Oral History Project

[Above: Samuel J. Bretz farm, Samuel Buehrer on tractor, and George F. Curdes Family]

    The Henry County Historical Society has amassed over 100 oral histories of citizens of the county. In the coming months, all of these accounts will be added to our site. We apologize that we cannot get all these interviews onto our site right away, but we'll do the best we can.

    We are desparately in need of interviewers and transcribers to help us with this project. If you feel that you have some time to contribute to the Society, please contact Marlene Patterson at: Marlene will be happy to provide you with the needed equipment and give you instructions on its use.

Oral Histories Completed

  1. Allen, Frances
  2. Armbruster, Byron
  3. Arps, Edwin
  4. Backhaus, Charles
  5. Bebler, Reuben and Joyce
  6. Betts, Clarence
  7. Brinkman, Bob
  8. Bostelman, Helen
  9. Brubaker, Larry "Moe"
  10. Bruns, Herold and Frieda
  11. Dachenhaus, Leonard "Lum"
  12. Dehnbostel, Ernie
  13. Delventhal, Walter
  14. DeTray, Norman
  15. Edminston, Eva
  16. Eggers, Henry
  17. Eicher, Genevieve
  18. Elliott, Robert and Downey, Robert
  19. Flora, Romeo, M.D. and Julia
  20. Fritz, Ted
  21. Genuit, Leon
  22. Grau, Lavon
  23. Grieser, Lucy
  24. Heitman, Julia
  25. Helberg, Roger
  26. Henry, John & Leona
  27. Hershberger, Arlene
  28. Hershberger, James
  29. Hesterman, Wilfred
  30. Huff, Jim
  31. Honeck, August "Bud"
  32. Howe, Grace
  33. Huddle, Dwight
  34. Huddle, Herb and Betty
  35. Imbrock, Norman and Bernice
  36. Johnson, Catherine
  37. Johnson, Ralph
  38. Johnson, Richard
  39. Karabin, Martin
  40. King, Alma and Evelyn Pilliod
  41. Kruse, Olga
  42. Kryder, George and Steve
  43. Lange, Lenhart
  44. Lanzer, Harold and Marilyn
  45. Lanzer, Mel
  46. Lause, Ken and Laura
  47. Leader, Truus
  48. Leaders, Lawrence
  49. Medina, George and Ruth
  50. Meekison, David
  51. Mengerink, Gertrude
  52. Meyer, Robert E. and 'Buzzy'
  53. Miller, Arnold
  54. Moore, Bernice
  55. Obenour, Carl
  56. Orthwein, Myra Catherine Geist and Isabel Geist Aderman
  57. Patterson, Russell
  58. Peper, Edmund
  59. Petersen, Ellen Marie, and Edna Seeman
  60. Phillips, Charles Raymond
  61. Pilliod, Evelyn and Alma King
  62. Pohlman, Henry F. "Fritz"
  63. Quate, Lee
  64. Rausch, Marilyn (Saneholtz)
  65. Reese, Ben and GraceAnn
  66. Reinbolt Family
  67. Rentz, Louella
  68. Rettig, Emma
  69. Riggs, Hazel
  70. Rohrs, Arthur C.
  71. Rowland, Robert and Sarah
  72. Saneholtz, Tony
  73. Sauer, Florian
  74. Schuette, Paul and Elvera
  75. Schweinhagen, Evelyn
  76. Sherbourne, Marjorie
  77. Sherman, Lucille
  78. Simmons, Julie
  79. Spangler, Mary
  80. Sperry, Robert
  81. Strock, Louisa
  82. Stuart, Dorothea
  83. Swartzbaugh, Mary
  84. Trietch, Ray
  85. Vocke, Dorothy
  86. Voigt, Louis
  87. Voigt, Reevea
  88. Von Deylen, Bill
  89. Wangrin, Charlotte
  90. Weddelman, Ida
  91. Westhoven, Don
  92. Wilhelm, Pete
  93. Winzeler, Jerry
  94. Yahney, Wilma
  95. Young, Martha C.
  96. Zahrend, Barbara E.
  97. Zehnder, Mel