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Here's a family portrait of the Noah F. and Susan Steiner family. Seated from left, Ada Steiner Gierman, Noah, Susan, and Edna Steiner Oyer.

Standing from left, Alma Steiner Jorg, Adella Steiner Oyer, Nelson F. Steiner, Stanley Steiner and Emma Steiner Bertsche.

The family farm was two miles west of the Ebenezer Mennonite Church near the Zion Mennonite Cemetery. The photo was taken in the mid-1940s.

Ada was a nurse at Bluffton Hospital, Adella was an elementary teacher in Bluffton. Alma and her husband, Earl Jorg, operated the Jorg Hatchery on Cherry Street. At the time this photo was taken, Nelson was a Fuller Brush salesman.

(From the Fred Steiner collection)