I've been working on the history of John Joseph Wehner, son of John George and Theresa (Vaeth) Wehner, who married Alma D. Kieninger. John and Alma ran bakeries in St. Louis, the major enterprise being "Wehner Bakery" located at 770 Lemay Ferry Road during the Depression years and later. They had two children, James H. Wehner Sr., who also ran a bakery and about whom we know a lot, and Marion (or "Marian") L. Wehner, about whom we know little. Marion was born in 1920 or 1921 and worked in her father's bakery. She apparently married a Palmer since she appears as Marion L. Palmer residing in Chicago in 1995 obituaries for her brother James. Any help with Marion's history would be appreciated.

I am going back through the book one final time, but there are still some difficulties. I have had trouble figuring out the various Wehner-related bakeries in Ste. Genevieve. In 1921 August Peter Wehner, "Big Augie", purchased a bakery from G. H. Arthur, changed the name to "Wehner's Bakery," and was baker and owner until at least 1930. Around the same time Henry Charles Wehner went to work for Home Bakery, where he worked from around 1919 to 1926 before moving to California.

In the 1930s, Henry heard that a bakery was for sale in Ste. Genevieve and asked his brother Walter to look into it. Henry ended up returning to Ste. Genevieve, where he and Walter started the Wehner Bakery on Main Street. When Walter left the business, the shop was sold to Anthony ("Tony") Zarinelli (a baker from St. Louis), and Henry returned to California. In Ste. Genevieve, Earl Daniel Wood Sr., son of Martha Ervine Wehner went to work for Tony Zarinelli, who moved the bakery to Merchant Street. There Earl learned the skills of baking, and continued working there after Tony sold the business to a St. Louis company (who changed the name to "Toni's Bakery Inc.") in December of 1976. In 1980 Earl and Virginia Wood bought the bakery changing the name to "E&G Bakery" for Earl and Ginny. The couple owned the bakery until around 1985, when it was sold and became "Home Bakery." Earl continued working there until 1990, when the new owner decided to do his own baking. The question is which of these bakeries are which? There were at least two named "Home Bakery" and two named "Wehner's Bakery". Can anyone help straighten this all out?

Completed review of the pages on Walter Alfred Wood ("Al") and Martha Ervine Wehner ("Ervine") and their descendants. I have also sent these pages on to a grandchild and a great grandchild of the couple for their review.

I'm working on the Peter Wehner family. Just finished the section on Henry Charles Wehner and his wife, Cecelia Ann Eckery. And I have sent the section to a descendant for review.

I have finished editing the section on Theresa Wehner, daughter of Nicholas, and have started editing the final section on Peter Wehner, youngest child of Nicholas, and his descendants. I plan to have the book finished by September, when I can distribute it in person to Wehner family and friends. Mary Frances and I are planning a trip to Ste. Genevieve then.

Completed reviewing and modifying the section on the descendants of Lawrence Alexander Baechle and Ida Bertha Ursula Wehner: Ralph Robert Bachle, Carl George Bachle, Loretto M. Bachle, Leonard Lawrence Bachle, and Herman J. Bachle, of Oklahoma City. Next stop, George Nicholas Wehner, who stayed behind in Ste. Genevieve (though his descendants didn't).

Worked today on Mary Theresa Wehner, Daughter of John George Wehner. Mary married William W. Wetteroff of Czech descent on 12 Aug 1903 in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. The couple, who lived in St. Louis, had two children, Marie Kathyrn Wetteroff, who married Edward Joseph Bakula, and Ralph Waldo Wetteroff, who married three times: Mildred Susan Stanton, Sarah Leah Gregory, and Martha Elisabeth Reline. Still have a little unknown about the later life of Marie Kathryn Wetteroff and I'm hoping to hear from relatives. Meanwhile, I'm off to Ida Bertha Ursula Wehner, who ended up in Oklahoma City.