Letting Go of the Junk in Your Life

 Something to consider for  all of us as we age:

12 Things to Do While I Still Can

1. Shred every single paper I don't legally need anymore.

2. Write names on the back of every old photo.

3. Put all my passwords in one notebook, and tell my kids exactly where it is.

4. Ask each kid what they actually want from the house, and believe their answer.

5. Give away the good china while someone can still enjoy it.

6. Label every box with what's really inside it.

7. Empty the garage one shelf at a time, every week.

8. Turn all my old home videos into digital files.

9. Keep one folder with every important document.

10. Donate clothes I haven't touched since 2015.

11. Tell them the stories behind the things that are actually worth keeping.

12. Let go now, while it's still my choice and not their burden.

Will the Circle Be Unbroken

 

One Last Time - The Video

 

 

Some Photos From our "One Last Time" Get-together at the Groner Farm, 6-27-2026

 Most of these photos from Lisa Groner.  Thank!  The rainbow photo  was taken by her as she arrived home, almost as a "sign" from  our ancestors that they were pleased that we got together one last time to remember and honor their legacy.

Memories of Helping Grandma Getting Lunch to the Field

Memories of Helping Grandma Getting Lunch to the Field

by Donna Fennewald

"In the summer, mom  would send me "over the hill"  to Grandma's to help her with house work.  Uncle Paul and Uncle Hubert spent many hours in the fields, using "horsepower" and manual labor.  Hard work necessitated people ate 3 main meals (breakfast, dinner, and supper) and a mid-morning and mid-afternoon lunch.  For lunch, Grandma would pack up lard sandwiches,  sprinkled with cinnamon & sugar - on fresh slices of home-made bread, and send them out to the field where the men were working.  She also sent a glass jar of coffee and her soft cookies to round out the lunch. I would walk the lunch pail out to the field where they would be working, and they would stop work to eat lunch.  When I wasn't there, Uncle Hubert would come to the house and get the lunch.  

It seems Clara Sidney may have helped me with getting the lunch out to the field on some occasions."

Donna

 

Groner Family Info from AI

 

Paul Groner Family info from AI Search:

Paul John Groner (born May 1883 in Missouri, often listed as circa 1883–1884; died 1957) was from the St. Elizabeth / Saint Anthony area in Miller County, Missouri. He married Clara Mary Evers (1886–1973), and they raised a large family there, with children born in places like Teal and Saint Anthony in Miller County (e.g., Theresa in 1908, Caroline in 1919, and a son Paul Jr. in 1925). 

The family relocated to the Berger / Etlah / Boeuf Township area in Franklin County, Missouri, in 1936. This is documented in local histories and family accounts: Paul Jr. (born 1925 in St. Elizabeth) moved with his parents (Paul Sr. and Clara) and most siblings to Etlah in Franklin County that year. The family is later associated with Berger in Franklin County (e.g., burials in Saint Pauls Catholic Cemetery). 

This fits census patterns showing the family in Miller County earlier (e.g., 1910–1930) and in Franklin County (Boeuf Township) by 1940. 

Note that there were multiple Paul Groners across generations in the family, but the 1883 birth date matches the patriarch who moved with the family. Exact details like the precise month/day in 1936 aren’t widely published in public sources.