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

Hinrich & Gesche Ohlenbusch Family
miles north of Loraine, Mitchell Co., Texas. I lived there until after graduation from high school and then I lived
in Sweetwater, Nolan Co., Texas, for about one year. I worked for U.S. Gipson, Texas Electric and May
Brothers Lumber Yard during this time.
On December 28, 1950, I enlisted in the U.S. Air force. I took basic training at Lackland AFB in San Antonio,
Bexar Co., Texas. After basic training I was assigned to Patrick AFB, in Florida, near Coco Beach and
Melbourne. In June of 1953, I was transferred to Tokyo, Japan. I soon found out that I could go to Korea for a
year and would get out of the service four months sooner. I really planned to go back in the service after six
months, but a fair haired lady named Helen Richard, took my eye and that was the end of my military career.
I worked for Higginbotham Lumber yard after my discharge until February 1955. By this time I was engaged
and knew I could not make a living at what I was doing, so I moved to Midland, Midland Co., Texas and looked
for a better paying job. I found a job with Eddins-Walcher Oil and Butane Co., as a bookkeeper. In 1958 I
bought one half interest in an Automobile Repair Shop. As of this writing, January 12, 1997, I am still in this
business.
Other information:
Schooling: first thru fifth grade at Pyron, a country school near Inadale, Scurry Co., Texas.
Sixth thru twelfth at Loraine, Mitchell Co., Texas
Became a member of the Church of Christ in December 1954. Served as a Deacon of the Main Street
Church of Christ in Midland from about 1980 until October 1995.
Thanks very much to Raymond Earl Coldewey for all the work he has done in this Family History.
Notes for Helen Marie Richard:
These notes were provided to me by Helen, May 19, 1997.
I started to school in Roscoe, Nolan Co., Texas where my dad ran a service station. We moved to the farm and I
started second grade in Loraine, Mitchell Co., Texas. We moved to Midland, Midland Co., Texas for the last
half of the 6th grade and the first half of the 7th grade where daddy farmed Max Bermans place and this is where
Gail was born. We lived 15 miles out in the country along with the rattlesnakes! I was Baptized into My Lord
in the summer of 1949 at Stanton, Martin Co., Texas. Midland is where I first learned the joys of volleyball. I
played all through school and on one team or another until 1993. I broke my finger playing and my hands got
arthritis and it hurt to bad to hit a ball. I played basketball all through Junior High and High school.
Music was, and is another love of mine. I sang in one group or another from age 12 until...... My brother,
Donald, and friends Joy Graham Scarbrough and Jimmy Smith, who lived in Roscoe, Nolan Co., Texas had a
quartette for several years. We traveled around our area singing at different events. There was never a time
when we all got together, that someone didn't start a song and then we were off and running.
We moved back to Loraine, Mitchell Co., Texas in 1950 and that is where I graduated from High school in 1955.
I met Maurice at a football game where I was a cheerleader. He was giving me a hard time and I told hem he had
to buy me a coke at the Victory Pep Ralley. He said he would if I would go the the Cokers Cafe in Colorado
City, Mitchell Co., Texas. He said my friend could go too, so I asked my dad and he said, "I don't want you
riding with him. I know how he drives!" He let me go, however, and we were engaged by the end of November
1954 and had not missed a night seeing each other.
I stayed at home and raised our children. I went back to work part time when Lisa was in the 4th grade. i
worked for Camp Fire Girls as secretary and later Acting Executive Director until May 1978. They were located
just 2 blocks from Lisa's school.
In the fall of 1978, I went to work for San Jacinto JHS where Lisa attended 7th and 8th grades and I am still there
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