William Grauel was my grandfather. Grandma called him Will. He was a life long resident of Lecompton, Kansas, having been born there April 4, 1880 to William and Kate (Sulzen) Grauel. During his lifetime Grandpa worked as a farmer, a teamster, and then a mail carrier. He delivered mail in the Lecompton area for 30 yrs. before retiring in 1945.
William F. Grauel and Jane C. Lux were united in marriage March 1, 1905 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Topeka Kansas, and to that union two daughters were born: Jenny C. Grauel and my mother, Florence B. Grauel.
Grandpa often smoked a pipe filled with Prince Albert tobacco, and in his retirement years you could usually find him puttering in his woodworking shop near the house or working with the rabbits he raised in the old weathered barn that once stood at the far west end of his property on Isaacs Street in Lecompton. He enjoyed growing flowers and always had a large vegetable garden until he could no longer care for it.
From our early years Grandpa was a great story teller. He shared stories of days long past with his grandchildren, and it is through his stories that my love of family history has grown.
William and Jane celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1955, before Jane passed away in 1960. Grandpa never got over losing Grandma and he died not quite three years later.
William F. Grauel and Jane C. Lux were united in marriage March 1, 1905 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Topeka Kansas, and to that union two daughters were born: Jenny C. Grauel and my mother, Florence B. Grauel.
Grandpa often smoked a pipe filled with Prince Albert tobacco, and in his retirement years you could usually find him puttering in his woodworking shop near the house or working with the rabbits he raised in the old weathered barn that once stood at the far west end of his property on Isaacs Street in Lecompton. He enjoyed growing flowers and always had a large vegetable garden until he could no longer care for it.
From our early years Grandpa was a great story teller. He shared stories of days long past with his grandchildren, and it is through his stories that my love of family history has grown.
William and Jane celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1955, before Jane passed away in 1960. Grandpa never got over losing Grandma and he died not quite three years later.
William Grauel was my grandfather. Grandma called him Will. He was a life long resident of Lecompton, Kansas, having been born there April 4, 1880 to William and Kate (Sulzen) Grauel. During his lifetime Grandpa worked as a farmer, a teamster, and then a mail carrier. He delivered mail in the Lecompton area for 30 yrs. before retiring in 1945.
William F. Grauel and Jane C. Lux were united in marriage March 1, 1905 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Topeka Kansas, and to that union two daughters were born: Jenny C. Grauel and my mother, Florence B. Grauel.
Grandpa often smoked a pipe filled with Prince Albert tobacco, and in his retirement years you could usually find him puttering in his woodworking shop near the house or working with the rabbits he raised in the old weathered barn that once stood at the far west end of his property on Isaacs Street in Lecompton. He enjoyed growing flowers and always had a large vegetable garden until he could no longer care for it.
From our early years Grandpa was a great story teller. He shared stories of days long past with his grandchildren, and it is through his stories that my love of family history has grown.
William and Jane celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1955, before Jane passed away in 1960. Grandpa never got over losing Grandma and he died not quite three years later.
William F. Grauel and Jane C. Lux were united in marriage March 1, 1905 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Topeka Kansas, and to that union two daughters were born: Jenny C. Grauel and my mother, Florence B. Grauel.
Grandpa often smoked a pipe filled with Prince Albert tobacco, and in his retirement years you could usually find him puttering in his woodworking shop near the house or working with the rabbits he raised in the old weathered barn that once stood at the far west end of his property on Isaacs Street in Lecompton. He enjoyed growing flowers and always had a large vegetable garden until he could no longer care for it.
From our early years Grandpa was a great story teller. He shared stories of days long past with his grandchildren, and it is through his stories that my love of family history has grown.
William and Jane celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1955, before Jane passed away in 1960. Grandpa never got over losing Grandma and he died not quite three years later.
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