Category Archives: People

Godwin Family

Posted on July 11, 2016 by GHHP

Jannette Godwin (Wassenberg now) married Jack Godwin and had three children in the 1930s: Jalene, Jean and Jim.  Jalene has been our source for this Godwin material and it is used with her permission. By Jannette Godwin Wassenberg,  2012  (wife … Continue reading →

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CENTURY HOMES: Tom and Catherine Lekas

Posted on July 7, 2016 by GHHP

[Editor: Thomas Lekas passed in 2023. Read the obituary for Thomas Lekas.] Address: SW Hunt Club Lane Originally Built: 1910 Original Owners: Ambrose & May Warden Cronin The most recent home to be designated as a Century Home was the … Continue reading →

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Memoir of Dorothy Lois Upchurch (1919-2009)

Posted on May 24, 2016 by GHHP

This story about the Upchurch family was sent to us by Dorinda Troutman, from her home in Hamilton, Montana.  Her mother Dorothy Lois Upchurch Hogue Bates was a teenager and young woman when her parents Theresa Boyd Upchurch and her … Continue reading →

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History of the early Patton family

Posted on April 23, 2016 by GHHP

Ole Oleson and his wife, Polly Philena Patton Oleson were early pioneers in Garden Home. They owned a number of properties in the north Oleson Road area. They had one son and seven daughters who married into various Schalk, Wolf, Stark, … Continue reading →

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The Otto Arndt Story

Posted on February 22, 2016 by GHHP

This complete biography of Otto Arndt and his family was submitted to us by Donna Oliver, his daughter, 2016. Donna gave us the huge cache of aerial photos and negatives of Garden Home and Washington County towns that her father, … Continue reading →

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