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Riding the Rails
By FREDERICK WELK JR.The origin of the surname Welk is given in various name history sources as meaning “foreigner” or “wan...
Dust Bowl days began early
By FREDERICK LEO WELK As told to his son, Frederick Jr.The origin of the surname Welk is given in various nam...
Hard work on the farm in Berwi
By FREDERICK LEO WELK As told to his son, Frederick Jr.The origin of the surname Welk is given in various...
Farming life in the 1920s
By FREDERICK LEO WELK As told to his son, Frederick Jr.The origin of the surname Welk is given in various nam...
Wandering Welk Family Passed T
By FREDERICK LEO WELK As told to his son, Frederick Jr.The origin of the surname Welk is given in various nam...
Welk family arrives in North D
By FREDERICK LEO WELK As told to his son, Frederick Jr.The origin of the surname Welk is given in various name his...
A Christmas Story
A Christmas story Version I I was raised across the river from St. Louis back in the days when dust storms still rolled o...
CHRISTMAS Version III
A Christmas Story Version III There was yet another kind of Christmas season waiting for me. I had an extraordinary new wife who ...
Christmas Version II
A Christmas Story Version II After Sarasota’s growth to a major city, I moved to Paris where Thanksgiving was unknown a...
Polio Vaccine
This is my Polio Vaccine Card given to me upon my first dose of the vaccine in 1964 when I was a child. I received ...
The Christmas Tree Saga
For the first 7 years after having my son, I was playing the role of both father and mother because my husband was away in the military. ...
Facts about Lizy
This is written by my son when he was 7 year old right before his favorite pet left this planet earth. 1. Lizy is a bearded...