Descendants Of Hinrich (Heincke) Ohlenbusch - the Ohlenbusch ...

Hinrich & Gesche Ohlenbusch Family
Morning Devotions Charles Reich
I remember well the morning "Portals of Prayer" devotions each day. Between themselves they would divide out
the devotion part, the Scripture reading, the prayer for the day of the week and the Psalm. The Psalm was the wild
card, sometimes it was a short one and sometimes it was a long one - and Mamo would read the whole thing!
occasionally, something would come up during the day that was very fitting for the devotion and Mamo and Papo
would take the time to point it out to me. Their faith in Christ was alive to me.
A Classic Papo Remark Charles Reich
One of my favorite stories of a classic remark from Papo came one day at the feed store. Papo pulled the pickup
around to be loaded up with "beef cake. " It was a young man at the loading dock and Papo asked him, "What's
the price today?" The young man said, "Sir, the more you buy the cheaper they get."
To which Papo remarked, "Well, if that's the case, just keep loading me up 'til I don't owe you a thing!"
Evening CardsCharles Reich
After a hard day's work on the ranch for a little boy, I sure looked forward to the evenings - cards and dominoes!
Mamo was the best at both cards and dominoes. She would beat Papo and myself night in and night out. She
would consistently win six of seven games in a row. Papo would get so frustrated he would quit and call it a night,
as if he never wanted to play again. The next evening - he would be begging Mamo to play cards again.
Shooting Sparrows at Nap TimeCharles Reich
After lunch was naptime. I was supposed to lie down or at least do something quiet in the house. As the afternoon
heat blistered, Mamo and Papo would sit in their easy chairs with a lap pad to play solitaire. Somehow I managed
to convince them that I needed to be outside attending to the cattle pens. (I may have thought that I was in control,
but that was never the case with Mamo and Papo. They were very experienced and always knew what I was up
to.)
A favorite activity of mine while Papo was taking a nap' was shooting sparrows around the house with my B-B
gun. Papo told me I was doing him a favor shooting those sparrows. One afternoon Papo wanted to join in the fun
so he got his shot gun out and blew the whole flock of sparrows out of the tree; nests, birds, branches and all!
After that, shooting birds with my B-B gun wasn't as much fun anymore.
I'd Love to be RichKaren Weis
One summer I had the privilege to ride with Mamo and Papo to go visit Aunt Dorothy and Uncle Bill and my
cousins in Minnesota. We three got to make this trip in their 1960 white Chevrolet sedan.
As we were driving along we passed a sparkling, black Rolls Royce-the first one I had ever seen. I must have
been about 8 or 9 years old (the perfect age to begin noticing and drooling over cars). I said, "Oh, how I'd love to
be rich enough to have a car like that, wouldn't you Papo?" "Nope," he said flatly.
After fifteen to twenty minutes of no further explanation from him, I continued to wonder, "Do I dare question
Papo?" More miles went by and with each white stripe on the road, I mustered more courage.
"Papo", I blurted out, "why wouldn't you want to be rich enough to have a fancy car like that one?" "I am as rich
or even richer than that man" he pronounced. "You are?' I was certainly puzzled. "A person don't need to be rich
to be as wealthy as we already are" he explained fully.
Children of Oscar Coldewey and Thekla Lieke are:
+ 85 i. Gladys Ruth 6 Coldewey, born 05 Oct 1935 in Scurry Co., Texas.
+ 86 ii. Dorothy Jane Coldewey, born 11 Dec 1936 in Scurry Co., Texas.
+ 87 iii. Marilyn Delores Coldewey, born 01 Apr 1939 in Loraine, Mitchell County, Texas.
41. Henry Hindenburg 5 Coldewey (Anna Gesina 4 Ohlenbusch, Hinrich 3 , Hermann 2 , Hinrich (Heincke) 1 )
was born 29 Dec 1914 in Nolan Co., Texas 34 , and died 02 Oct 1999 in Green Valley, Pima Co., Arizona. He
married (1) Viola Wilson. He married (2) Carleta Sparks 15 Sep 1962 in Unknown. She was born 18 Jul
1916 in Easland County, Texas, and died 01 Apr 2005 in Green Valley, Pima Co., Arizona.
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