Hubert Kuhlmann born Sept. 2, 1904
-- died February 16, 1994 at the age of 89. He attended
school at the stone school known as "pigtail".
Because the need to help out on the farm, like most boys,
attended school only during the winter month, and quit
attending after completing the 6th grade. As a young man,
he found employment working for local farmers. Ora
Stutheit, born Aug. 6, 1904, died October 25, 1999,
farmers daughter of Emil and Christine (Buethe) Stutheit
who lived a couple miles away, became the "apple of
his eye", and the two were married on August 7, 1927.
The couple pursued the farming profession,
renting and living on two different farms. The depression of the
"30's" financially ruined them, and in 1937 Hubert
decided to become a Salesman for the J.R.Watkins Co The family
moved to an acreage 7 miles north of Humboldt, Nebr. that they
rented for $30.00 a year, pursuing the occupation as a
door-to-door Watkins Dealer until 1960. .
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