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(34)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-09T20:20:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2017/11/04/harvest-festival-sweet-home-ranch/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/image-38.jpg</image:loc><image:title>"Gathering Walnuts" by Paul Buxman</image:title><image:caption>"Mr. Olsen's machine doesn't miss many of the walnuts which fall to the ground, but a few do escape . . . enough to fill my children's pails."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/buxman-paintings-png.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Pomegranate Jelly</image:title><image:caption>Paul Buxman painting: 14" x 16" oil on 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(33)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-08T20:28:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2017/02/24/the-gift-of-laughter-update/</loc><lastmod>2017-07-17T15:52:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2017/02/14/the-book-is-available/</loc><lastmod>2017-02-14T20:33:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2016/12/31/585/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-02T21:01:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2016/10/18/family/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-18T14:38:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2016/10/17/update-2/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-17T14:21:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2016/09/04/early-marriage/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wedding-1955-006.png</image:loc><image:title>wedding 1955 006</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-05T19:00:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2016/08/02/old-photos-golden-anniversary/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/50th-anniversary1.png</image:loc><image:title>50th Anniversary.png</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/50th-anniversary.png</image:loc><image:title>50th Anniversary</image:title><image:caption>Lena &amp; Jacob Willems, 50th Anniversary February 1959</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-04T16:05:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2016/07/02/old-photo-the-family-1947/</loc><lastmod>2016-07-02T19:44:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2016/03/02/old-photo-willems-family-1930s/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image-261.png</image:loc><image:title>Image (26)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-07T17:00:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2016/06/02/update/</loc><lastmod>2016-06-03T18:07:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2016/05/02/old-photos-1930s/</loc><lastmod>2016-05-03T16:04:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2016/04/02/the-canadian-twins/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image-28.png</image:loc><image:title>Image (28)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-10T02:10:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2016/02/02/jacob-agnes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jacob-agnes.png</image:loc><image:title>Jacob &amp; Agnes</image:title><image:caption>Jacob &amp; Agnes Willems 1938</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-13T20:28:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2016/01/01/chapter-14-madera-county-1922-1929/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fairmead.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Fairmead, California</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-08-20T16:20:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2015/09/01/chapter-ten-artifacts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/waldheim-013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GEDSC DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>GEDSC DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/waldheim-002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GEDSC DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>GEDSC DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/waldheim-011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>H.H. Zimmermann Pulpit</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/brotherford-church_3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brotherfield- Mennonite Brethren Church_</image:title><image:caption>Brotherfield Mennonite Brethren Church, Cornelius Willems Funeral 1902</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/willems-documents.png</image:loc><image:title>Elizabeth Willems Homestead Application</image:title><image:caption>Dated 8 April 1905</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-10T21:03:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2015/12/01/chapter-13california-1919-1922/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image-241.png</image:loc><image:title>Image (24)</image:title><image:caption>Jacob Willems 1919</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image-23.png</image:loc><image:title>Image (23)</image:title><image:caption>Paul Buxman "Valley Sunset" 1997. Used with permission</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-10T21:34:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2015/11/01/chapter-12-reedley/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/navelencia.png</image:loc><image:title>Navelencia</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-14T18:50:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2015/10/01/chapter-11-lena-jacob-1909-1919/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jacob-lena-with-family-1919.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jacob &amp; Lena with family 1919</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/heinrich-elisabeth-with-grandchildren.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Heinrich &amp; Elisabeth with grandchildren</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/heinrich-elisabeth-with-children-c-1915.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Heinrich &amp; Elisabeth with adult children c. 1915</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/waldheim-016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cornelius Willems homestead</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/willems-house_1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Willems-House_1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mvc-036f.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Waldheim, J.C. Willems homestead</image:title><image:caption>Waldheim, J.C. Willems homestead</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/jacob-lena-wedding-portrait.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jacob &amp; Lena Wedding Portrait, 1909</image:title><image:caption>A large copy of this picture hung on my grandparents' dining room wall. It intrigued me as a child and fascinates me even more now that I know its backstory. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-21T14:48:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2015/09/14/chapter-10-cont-the-zimmermann-clock/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_0779.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0779</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-21T14:41:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2015/08/01/chapter-9-the-zimmermanns-1903-1905/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/maria-dyck-zimmermann.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Maria Dyck Zimmermann</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-07T17:26:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2015/07/01/chapter-8-russia-1866-1903/</loc><lastmod>2015-07-10T17:36:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2015/06/01/chapter-seven-saskatchewan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mvc-038f.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MVC-038F</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-24T16:47:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2015/05/01/chapter-6-mountain-lake-minnesota-1875-1900/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1875-sketch-at-the-well-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1875 sketch at the well 001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1875-sketch-typical-faces-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1875 sketch typical faces 001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1875-sketch-interior-0012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1875 sketch interior 001</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-10-19T16:53:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2015/04/01/chapter-5-how-we-got-to-russia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dirk-willems-image.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dirk Willems image</image:title><image:caption>A page from the Martyrs' Mirror.  Dirk Willems is one of the most famous of the martyrs.  He is here rescuing his pursuer, who returned Dirk to prison where he was later burned to death.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-30T15:37:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2015/03/01/chapter-four-grandma-grandpa-willems/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/grandma-grandpa-willems-1957.png</image:loc><image:title>Grandma &amp; Grandpa Willems 1957</image:title><image:caption>Jacob &amp; Lena Willems, 1957</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-30T19:32:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2015/02/01/chapter-three-going-to-dinuba/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/willems-family-1947.png</image:loc><image:title>Willems family 1947</image:title><image:caption>Helena and Jacob Willems with children and their spouses.  My mother, Agnes, stands behind Grandpa, my dad to her left.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0128.jpg</image:loc><image:title>"The Girls," WWII</image:title><image:caption>My grandparents' house was a house of women during WWII. Aunt Mary said, "We had so much fun, I didn't care if I ever got married.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-13T01:36:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2015/01/01/chapter-two-wwii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nita-me-1942.png</image:loc><image:title>Nita, me 1942</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/joanne-family-1940s.png</image:loc><image:title>Joanne with family 1940s</image:title><image:caption>Joanne, Larry, Linda, Uncle John, Aunt Hilda.  Joanne is the very serious little girl in center of grouping.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/uncle-frank.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Uncle Frank, Army photo  WWII</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mart-sylvia-liz-dad.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mart, Sylvia, Liz &amp; Dad</image:title><image:caption>Mom's sister Sylvia is on top.  Dad's sister Elizabeth is on Dad's right, his sister Martha is on his left.  After the war, Martha married Uncle Ed's buddy "Hoppy" (Lowell Long), </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ed-buddies-florida.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Uncle Ed with buddies, Florida WWII</image:title><image:caption>Ed is on the right side of the photo.  An aircraft mechanic, he spent the entire war in Florida.  Right after VJ Day he was shipped to Okinawa to finish his 4 year enlistment.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dad-ed-florida.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dad with Uncle Ed and a buddy in Florida, 1942</image:title><image:caption>Ed is on my dad's right.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://lorettawillems.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image-6.png</image:loc><image:title>Paul Buxman, "Drying the Raisins." Oil on Canvas 1990</image:title><image:caption>Paul Buxman, "Drying the Raisins," 1990</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T00:33:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com/2014/11/13/ch-1-california-mennonite/</loc><lastmod>2016-12-05T17:39:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://lorettawillems.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2026-03-31T19:46:04+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
