Eugene Edward Blosser - Photos & Memories


High school at South English, Iowa, which Grandpa attended from 1931-1932.

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Grandpa standing beside his brother Amos' car ('35 model Ford) about 1939 or 1940.

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Grandpa, about 1941.

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Grandpa with his Wisconsin 'parents', or the people whom he worked for while in Civilian Public Service during World War II, from 1943-46.

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The farm where Grandpa worked during his years in the Wisconsin Civilian Public Service.

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Grandpa and Grandma Blosser during their college years, before they were married.

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Grandpa & Grandma Blosser married on
September 19, 1949, by Rev. Mulrenin at St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong.

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Grandma Blosser & Philip's first picture, taken for alien registration in Communist China. Philip was born on Sept. 14th, 1950.

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Grandpa & Grandma Blosser & baby Philip,
arriving at the MCC Centerin Kowloon, Hong Kong, January 28, 1951.

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Grandpa & Grandma Blosser & baby Philip in 1953, shortly before leaving for Japan. (Note the distinctive Blosser ears on Pa).

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On board the President Wilson Passenger Ship leaving for Japan, August 1953.

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Grandpa & fellow missionary Don Reber aboard an old train. Note the pot-bellied stove to keep warm.

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Some of these train cars are in the museum in Sapporo, Hokkaido (Japan) which Grandma Elsie saw when we visited Japan in 1985.

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The Blosser Family at home in Taiki, Hokkaido (Japan) about 1958 or '59.

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Tom and Philip playing a game in the Blosser home in Takai, about the same time.

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Hostel Years. Back row (from left): Tom, Ruth Kanagy, Barb Shenk, Gloria Shenk and Dawn Buckwater.
Mid-row: Ken Lammers, Rosemary Buckwater, Linda Faber, and Rachel Blosser.
Front row: Meiko Blosser, Grandma & Grandpa.

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Grandpa, hunting for his car in the snows of Hokkaido. ("It's out there somewhere -- but where can I go if I find it?")

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Tom, Phil & John Bell were entertaining cousin Darvin Yoder, on his way to Laos. Here is Tom & Darvin sharing a bowl of Ramen.

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Grandpa & Grandma Blosser - lunch stop on one of our many cross-country road trips in the United States. (Who knows where???)

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Grandpa & Grandma at their last Japan conference in Hokkaido in 1981. Pastor Yamade interviewed them on the years of service in Hokkaido.

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Grandpa at his desk in Tokyo Anabaptist Center, where they served before leaving Japan.

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Grandpa & Grandma's last picture together, about a year before she passed away in May, 1982.

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Philip, Jon and Grandma Elsie on Orcas Island, Seattle, at the Blosser Family Reunion (August 1991).