PHOTOS FROM 2002 REUNION

Patricia Welmelskirken and Althea Fecht 2009
(left) Patricia is the great granddaughter of Margaret (Bost) and Jacob Fecht. She resides in 2009 in Maryville, Missouri.
Althea Fecht was the wife of Francis (Frank), the son of Elizabeth Ann (Walsh) and William Charles Fecht. (click on image to enlarge)


(left) Donald Shire and his first cousin Robert Fecht at the family reunion in 2002. They are great grandsons of Margaret and Jacob Fecht. Don Shire lives in Mexico, Missouri. Robert Fecht resides in Sun City, Arizona.

DONALD SHIRE

Donald Shire as a school boy.
Don Shire is the son of Ann and Phil Shire. He was raised and still lives in Mexico, Missouri.
He is the great grandson of Margaret (Bost) and Jacob Fecht

Anna Jane and Donald Shire with daughters Jacqueline and Susan.
Don Shire is the great grandson of Margaret (Bost) and Jacob Fecht

FECHT FAMILY CHILDREN

L to R: Marjorie Fecht, Genevieve Fecht and Donald Shire
Photograph was likely taken at the farm of Phil and Ann Shire between 1935 - 36.

Bobbie Fecht, sitting on the old woman's lap, called her simply "Glass." She was an elderly woman neighbor who Mildred Fecht, shown above with her son Jimmie, befriended. Mrs. Glass was still living in 1945 when the family of Bill and Mildred Fecht left Missouri for Washington State.