Family newsletter · April 2009

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Steiner Family Newsletter
April 2009 V olume 3, Issue 1
John Walter Steiner
September 12, 1921
Fourth son born to Harry and Edith Steiner.
Born: September 12, 1921
Died: July 6, 1997
Cemetery: T ippecanoe Memory Gardens, W. Lafayette, IN
Profession: Retired - West Lafayette Fire Department
Retired - Schnaible Service and Supply Company
Wife: Lillian Edna Runner
Born: August 1 1, 1924
Married: September 23, 1941 (marriage ended in divorce)
John Steiner as
a young man
John at work
John was a proud
marine during WWII.
To the left he is
standing by a palm
tree in Hawaii close
to Pearl Harbor.

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Child of John and l illian Steiner
Kathy Diane Steiner
Born: May 5, 1948
Profession: Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance
John and wife, Lillian
standing on front porch
Daughter, Kathy and John at the West
Lafayette Fire House were John worked
Kathy Steiner at one of our
family reunions
John in his fireman uniform.

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Written by Pam Mow
Uncle John Steiner was a good man. He cared about the Steiner family. I heard him mention many times that he
wasn’t monetarily rich, but he was rich, because he was in a great family. He cared and loved deeply.
He was like a father to me. He took me to church every Sunday and sometimes Grandma Steiner would go and
then we would go to the Goodnights Drug Store for coffee. He was a fixture in our home. He would sometimes
visit during the week. He would bring Grandma Steiner some groceries and she would fix him supper. I remem-
ber many times smelling her making liver and onions. Yuck, but he loved it. She would also make him oyster
dressing at Thanksgiving, again, yuck! I guess that is why I fix my kids their favorites when they come over. I
had a good teacher. (Thanks Grandma Steiner). He would also bring over his hankies and I would iron them
every week for a little cash.
He taught me to play softball and bought me my first ball glove. He would play catch with me for hours helping
me learn to catch and throw. Many times he would pick me up and we would head out to Uncle Joe and Aunt
Nan’s and many others would join in for a weekend of softball, swimming and card playing. I learned to play
euchre and poker by being the bar maid for alot of the card parties at our house. I would stand and watch and get
everyone drinks when they needed it and emptied the ash trays. <I can only assume that is why I never smoked.
I think I had enough back then.> I remember many card parties lasting until 5:00am. If you ever played cards
with Uncle Johnny, you may have suffered the rath of making a bad play. Randi, Kim, and I got up from the
table in tears many times. But I think we all are pretty tough players now!
I owe my love of traveling to Uncle Johnny also. In 1969, he took me on one of his trips to California to see his
daughter, Kathi. He really taught me so much in my life. This was a perfect example. He would tell me to look
for landmarks and I watched the map the whole time. Last Christmas, Larry (my husband) wanted to get a GPS
and I talked him out of it. I’m his personal GPS system (or maybe it is called a front seat driver - hahaha). But
I do love to travel and that trip made a huge impact on me.
Uncle Johnny was also the one of the major people in the reunions. He would get his Schnaible’s truck and put
everything in it. I remember the busting the balloon’s and getting prizes. If you haven’t been to a reunion for a
while, this practice is still on going. Uncle Joey added a few more games for more fun. Now Dana and her kids
and nieces are keeping the tradition alive. I truly believe the kids just love it! I did when I was young.
Another memory was of Uncle Johnny being a fireman. I remember my mom taking us to see him at the fire-
house or we might take him a pie that Grandma Steiner had made him. I tried to find the newspaper article that
Grandma Steiner used to have, it was a time when he had saved someone’s life. Uncle Johnny was honored for
that. I also listened to many stories of when he was in the Marines during WWII. He was really a courageous
and honorable man.
I am fortunate to have had this man in my life. He really was a surrogate father and I was sort of a surrogate
daughter for him also. We needed each other. He did so many good things for me and many others in our family.
Memories from Dana Steiner Beck.......As for Uncle Johnny...I always remember those rides in the Schnaible
truck to the Monon Reunion each year. How we would bounce around in the back laughing and giggling, flying
all over the place (we didn’t need no stinking seat belts ;-). Uncle Johnny never got upset with us. We was a
fun guy to be around. We often remember his sayings, one in particular...”Don’t have to be a college graduate to
play cards” and others...

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Beth Lancaster (55) 3/1
Henry Wagner (76) 3/2
Jennifer Tendick (15) 3/3
Krista Hunt (34) 3/5
Bradley Cook (4) 3/5
Connor Coleman (16) 3/7
Mark Moffitt (32) 3/8
Damien Briscoe (10) 3/9
Ginny Wagner (79) 3/14
Warren Bricker (37) 3/17
Tyce Parker (4) 3/17
Bill Kelly (65) 3/19
Rob Hunt (32) 3/20
Akasha Putman (3) 3/20
Kim Coleman (49) 3/22
Debbie Maldondo (61) 3/29
Cindy Burnham (60) 3/29
Courtney Coleman (12) 3/29
Travis Tendick (11) 3/30
Robbie Hunt (7) 3/30
Tristin Beck (17) 3/31
March
Birthday’s
Allison Burnham (31) 4/1
Anna Marie Steiner Kemery 4/2
Anthony Wayne Troxell 4/2
David Troxel (60) 4/4
Hazel Leona Steiner Braun 4/6
Michael Biery (25) 4/7
George Arthur Braun 4/8
Mark Weaver (56) 4/8
Lora Steiner (51) 4/9
Raiden Putman (1) 4/1 1
Alex Haberfield (16) 4/12
Trev Parker (12) 4/18
Scott Steiner (34) 4/25
Levi Hines (8) 4/26
Janie Steiner Cox (61) 4/30
April
Birthday’s
January
Birthday’s
Jeanne Troxel Moosey (54) 1/3
Glenn Steiner (44) 1/4
Jaylon Steiner (4) 1/1 1
Kim Hawk Weaver (54) 1/12
Jimmie Steiner (37) 1/12
Selma Agnes Steiner Moore 1/13
Adam Wagner (6) 1/15
Kim Steiner (44) 1/16
Darcy McDaniels (42) 1/17
Bennie Wagner (8) 1/17
Kevin Braun (46) 1/21
Harry “Bubba” Putman (29) 1/21
Sheridan Steiner (15) 1/23
Scarlett Sagraves (18) 1/24
Michael Herrold (7) 1/25
Arlene Steiner (64) 1/28
Kyle Bricker (17) 1/30
February
Birthday’s
Misty Cox (33) 2/2
Donna Troxel (59) 2/3
Robert Irwin (22) 2/4
Quinten Andrew Bricker 2/4
Rachel Hunt (2) 2/5
Cole Hunt (2) 2/5
Annora Steiner (46) 2/6
Megan Lancaster (30) 2/6
Jeremy Moore (36) 2/7
Jessica Moore Golba (34) 2/7
Sharon Kemery Gallegos (56) 2/1 1
Andrew Rhymer (15) 2/1 1
Stephanie Lancaster Moffatt (27) 2/12
Nicholas Hammerand (18) 2/13
Jacob Golba (8) 2/14
Thomas Henry Burgess Steiner 2/15
Jennifer Putman (30) 2/23
Linda Moore Keegan (59) 2/24
Prudy Moore (61) 2/27

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January, February, March and April
Anniversaries
Richard and Anna Kemery
1/16/1944
Henry and Ginny Wagner – 48 years
2/12/1961
Harry and Edith Steiner
2/15/1916
Jeremy and Mandy Moore – 3 years
2/18/2006
Dick and Beth Lancaster – 35 years
3/23/1974
Bud and Katherine Troxel
4/12/1947
Gabe and Jessica Golba – 10 years
4/24/1999
Happy
Anniversary
January,
February,
March and April
Angelversaries
Thomas Henry Burgess Steiner
1/4/1989
Selma Agnes Steiner Moore
3/26/1992
Cody Andrew Putman
4/12/2007
Can you believe it, I’m finally doing a newsletter. I didn’t mean to let so
many months go by, but I’m back at it. I hope you enjoy this first 2009
newsletter. I plan on doing the next one in May. I have put important dates
from January through the end of April. Please, let me know if I have missed
someone or made any errors.
If you didn’t receive a newsletter in 2007 or 2008 or if you can’t find them
and want to look through them again, you can check out the Steiner website at
www.steiners2000.com and go to the Fun and Family page, or email me and I
will put any newsletter in the mail or send by email to you. Is there someone
you know in the family that isn’t receiving the newsletter and you would like
them to, please let me know and I will be happy to send them the issues that I
have done during the last 20 months.
My contact info is: Pam Mow, 90 Moon Valley Court, Lafayette, IN 47909-
8057 or mowp@purdue.edu. You can also get me on the phone at (765) 430-
4141 or at work (765) 494-4615.
I’m always interested in information. Weddings, showers, new baby, gradua-
tions, anything you want to share with the family, please send it my way.
Take care everyone and let me hear from you!

Joshua Steiner
2/19/2009
Welcome the newest member of the
Steiner family
Jessica, Jason, and Jaylon Steiner
have been blessed with an addition
to their family. Joshua was born on
February 19th, 2009.
Joshua is the second grandchild of
Jon and Joan Steiner and the sixth
great-grandchild for Alice Steiner
Skaggs. Congratulation!!