Delphine who is in the back row far left.