Adair family members in Military Service
Focus on Earl David Adair
The DVD label includes these notes: Polterabend, Norfolk, Conn. & Mass. Marriage at Redding, Iowa. It seems the videos were taken by Margaret Kruse (including narration); others in video are Marvin, Alice, Dorothy, and family of John. The video also includes Diane and family.
Marvin Kruse with John Adair and his sons Axel and Torsten touring Europe.
Golden Wedding Anniversary party for Marvin and Margaret in Franklin Park, Illinois
Trinity is the 2GGDaughter of Jennette Bailey Drescher.
This is the flyer for the Redding, Iowa Centennial 1982 with caption written be Bernice Abarr to Margaret Adair Kruse.
Four miscellaneous photos 1920, 1925, 1949 and 1951 with WBMiller captioning on the backs.
Photos at the Service for Dewey Adair, Redding on June 13, 1992. This event marked the beginning of the Adair Mail newsletters.
Photos of Family attending celebration of the 90th birthday of Marvin Kruse. Plus video of favorite band Banjo Buddies.
Feb 20, 2011 • Mr. John Adair talks about Intergenerational Relationships and CDA America at a recent Toastmasters meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIBz0e4aqV4
Feb 25, 2011 A Better Way Speech II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNR3lunhhr4
May 2, 2014 • John Adair presents a Lifelong Lesson that every day is a chance to be reborn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nFJN8jzMqo
Various pictures of the Adair's received from Fred Adair in 2021 and given to David Hendrickson
These 11 videos were posted to YouTube by my brother Richard Kruse
This recording includes Margaret, Alice, and John visiting Gonick family with Ginger and Ivy. The video cleans up after 4 minutes.
Locations of family sites. The source of this list is Owen Drake
These are compiled/revised by Barton Abarr, Sec-Treas.
Had a nice long letter from your Mother which I enjoyed as much - She writes such interesting letters!
Have a Merry Xmas -
Ralph, Alice, & Helen
We hope you have a wonderful Christmas. We'll see you before New Years. Looking forward to being home. I guess we'll have a quiet Christmas here & see Sam & Jessie & neighbors. We'll ski this weekend.
Love, John & Linda
Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year
Love, Axel, Shelly, Charli, Rafa, and Aubrey Rose
Card from Mary Bailey Adair to Alice Johnson family in Milwaukee, 1974
This is from an original by Lloyd Saville daughter Ann Dimit and Bernice's sent me some any of family can share with me.
How I did enjoy the evening with John! And I don't have to worry about the car - he will take over and has a deal on that I'll tell you about later. Priced it at $900 to a friend in Omaha so if I do need it this summer I can borrow it! I'm not sure about Dot & Walt's plans yet.
I have some lovely cards and letters for the family to read. John read a few but more came today! If I could jump far and fast enough, I'd see you all right now.
What are your plans? We are thinking of coming up there Xmas Day - then Linda and John go to Saunemin that day so you folks come down Sat. or Sun. How about it? Marge said she told you we would come up for a big kettle of soup!
Card from Laveta today - they got the meat package on Monday - I'll save her letter for you. This clipping from Record News must be Buelah's daughter? He remarried but children are younger than this one.
Also good letter from Edna (Ginny's mother).
Snowing fast right now - Marge won't be home to lunch - having office party. We will try some Xmas bread instead of cookies. R & N to come this evening, and we are all set to put up the tree tonight.
Please no bad storm!!
Mrs. Adams still in hospital until there is room for her at the nursery home. Ida Parker very low in hospital. Dewey Carr died - also Olin Hoffman from scooping snow at Thanksgiving time.
Dewey & Margaret at John C's over Christmas.
Margaret Adair Kruse addendum
See you Christmas morning hopefully by 1000 if OK by all of you & if nothing else happens - of so I’ll call again. Don’t fuss - we just want to rest and sit & visit.
Love & see you
Marge
My grandfather was known as "Pops"
Rudolph H Kruse
Ken, Eileen, Kent & Daphne
Lucy Cartland and her daughter Ruth Graham
With Love, Lucy and Ruth
Evelyn is cousin to my grandmother Mary Bailey Adair. In letter she mentions Russell, her nephew and Martha, her sister-in-law and mother of Russell and Bill (brother) & Mary and their son Jim.
I hope that you all have a very Mrry Christmas and Happy New Year. I mailed your mothers card to Reading is I didn't know where she would be and marked it to be forwarded. But I hope that she can be with you. We will go to my sisters in Hallowell. There will be only 5. Russell has gone to NJ to preach. Martha will be with him. Bill and Mary visited Jim in the fall so their family won't be coming to Maine. There will be no children there. Again A Happy Holiday Season
E-
Hazel was the spouse of Billy Miller (who passed in 1967).
Dear Alice, Ralph and Helen Sue:
Love, Hazel
Dear Ones in Milwaukee
Well the time is going fast and Christmas will soon be here. Suppose you will go down and be with the Chicago folks. Had a nice long letter from your mother and guess there was a lot of excitement around when the kids were all home over Thanksgiving. Guess they had a lot of snow out their way. We haven't had much snow yet and nice weather most of the time. Sam was going to write you but that shortness of breath came back on him last Saturday & he hasn't been feeling very good since. So that I better finish these up. Hope he gets to feeling better as we are supposed to go to Simla, but won't go if he doesn't. I'm hoping our weather stays nice. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Love to all,
Sam & Jessie
Naomi mentions Adrienne, Orin, Fred and Ruth. Also Kathleen & Gene Dochnal plus John Chalmers and Patty/John Ahart and her sister Sue.
Dear Friends and Loved Ones... from Indialantic, FL
Dec 1, 1983 Naomi mentions visit with John Adair, Fred & Twila returning from Hawaii, Orin & Norrine at home.
This card was written after 1990. Ruth going to visit daughter Patricia family in Cedar Rapids including her husband Stan Smith and their children Patty and Susan. Ruth visited her other daughters Sue in Murphysboro and Jeanne in Los Angeles. Jeanne received 1990 award for Lead Performance in Holy Days.
Year 1991 family newsletter.
Subcategories
Christmas cards and Newsletters
This category includes all known Christmas Cards and Family Newsletters
A Kaleidoscope of Memories
A collection of short stories by Dorothy Adair Gonick
Earl courting Mary
Letters that Earl Adair wrote to Mary Bailey before they married in 1920.