O BOY !
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 The Beginning
Chapter 2 Changing Perceptions
Chapter 3 My Life in the
Roaring Twenties
Chapter 4 The Church on the
Hill
Chapter 5 New Era with a New
Brother
Chapter 6 California Helps me
Grow Up
Chapter 7 The End of High
School
Chapter 8 It's Not Smart to be
Smart
Chapter 9 Oberlin ‑ It's
Dumb to be Stupid
Chapter
10 The Post‑College
Adjustment Period
Chapter
11 The Newlyweds
Chapter
12 Ministry in
California
Chapter
13 Benson and the Wild
West
Chapter
l4 Elmhurst
Chapter
l5 More Elmhurst,
1945-50
Chapter
16 Dunsmuir, 1950-57
Chapter
17 Dunsmuir, O Boy
Continued
Chapter
18 More Letters from
Dunsmuir, 1951-57
Chapter
19 Hanford
Chapter
20 Another Boy!
Chapter
21 Hayward
Chapter
22 Millbrae (The
Gathering Storm of Vietnam)
Chapter
23 Grace Church, Stockton
Chapter
24 Redding
Chapter
25 Farmington
Chapter
26 Being a Christian vs.
Being a Minister’s Wife
Chapter
27 Afterthoughts
C A S T O F C H A R A C T E R S
Author:
Carol Burrowes DeWolf,
born 1916
Robert Morrison DeWolf, my
husband known as Dink or Bob.
Our Children:
Charles born 1945;
m. Keiko Suda in
Children: Michael Robert Yukio, Carol Yukie,
Julia Sachiko,
& David Hiroyuki
Timothy (Timmy, Tim),
born 1946
m. Judi
Combes in
Children: Emily
Elisabeth and Leah Sibylle
m. Cristina Campbell , in
William (Billy, Bill)
born 1948
m.
Kathy Shepler in
Children: Heather Letha, Meagan Amanda and Sean Edward
David, born 1949
m.
Priscilla Ellwood in
Children: Charles Ellwood, Maja Elisabeth, Robin
Cherese,
&
Peter Leon
Paul, born 1960
m.
Lori McAdoo in
Children:
Thomas James, Daniel Robert, Kristen Marie
Wolf-Rudiger Wilke, Exchange Student known as Wolfi, Roger, Mecki
m.
Sybille, children:Sascha, Melanie, Bastian
My father: Paul de Nyse Burrowes, known as Buzz after we grew
up
My mother: Elisabeth
Havens Burrowes, known as Bobby
My siblings: Paul,
5 years older, b. 1911. m.
Molly, 3 years older, b. 1913.
m. Paul Boerner
John, 2 years younger, b. 1918,
m. Sally
Richard (Dick), 8 1/2 years
younger, b. 1924, m. Jean
Aunt Dot & Fred Chappell (Mother’s youngest sister &
husband) who lived at Lick
Observatory where he was the
astronomical photographer.
Aunt Alice & Luther Newhall (my mother’s sister &
husband who lived in
Bob’s mother: Maja McCabe DeWolf,
Motherdee or Maja
Bob’s brothers: Frank, Dick
Aunt Coe: Maja’s younger sister; Coe’s daughter Beth Schilling
Mary Jane DeWolf: Bob’s niece, m. John
Smith
Above:September 4, 1993: After our 50th Celebration:
Left to Right: Priscilla, Kathy,Bill,
Charles, Paul behind Lori, Mecki.
Front row: David, Cristina, Tim (Keiko missing in
Pictures Next Page*:
Upper Left: Charles’ family:
Michael,Hiro,Carol Y.,Sachiko
Upper Rt: Tim’s daughters:
Emily,
Leah
Middle Rt: Bill’s family: Bill,
Heather, Meagan, Kathy,Sean
Lower Left: David’s children:
Charles E., Maja, Robin, Peter
Lower Rt: Paul’s family:
Lori
holding Kristen
Tommy, Heather holding Danny