He married Sarah Janette Hill on 08 June 1901 in Waterloo, Iowa. (Her grandfather Joseph Hill was the first white settler in Geneseo Twp along with his son-in-law John Riley.) Her father gifted each of his children with 40 acres of farmland. Theirs was located west of the small burg named Mooreville and east of Hwy 21 on E. Tama Rd, Dysart, Iowa. He and his brothers cut native timber on the land that is now part of Hickory Hills Park for construction of their home. They planted an orchard for ample supplies of fruits, built a smoke house behind the home as they butchered, cured and smoked many meats. He smoked bacon, hams, made head cheese and braunschweiger. She had a porch off the kitchen where she had a second stove for use in canning while trying to keep the heat out of their home. They dried sweet corn between the fruit trees on racks he made; one for the corn to lay on between two screens to keep flies off. Their cattle crossed under the road to graze the fields. They owned the first automobile in Tama County, a Huppmobile. When the county began issuing licenses they were leather and made to hang on their vehicle. Theirs was #5. His car of choice was a Packard. His great-granddaughters played house in the backseat because of the opera windows and lap robe rope (their clothesline). They moved off the farm to Waterloo having bought a fine duplex located at 224-225 South St known as the Clark home from a man who then bought their farm.
children:
Kenneth Franklin Strohecker (1901-1981)
Russell George Strohecker (1903-1962)
Irene Amelia Strohecker Lewis Young Hanson (1910-1990)
infant Strohecker
Contributed by great-granddaughter Peg Franklin Homolar
children:
Kenneth Franklin Strohecker (1901-1981)
Russell George Strohecker (1903-1962)
Irene Amelia Strohecker Lewis Young Hanson (1910-1990)
infant Strohecker
Contributed by great-granddaughter Peg Franklin Homolar
He married Sarah Janette Hill on 08 June 1901 in Waterloo, Iowa. (Her grandfather Joseph Hill was the first white settler in Geneseo Twp along with his son-in-law John Riley.) Her father gifted each of his children with 40 acres of farmland. Theirs was located west of the small burg named Mooreville and east of Hwy 21 on E. Tama Rd, Dysart, Iowa. He and his brothers cut native timber on the land that is now part of Hickory Hills Park for construction of their home. They planted an orchard for ample supplies of fruits, built a smoke house behind the home as they butchered, cured and smoked many meats. He smoked bacon, hams, made head cheese and braunschweiger. She had a porch off the kitchen where she had a second stove for use in canning while trying to keep the heat out of their home. They dried sweet corn between the fruit trees on racks he made; one for the corn to lay on between two screens to keep flies off. Their cattle crossed under the road to graze the fields. They owned the first automobile in Tama County, a Huppmobile. When the county began issuing licenses they were leather and made to hang on their vehicle. Theirs was #5. His car of choice was a Packard. His great-granddaughters played house in the backseat because of the opera windows and lap robe rope (their clothesline). They moved off the farm to Waterloo having bought a fine duplex located at 224-225 South St known as the Clark home from a man who then bought their farm.
children:
Kenneth Franklin Strohecker (1901-1981)
Russell George Strohecker (1903-1962)
Irene Amelia Strohecker Lewis Young Hanson (1910-1990)
infant Strohecker
Contributed by great-granddaughter Peg Franklin Homolar
children:
Kenneth Franklin Strohecker (1901-1981)
Russell George Strohecker (1903-1962)
Irene Amelia Strohecker Lewis Young Hanson (1910-1990)
infant Strohecker
Contributed by great-granddaughter Peg Franklin Homolar
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