Old Photos of the Pleshek and Kuester Families
All images are copyright © Phyllis A Pleshek Blilie, 2009, All rights reserved
I scanned Phyllis's family photos from the Kuester and Pleshek families. Some have been restored
somewhat. If you are a family member and would like full-resolution copies of these photo scans,
please email me at jwblilie @barbarossa-guitars.com.
These photos are in no particular order:
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Family tree information from an album of Pleshek family photos |
Page from Kay Kuester's annual 1952 Washingotn HS, Milwaukee WI |
Anna, Kay, Mary, circa 1942 |
Anna Kuester |
Anna Kuester |
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Anna Kuester |
Anna Kuester |
Anna, Mary, Kay Kuester and Patty Philips Christmas 1953 |
Anna, Mary, Kay, and Phyllis Kuester, late 1950s |
Back row, from left, Mary and Kay Kuester, circa 1943 |
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Edward and Irene (Bartlein) Pleshek family portrait, circa mid 1950s. Back L-R: Barb, Pete (Edward), Dick, Russell, front: Donna, Irene, Edward |
"Boots", Marvin Raddant, Bob Bohr, Pete Pleshek, Kay Pleshek, Betty Nemetz, Russell Pleshek Feb 1957 |
"Boots", Marvin Raddant, Russell Pleshek (at end of table) Feb 1957 |
Buck Pleshek, son of Buck and Sally Pleshek of Pleshek's Pavilion, cousins of Pete Pleshek, |
L-R back: Unknown, Catherine H Kuester, Estelle Kuester; L-R front: Phyllis, Anna, and Mary Kuester |
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Catherine Harriet (Penass) Kuester |
Catherine Harriet (Penass) Kuester |
Catherine Harriet (Penass) Kuester, Sep-1958 |
Catherine Harriet (Penass) Kuester, Jan 1959 |
Catherine Harriet (Penass) Kuester, Sep 1958 |
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Catherine Harriet (Penass) Kuester |
Catherine Harriet (Penass) Kuester with Paul Pleshek, circa 1954 |
Catherine Harriet (Penass) Kuester |
Catherine Harriet (Penass) Kuester, with Mary (Kuester) Kemmeter |
Catherine Harriet (Penass) Kuester, with Mary Kuester |
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Catherine Harriet (Penass) Kuester, with Mrs. Adams, a neighbor |
Catherine Harriet (Penass) Kuester |
Cherra Pecore, Phyllis Mayer, Kay Dinse, early 1980s |
Russell Pleshek (R) with his service friend Dave, circa 1951 |
Dick Pleshek, Pete Pleshek, Kay (Kuester) Pleshek, Jean, 13-Feb-1954 |
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Dick Pleshek, Irene (Bartlein) Pleshek, Marsha (Raddant) Elst, Donna Pleshek's daughter |
Don Pleshek and Paul Pleshek |
Ed (friend), Dick Pleshek, Les |
Ed Pleshek and Paul Pleshek, Christmas 1955 |
Ed Plaeshek, Bill, Clarence and Estelle Kuester |
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Edward (grandpa) Kuester and Phyllis Kuester at her graduation, Nov-1960 |
Edward (grandpa) Kuester and Kay Kuester at Phyllis's graduation, Nov-1960 |
Edward Kuester in Milwaukee |
Estelle Kuester at Sheboygan, WI, during WWII |
Farmhouse near Pleshek's Pavillion, where Pete and Kay lived early in their marriage |
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Clockwise from L - Russell Pleshek, unknown, Barbara Bohr, Kay Pleshek, Mary Pleshek, Bob Nemitz, Feb-1957 |
First Day of School: Paul, Polly, Peter, Phyllis, and Patrick Pleshek at the farmhouse in Gresham, Sep-1967 |
Front, right: Mary Pleshek, wife of Russell Pleshek, Feb-1957 |
Grace Bartlein and Marsha (Donna's daughter) 13-Feb-1954 |
Marvin Lloyd Kuester, at left, during WWII |
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Helen, Sally and Buck Pleshek, Adolph (cousin) 13-Feb-1954 |
Judy Bolia and Kay Kuester, 28-Mar-1953 |
2nd from L at back: Kay Kuester, front row, at L: Anna Kuester, 1960s |
Kay (Kuester) Charkandy, and Anna (Kuester) Hoffman, 1997, Winterset, Iowa |
Kay Kuester, Catherine Kuester, Marvin Kuester, circa 1936 |
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Kay and Pete Pleshek, 4-Dec-1954 |
Kay and Polly Pleshek, May-1956 |
Kay and Steve Charkandy, late 1990s, Mork Road, Shawano |
Kay (Kuester) Pleshek and Anna (Kuester) Crowe, 6-Dec-1967 |
Kay (Kuester) Charkandy, Anna (Kuester) Hoffman, and Polly (Pleshek) Pecore 1997, Winterset, Iowa |
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Kay Charkandy, Winterset, Iowa, 1997 |
Kay Charkandy, Dunedin, FL, circa 2004 |
Kay and Estelle Kuester, circa 1941, probably in Sheboygan |
Kay Kuester (center) at her bridal shower, early 1954 |
Kay Kuester, circa early 1940s |
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Kay Kuester with large family group, early 1980s, Kesheena |
Kay Kuester as a young woman |
Kay Kuester asa young woman, circa 1952 |
Kay Kuester, Sherman Park, Milwaukee, circa 1953 |
Kay Kuester, circa 1944 |
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Kay Chrkandy, Mary Kemmeter, Anna Hoffman, circa 2005, Pittsburgh, KS |
Kay (Kuester) Pleshek, 1956 |
Kay (Kuester) Pleshek, Jun-1958, in Milwaukee for Mary's graduation from business school |
Kay (Kuester) Pleshek, Jun-1958, in Milwaukee for Mary's graduation from business school |
Kay Kuester's aunt Margaret (Penass) Breyer, whose husband was in Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders |
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Kay Kuester's aunt Phyllis, in South Dakota |
Lawrence Mayer, Phyllis Mayer, Kay Dinse, Jenny Crowe, Cherra Pecore, Jackie Hoffman, 1981 at the University of Minnesota: Phyllis's graduation |
Lola Pleshek and son Butch, Al Bartlein, Grace Bartlein, uncle Ollie in front, 13-Feb-1954 |
Pleshek Family group, 1940s: L-R: Ed (friend of Russell), Irene Pleshek (holding Dick Pleshek in front of her), Edward Pleshek, Barb (Pleshek) holding Marsha, Russell Pleshek, Donna (Pleshek) |
Marvin Kuester (at L) in NY City during WWII |
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Marvin Kuester, Mary (Kuester) Kemmeter, Pete Kemmeter, Nov-1960 |
Mary Kemmeter, Anna Hoffman, Kay Charkandy, circa 2005, Pittsburgh, KS |
Mary, Kay, Phyllis, Anna Kuester sisters, circa 1953 |
Mary Kuester |
Mary Kuester |
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Mary Kuester |
Mary Kuester |
Mary Kuester |
Patrick Pleshek, circa 1954 |
Patrick Pleshek, circa 1965 |
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Patrick Pleshek, circa 1968 |
Patty Philips |
Patty and Arlene Philips, May 1956 |
Paul and Kay Pleshek, 24-Jul-1954 |
Paul Pleshek and Marsha, Christmas 1955 |
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Paul and Polly Pleshek with Al and Grace Bartlein (grandparents) early 1957 |
Paul Pleshek, Feb-1957 |
Paul Pleshek, summer 1956 |
Paul Pleshek, 2 months old |
Paul Pleshek, Aug-1955 |
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Paul Pleshek, Apr-1955 |
Paul Pleshek, Apr-1955 |
Paul Pleshek, Aug-1955 |
Paul Pleshek, Aug-1955 |
Barb Pleshek, Paul Pleshek, Mary Pleshek (Russell's wife) Feb-1957 |
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Paul Pleshek, circa 1964 |
Paul Pleshek, circa 1965 |
Paul Pleshek, circa 1972 |
Paul Pleshek, Dec-1954 |
Paul Pleshek, Feb-1955 |
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Paul Pleshek, Jan-1955 |
Paul Pleshek, Jan-1955 |
Paul Pleshek, Jun-1954 |
Paul Pleshek, Jun-1954 |
Paul Pleshek, Jun-1955 |
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Paul Pleshek, Jun-1955 |
Paul Pleshek, Jun-1955 |
Paul Pleshek, Jun-1955 |
Paul Pleshek, Jun-1955 |
Paul Pleshek, Mar-1956 |
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Paul Pleshek, Mar-1956 |
Paul Pleshek, Mar-1956 |
Paul Pleshek, May-1956 |
Paul Pleshek, May-1956 |
Paul Pleshek with Anna Kuester baby-sitting, May-1956 |
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Paul Pleshek with Anna Kuester baby-sitting, May-1956 |
Paul Pleshek, school photo, circa 1959 |
Paul Pleshek, school photo, circa 1964 |
Paul Pleshek, spring 1955 |
Pete and Kay Pleshek, 13-Feb-1954 |
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Pete and Mary Kemmeter, circa 2005, Pittsburgh, KS |
Pete and Paul Pleshek, 24-Jul-1955 |
Pete and Paul Pleshek, 1955 |
Pete and Paul Pleshek, circa early 1955 |
Pete and Paul Pleshek, Jul-1955 |
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Pete and Paul Pleshek, Mar-1955 |
Pete and Kay Pleshek, Don and Sooky, 4-Dec-1954 |
Pete Pleshek, 1953 |
Pete Pleshek, 1953, Senior class picnic |
Pete Pleshek, 1953 with Pat (Tourtelot) Hill, Prom King and Queen |
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Pete Pleshek, 1953 with Pat (Tourtelot) Hill, Prom King and Queen |
Pete Pleshek, circa 1953 |
Pete Pleshek, circa 1953 |
Grace Bartlein, Peter Pleshek, Irene (Bartlein) Pleshek, Paul Pleshek, Feb-1960 |
Peter Pleshek, George Pecore, Polly Pecore, Kay Dinse, Cherra Pecore, Preston Pleshek, circa 1974, Oconto Falls farmhouse (Dinse) |
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Peter Pleshek, circa 1964 |
Peter Pleshek, circa 1965 |
Peter Pleshek, circa 1975 |
Peter Pleshek, Jul-1960 |
Peter Pleshek, Jul-1960, with his Dad Pete Pleshek |
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Peter Pleshek, Jul-1960 |
Peter Pleshek, Jul-1960 |
Phyllis Ann Pleshek, 1977 |
Phyllis (Kuester) Philips and her daughter Patty, circa 1961 |
Phyllis and Anna Kuester, Christmas 1957 |
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Phyllis, Anna, Mary, Kay Kuester sisters, with Patty Philips, circa 1953 |
Phyllis (Pleshek) Mayer at Anna Hoffman's house, Jul-1981 |
Phyllis Dinae Kuester, 1961 |
Aunt Phyllis Kuester (Marvin's sister) |
Phyllis Diane Kuester |
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Phyllis Diane Kuester |
Phyllis Diane Kuester |
Phyllis Diane Kuester, Jun-1961 |
Phyllis Diane Kuester, late 1950s |
Phyllis (Kuester) Peters (R) and "Meggs" |
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Phyllis Ann Pleshek, circa 1964 |
Phyllis Ann Pleshek, circa 1965 |
Phyllis Ann Pleshek, circa 1976 |
Phyllis Ann (Pleshek) Mayer, 1981 |
Pleshek family group, 1982: Back L-R: Preston, Paul, Peter; Front L-R: Polly, Kay, Phyllis, Patrick |
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| Peter, Patrick, Paul, Polly, Preston, and Phyllis Pleshek, circa 1964 | Polly and Cherra Pecore, 1974 | Polly, Peter, and Paul Pleshek, circa 1958 | Polly Pleshek, 1956 | Polly Pleshek, 1956 |
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| Polly Pleshek, Apr-1956 | Polly and Cherra Pecore, 1974 | Polly Pleshek, circa 1964 | Polly Pleshek, circa 1965 | Polly Pleshek, circa 1972 |
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| Polly Pleshek, Feb-1957 | Polly Pleshek, Feb-1957 | Polly Pleshek, Feb-1957 with Al and Grace Bartlein | Preston Pleshek | Preston Pleshek |
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| Preston Pleshek | Preston Pleshek, circa 1964 | Preston Pleshek, circa 1963 | Preston Pleshek, circa 1965 | Preston Pleshek, circa 1980 |
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| L-R: Bee Breyer (daughter of Margaret), Catherine H (Penass) Kuester, Margaret (Penass) Breyer | Roxy Buchholz, circa early 1970s | Russell Pleshek with friends Ed and Les, 1940s | Russell Pleshek - Mary Tomashek wedding | Unknown, Catherine Kuester, Irene Pleshek, Ed Pleshek, 13-Feb-1954 |
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Funeral card from funeral of Phyllis Kuester Aug-1961 |
These are some additional photos scanned in 2016. I think this is Catherine (Penass) Kuester with Kay and Mary |
The Kuester girls. Late 1940s? |
Not sure, maybe Marvin Kuester and Kay? This is a tiny (about 1" X 1") photo |
Not sure. This is a tiny (about 1" X 1") photo |
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Not sure who these people are. Tiny photo. |
Again, not sure and another tiny photo. |
Mary Kuester |
Antone Penass and Alice Gauthier |
Catherine Penass Kuester |
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I think Catherine Penass Kuester, maybe with Kay and Mary Kuester? |
Kay Kuester, maybe with Grandma Kuester? |
Kitty Kuester |
I think Marvin Kuester and Kay Kuester |
Marvin Kuester Mary (Kuester) Kemmeter, and Pete Kemmeter |
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Maybe Marvin Kuester with an unkown woman |
Unknown people, maybe Penass fmily members? |
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More information to come later.
Background image is Kay, Mary, Anna, and Phyllis Kuester circa late 1950s
Last updated: 7-Oct-2017
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