Holmquist Family

1. Elaine Elfie Holmquist (June 25, 1930 -) married Carl Wayne Shumaker (July 15, 1932 - July 26, 2013) on June 14, 1952.

Elaine was a singer earlier in her life.

At a time when radio was the means of mass comminication, and entertainment and before the introduction of televison, Elaine sang from 1938 to 1944 Elaine sang off and on for Chicago radio station WMBI for 'Aunt Ressea Warman'. This was with the KYB Club. Elaine's mother, Elaine was just a girl at the time so her momher, Ruth, accompanied her to the radio station.

From 1944-48, when Elaine was in high school, Elaine sang on the radio for 15 minutes and then for 30 minutes every Saturday with the Hi C Club under the direction of Gunna Hogland .The High C Club was part of Chicago City Wide Clubs. She samng both as part of a group, at part of a trio, and once in a while sang solo.

They also sang in the famous Moody Memorial Church. People from church and of course the family would listen from home on their radios. Elaine's sister Laverne and she even got a letter from a friend of the family in South Dakota. Elaine's mom would practice with Elaine for Elaine's voice lessons. Lessons went on for 12 years, "which I'm sure was a sacrifice, money as well as her time," Elaine writes.46 Five years of lessons were taken with Geno Monaco with the Conservatory of Music in downtown Chicago. Geno Monaco was also the famous Bev Shea and Torry Johnson's teacher. Bev took lessons before Elaine and Torry afterward. It was Bev who recommended Geno Monaco to Elaine when Elaine was at Moody Bible Institute.

Carl owned and operated a machine shop called C.D.S. Machine & Manufacturing and did contract machine work in metals and plastics. He retired in July 1997. His son Don carried on with the work by combining the assets of C.D.S. Machine with his own company D.S. Machine, Inc.

Elaine worked at the Wardenburg Student Health Center, University of Boulder in Colorado, and was in charge of medical records. She retired in 1995.

When Elaine and Carl decided to get married, Elaine's father, John T. Holmquist, jokingly said to Carl "If you can't find a Swede, I guess a German will have to do."

1.1 Lynette Kay Shumaker (May 7, 1957 -) married Joe Watson Owens47 (July 27, 1956 -). Lynette was born in Boulder, Colorado.

1.1.1 Janell Marie Owens (March 2, 1988 -).

1.1.1.1 Mary Elizabeth Owens (August 30, 1993 -).

1.2. Donald Wayne Shumaker (June 19, 1961 -) married Cyndi Lynn Stack ( ) on September 7, 1991. Donald was born in Boulder, Colorado.

1.2.1. Shannon Lynn Shumaker (June 2, 1992 -)

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