Humma, Friends & Family
Many of these photos have unidentified people. Can you can identify these, or know the 'story' of what is happening in the image, or how these people were connected to the family? Do you have additional images, memories or expressions of how individuals in this family have touched your life? If so, please contribute these for the enjoyment and benefit of the family, by contacting Beth.
Henry Humma's brother; 'Uncle Bill' William Humma. Died in 40's, never married. Lived at 1036 or 1038 Green St. Reading, PA.
Probably taken at Guilford CT. Who are these??
Staten Island Radio Station; Donald Rhoads, Margaret (?), Verna Johnston and Ruth Telka (?). July 24, 1949.
Margie (Focht) Shell, Stella (Wien) Humma, 'Katie' Katharine Strouse, Mary Boyer, Warren Law, Effie Eiceman.
Walter and Verna (Humma) Johnston (left). Ann Huber says the other couple is Miriam Palms (later Drumheller) and Bob Deysher. Can anyone verify this?
Donald Wiest, son of Pierce Wiest.
David E. Krick, died Jan 15, 2007.
Henry Humma's brother William 'Bill' Humma, Harry Humma, Ella Humma and Charlie Krick.
Back says: Ardell Waldman, Donny Palms, Earl Williams, Mary Williams
Left: Verna (Humma) Johnston. L-R couples: Melvin and Miriam Drumheller, Melvin and Mildred Strouse, Russell and Lucille Coultrup (Bethelites) and Joseph and wife Scaligione.
Marie Sabo and Marie White.
Mildred Strouse, 2nd from left. With her preaching partners, holding up the Watchtower. Notice also the player.
Miriam (Scanlon) Behm, Emily Klopp, John Zezenski and Russel Klopp, in Richmond, VA, 1954
Elmer Pal (wash stand, left), Hank Hoffman (which?), Florence Miller (which?), Ida? Heim (which?), Clara Deysher (which?), Donny Palms (front right, head turned back). Taken at Rajah Temple, Reading, PA
Probably taken at Guilford CT. Who are these??
Donald Wiest with his sister Pearl.
Verna (Humma) Johnston with Hilda and Roy Brossman.
Verna Johnston (age 22) in St. Louis with Carrie Barber (age 36), Aug 6-10, 1941.
Gilles J. Morin died Feb. 23, 2007
Robert K. Deysher, died Dec. 16, 2006.
Ruth Bortz
Verna (Humma) Johnston's handwritten notes: Died in 1992: May Snyder July 3, 1992. Mimi Greth (born Apr 15, 1913), Aug 19, 1992. Dorothy Hagaman, buried Sept 1, 1992. Henry Bieber, memorial service Sep 19, 1992. Mary Williams, Oct 11, 1992. Raymond Humma, died in Berks Heim on Jun 21, 2009....
L-R front: Robert Humma, Mary Smith, and who? 2nd row: Harold Johnston (behind Robert), Bob Deysher, Ruth Smith (later Hagaman), Florence Miller (white blouse), Verna (Humma) Johnston, Walter Johnston (behind Verna).
Sara Moyer and Verna Johnston, outside 124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, NY, Bethel, in 1950.
Elmer Shellhammer, Miriam Forrey (died 7/55 Ralph Forrey's wife) and Molly Shellhammer.
Andrew Scherrer, with ??
Max Larson with Richard Palms (left).
Front: Joe or Harold Johnston, Melvin Strouse, Verna (Humma) Johnston, Mary Williams. Back: Earl Williams (far right).
Some of the children at the 50th anniversary of Henry K. and Stella Humma, 1961; Bonnie Garis, Eddie Hagaman, Donny Hagaman, Cathy Humma, Sue Hagaman, Marlene Garis, (Kristin Seiger or Linda Glass??), and lastly (Hagaman cousin??).
Molly M. Shellhammer, died Dec 15, 2006.
Miriam Palms, Florence Palms and Verna Humma (Johnston) at River-View Beach, Pennsville, NJ, July 5, 1938.
Ronald & Marian Humma (left), Ruth Palms (with glass), Jeb & Cathy holding book, Verna Johnston (behind Jeb), Elsa & Mahlon Gehris. 1964-65? Jehovah's Witnesses' summer District Convention, with the new release.
Ralph D. Bortz, died Aug 5
Mildred (Yeich) Strouse at the 2008 Werner Picnic, annually at Stephen Werner's home, Temple, PA.
Katherine Strouse & sons; Howard, John William and Melvin.
Claude Williams, Grace Rosen, Jack DeFehr, Kathryn Schugars, Dorothy Rosen, Verna Johnston, and ??. (Taken at Tulley), Summer of 1935.
Sara Moyer and Verna Johnston, outside 124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, NY, Bethel, in 1950.
Irene Schmidt and Miriam Hosler, 1940.
Stella Humma ???
Ralph Bachman with Mimi Greth (Miriam??) (left couple) and Walter and Verna (Humma) Johnston (right couple), 1940
Irma Vize and Emily Klopp, 1980. In Sencit Townhouse Apartments, in Emily's living room.
Marie Bashore, Robert Humma, Pierce Wiest (back), Verna Johnston, Effie (Eiceman) Binkley, Henrietta Kopteros. Front: Ronald Humma with daughter Cathy. Oct 1957, Hershey, PA. "Nearly froze, so cold in Oct." (1957)
back says: 1928- Betty Boltz. Does anyone know which she was? How is she related or friends of the Humma family? The location or occastion?
Heims, Ruth 'Rudy' Young, Melvin, Mildred & Fred Strouse, and McClurgs, at NY convention, 1969.
Marian Werner (later Humma), Ronny Zuber, Jimmy Gerhart, David Gerhart.
Fat Bortz at an outing at Bud Harring
Melvin's father; John Westley Strouse
Donald Wiest
Laura Leinbach (center) from Reading East Cong., and Evelyn Greisemer. At Irene (Wanner) Waid's memorial service, July 24, 1999.
Dolly Waldman (far back right), Emily Klopp (directly in front of Dolly), Lottie Swavely (possibly far right). Location looks to be in the parking lot during an assembly at the Hamburg Field House.