Roy Schrack, at his brother Charles’s farm, April 1997.

Mary Bender, 4 years old, 1939.

When Roy was 12, he earned this cupboard for helping Riley Schrack's wife (Ida Jane Stoudt) clean out the house after Adam Schrack died.

Mary and Wayne, Jr., at Grandma & Grandpa Schrack's farm. (Charles and Katie).

Roy Schrack's Gruber Wagon, at the 2005 public sale.

For Roy's 80th birthday, the family rented horses to pull Roy's Gruber Wagon. Seated: Mae, the owner of the horses, and Roy Schrack.

Roy and Mae (Troutman) Schrack, 1979-80.

Bob, Mae and Roy Schrack, in Florida, 1974.

Roy and Mae's 40th anniversary, 1974.

Schrack picnic, 2001 or 2002.

Schrack family. Robert, Mary and David (back) with their parents (front) Roy and Mae (Troutman).

The first Schrack picnic, 1964. Meg Langley (little girl front center facing away). Debra Bender (on the right, dark hair looking at camera). Donna Bender (dark hair, back center). Susan (far left, pointing in). Can anyone identify the other children ….??

The 4 Schrack brothers and their wives: Roy & Mae, Wayne & Vera, Charles & Meda, John & Florence. (Wayne and Vera's 65th Anniversary, at the Strausstown Fire Co.)

Roy and Mae's children: Mary (Bender), Bob and David, at uncle Mack and Pearl Hoffman's farm. (Pearl is Mae's sister.)

Back row: Dennis, Linda, David, Donna and Debbie. Front: Neal, Roy and Mae, Amy.

Katie (Faust) Schrack with great-granddaughter Debbie Bender, in her kitchen (where Reinharts now live).

Four generations: Katie (Faust) Schrack, Roy Schrack, Mary (Schrack) Bender, and Debbie Bender. (Notice the old telephone hanging on Katie's kitchen wall.)

Roy Schrack with his grandson Jeff Kramer. (Mae at right).

For Roy's 80th birthday, the family rented horses to pull Roy's Gruber Wagon.

Mae (Troutman) and Roy at their 50th anniversary, Oct 20, 1984.

Roy and Mae's farm, where they lived from 1939 until they retired.

Roy and Mae (Troutman) Schrack.

Roy Schrack's 'Certificate of Award' from the Schaefferstown School of Jefferson, for being present every day of school during the 1917-18 school term.

Charles, Roy and Wayne Schrack, around 1914-15.

The 1968 annual Schrack reunion, at the Shartlesville, PA, playground: the 76 family members seen here are only some of John Adams many descendants 121 years after he was born. Most attending are descendants of his sons Charles and Riley.

John & Florence, Mae, Earl, Wayne, Florence, Vera, and Roy. (Wayne and Vera's 65th Anniversary, at the Strausstown Fire Co.)

Mae holding Bob, Mary posing in front, at Charles and Katie's farm. Notice the water trough where Charles would keep his milk cold, and the milk can to the right.

Four Schrack brothers: John and Florence, Roy and Mae, Meda and Charles, Vera and Wayne.

Mary Schrack and Donald Bender, in 1957, a year prior to their wedding.

Many family members on the merry-go-round at the 1966 Schrack Reunion, Shartlesville. Front: Linda and Dennis Schrack, Donna Bender, Dawn and Karen Schrack, Debbie Bender, Cheryl Reinhart, David Bender, Susan Reinhart, Bart Hill. Back: Uncle John Schrack, Allen Reinhart, Yvonne Stricker-Schrack, ?, ?, ?, Beth Hill, Barry Light, Leanna Schrack.

Roy and Mae at his 80th birthday.

Standing: Bob, Mary and David. Seated: Mae (Troutman) and Roy Schrack. 1981.

When Roy and Mae retired, around 1977, they purchased and moved to this house in Womelsdorf. (House purchased from Bessie Neff).

Wayne and Charles' 85th birthday, 1999, in Vera's kitchen. This is the last picture taken of all 8.

All the Schrack girl cousins (grand-daughters of Charles & Katie), August 1999. Front: Mary Bender, Mary Margaret Langley and Anna Reinhart. Back: Leanna Light, Marilyn Kreiner, Betty Haag and Marie Hill. (In Wayne & Vera's livingroom with Michael's paintings on wall behind).

At John H. Schrack's 100th birthday Margo Langley asked all those born a Schrack to get in the picture... she didn't want to ask Vera to stand out. Front: Anna (Schrack) Reinhart, Norman Schrack, John H. Schrack, Betty (Schrack) Haag. Middle: John A. Schrack, Wayne Schrack, Mary Margaret (Schrack) Langley, Marilyn (Schrack) Kriener, Charles. Schrack, Vera (Naftzinger) Schrack. Back: Bob Schrack, Elmer Schrack, Michael Schrack

Back: Mary Bender, Roy Schrack, David Schrack and Robert Schrack. Middle: Mae (Troutman) Schrack. Front: 'Memmie' Elsie(Troutman) Wertz.

Couples L-R: Wayne and Vera (Naftzinger) Schrack, Roy and Mae (Troutman) Schrack, John and Florence (Chittick) Schrack, Charles and Meda (Clauser) Schrack and their cousin Earl and Florence (Shirk?) Schrack. Photo taken in Evan's Tavern, New Schaefferstown, on Sunday Oct 29, 1996.

Bob (younger) and Mary (older), 1939.

For Roy's 80th birthday, the family rented horses to pull Roy's Gruber Wagon. Roy seated in front with driver, and Mae behind.

Children at the Schrack Reunion, 1986, Shartlesville. Standing Back row, L-R: 1) Wesley Henne, 2) Ben Schrack, 3) Chad Emerich, 4) Neal Schrack, 5)?, 6) Stacy Emerich, 7) Lynne Sechler (holding yellow ball). Sitting row, L-R: 1)?, 2) Amy Schrack, 3) Laura Schrack, 4)? (red shirt), 5) James Hill, 6)John Hill, 7) Valerie Henne. Front standing: 1)Megan Hill

Roy Schrack's Gruber Wagon, at the 2005 public sale.

Roy and Mae at his 80th birthday.

David, Mary, Roy, Mae and Bob, 1979-80.

Beverly, Roy and Mae, in Florida, 1974, for their 40th anniversary.

Robert, Mae and Roy, in Florida for Roy and Mae's 40th anniversary, 1974.

The Schrack brothers: Charles, Wayne, John and Roy.

Back from left: Christopher Schrack, Elizabeth Schrack, Dennis Schrack, Brenda (Heister) Schrack, James Kramer, Lori (Schrack) Kramer (stripped shirt), Emily ( ? ) Kramer (blond), Jeffrey Kramer (behind Emily), James Cook III holding James Cook IV. Seated from left: Andrew Schrack, Beverly (Long) Schrack, Robert Schrack and Janell Kramer. Kneeling: Linda Schrack holding Alexandra.

Front: Mike Schrack, Mary Bender, Kathy Schrack, Beryl Schrack, Elmer Schrack, Leanna & Barry Light and Kevin Schrack. Back: Anna Reinhart & Betty Haag. May 14, 2000

At the 1st Schrack picnic, 1964. L-R: Charles Schrack, Gayle Schrack, Dolores(?) holding little girl, Bobby(?, in back), Mary Bender (center) with her hands on her daughter's shoulders, Anna (back), Mae(?, back), ?(back woman), Florence (tall, white hair). Kids in front, L-R: ? (boy), (?)boy, (?)child(almost unseen), Donna Bender, Debra Bender, Cheryl Reinhart(?)