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Susanne Keller
The author, Susanne Keller, is the daughter of Mary and Bill Oehler, fourth and third generation members, respectfully, of the family’s history book. She had always enjoyed listeni...ver maisThe author, Susanne Keller, is the daughter of Mary and Bill Oehler, fourth and third generation members, respectfully, of the family’s history book. She had always enjoyed listening to her parents share stories of their childhoods in the village of Minier in central Illinois. The two were born only a month apart and spent all their growing-up years there. All of their family members going back generations to their immigration from Germany had lived only in that village or in nearby Danvers or Petersburg. It just seemed to the author that such a concentration of lives in a confined area with mutual origins in Germany deserved a close look. With her long-ago-earned degree in journalism from the University of Illinois, subsequent writing courses, and enjoyment of writing to give her confidence, she determined to describe all the folks.ver menos