the wiar family
addie wiar
Addie Wiar Wilcox is in this pictures of the Junior class in 1910, fifth from the left. The girls are: Ella Beck Smith, Bessie
Hickman Irwin, Ada Mort, Callie Barrett,
Addie Wiar Wilcox, Lila Jobe, Gertrude Glenn Trump, and Hazel Taylor Kuhn
Photo 46 - the Class of 1911. Addie Wiar Wilcox is in the Front row, left, then Lillian Strejc, and Mort Tillman. Back
row: Gertrude Glenn Trump, _____ Jobe, Hazel Taylor Kuhn, Callie Barrett,
and Ella Beck Smith.
the wiar home
The Wiar home, with Oscar, Elizabeth, Frank, & Bob (Robert). Photo 3510, shared by Dianne Anderson.
Photo 3512, shared by Dianne Anderson
daughter hazel gets married |
Hazel Wiar, Photo 2506 shared by Dianne Anderson.
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Dianne Anderson provided two engagement pictures. One is very traditional. The other is more modern, of the kind that people in 1970s thought they had invented in the 1970s, with nature as the background....
Photo 8053
Photo 8054
Nothing in those two pictures prepares you for this glorious post-wedding picture! The bride standing alone, the groom on a donkey, the Home Guard (WW I was ongoing, and the U.S. would be involved before long), the band members (looks like a cornet, clarinet, & baritone), the definitely-not-white Methodist Church in the background..... "No wedding bells for me," says one sign; did that young man eventually get married?" And another sign seems to say "Whole Darn Family," which would make sense for Charles Cook joining the Wiars!
Looks like a chivari for Hazel Wiar and her new husband Charles Cook. That's the groom on the little donkey, by the way.
1916. Shared by Diane Anderson, retouched by Kristin Quevedo
frank wiar in 1918
Photo 3511, Frank Wiar in 1918, shared by Diane Anderson
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frank's brother john
From Gary Anderson:
Researching in the Adams Weekly Globe I found evidence of my great great grandfather John Wiar (Civil War Vet) visiting his younger brother Frank Wiar in Table Rock. Clippings are from 1908, 1913 and 1925. Nice to know the brothers kept in touch. Something one wonders about their ancestors when you know many siblings no longer live in the same towns. 
Adams Weekly Globe, 1908
Adams Weekly Globe, 1913
Adams Weekly Globe, 1925
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world war 1 - 1918
Robert & Oscar Wiar with Jeanette Cook, daughter of their sister Hazel. Photo 3509, shared by Diane Anderson.
Photo 3508, shared by Diane Anderson
It was not just the Wiar boys who went off to War. Hazel's new husband, Charles Cook, also suited up, leaving Hazel and their toddler Jeanette. Shared by Dianne Anderson.
August 16, 1918 Table Rock Argus
robert wiar, class of 1918 |
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The Class of 1918. Robert Wiar is top center.
more
November 2, 1923
kenneth wiar
May 6, 1921 Argus
Ken Wiar, turret gunner, shared by Lori Wiar
1945, October 27, Beatrice Daily Sun, Kenneth Wiar reported alive, article shared by Lori Wiar
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A war hero, a former prisoner of war, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal -- likely a victim of what we now would call PTSD. He grew up in Falls City, but is buried in Table Rock with family.
Sgt. Ken Wiar, shared by Lori Wiar.
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February 14, 1946
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even more
Photo 3507, shared by Diane Anderson
