My older brothers doing their thing in the front yard.
Back row: Zella Marie Brown Burgus, Dwight Burgus and Jesse Thomas Burgus
Front row: Rex and Ron Burgus
Click on the picture and enjoy the chicken in the background. One also can see the photographer and friend is in the picture.
Dwight, Rex, the border collie, and Ron
This photo is out on the rented farm in 1949 or 50. I was born in 1950 and I think Dwight looks almost three here so I could have been born by then. Stories I have heard from the family about the dog, was that he was so protective of his family and no one else was welcomed on the property.
Today Ron owns a printing company in Mesa, Arizona and Rex co-owns with two partners a company that make trailers for recreation vehicles in California. Dwight started his working life as a construction worker, working as a contractor for companies in Mesa, Arizona. As his addictions continued in his life he demoted himself to being a drywall installer and living with my parents back in Osceola, Iowa. My father died in 2000, age 82 and my mom passed away in 2008, age 89 years, three months after then my brother Dwight died. He was 61 years old.
Today Ron owns a printing company in Mesa, Arizona and Rex co-owns with two partners a company that make trailers for recreation vehicles in California. Dwight started his working life as a construction worker, working as a contractor for companies in Mesa, Arizona. As his addictions continued in his life he demoted himself to being a drywall installer and living with my parents back in Osceola, Iowa. My father died in 2000, age 82 and my mom passed away in 2008, age 89 years, three months after then my brother Dwight died. He was 61 years old.
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15 comments:
Hello Larry
I enjoyed your story of family history and you have inspired me to take part in the sepia postings once I return to Au.
Happy days
Wonderful story, charting the activities of your family over the years.
My grandparents had a dog that guarded the travel cot our daughter slept in during visits. It was a hard job getting past sometimes.
L.D., looking at the second photo Rex and Ron look almost like twins!
I enjoyed these photos and the history very much. Beautiful dog and I'm glad you brought our attention to the chicken.
Love the little boys in their overalls! Such a practical garment for hard-playing kids!
I looked at the chicken, Larry. Before you open the photo it rather looks like a goat in the distance.
I like the shadows in that shot-it must have been late afternoon.
You have a pretty big family!
Kat
Great pictures and stories. My dad also went to live with relatives during the war, as his Dad built ships in Baltimore and his mom worked in the plane factories. I wrote today about their failed farming efforts at the end of the war.
I love the chicken photo, in close up you can see that it is huge, and even better, you can see what a fine loving family the picture captured.
Something about those shots gives me a peaceful feeling...
What a great group of pictures...adorable boys, that's for sure. But of course, I'm partial to boys. ;) I thought there was a dove on the steps in the first picture until I clicked on it to make it larger!
That last shot looks like it could be on my ancestor's farm in Howard Co., IN. Boys need their dogs.
I love the shot with the photographer's shadow! It gives the photo more depth somehow.
The first photo is just so tight!
Enjoyed your post.
Omigosh, that middle photo. I have one almost exactly like it of my grandparents and my uncles. I'll have to find it!
Such a rich family history, Larry. I love the way the different stories and different lives all seem to fan out from the common origins as set out in these old family photos of yours.
I love the nostalgia trips one goes down when looking at old family pictures. I just got back from taking a trip with my only brother to visit two uncles (one 88 and one 90 yrs.old) who we taped a DVD of telling family history and stories..it was great! Both our parents have also passed away, so these were two of our last uncles on my Dad's side (they are brothers).
Hi Larry, Wonderful photos of your family. I especially enjoyed the one with the Border Collie..great photo! You endured some losses close together back in 2008..I sense sometimes that you really feel badly about your brother. Sometimes people make you wonder with the choices that they make..but we can't change things..they are what they are:)
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