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Fastena, Julius Theodor

Julius Theodor Fastena, son of Julius Heinrich Fastena & Emma Brenner, was born 8 June 1865 in Riga.

He studied theology at the University of Dorpat and was ordained 13 December 1892 in Mitau.

Pastor Fastena married on 23 August 1894 to Elisabeth Amalie Carlson.

Ihly, Nikodemus

Nikodemus Ihly, son of Philipp Ihly, was born 8 February 1882 in Karlsruhe (Odessa District).

He studied theology at the Roman Catholic Seminary in Saratov. He was ordained 8 September 1910.

Father Ihly served the following Volga German parishes: Mariental (1910) and Hölzel (1911-1914).

Ochs, Lawrence "Larry"

Lawrence David "Larry" Ochs, son of David Ochs & Matilda Emma Strecker, was born 9 March 1924 in Russell, Kansas. He was an American politician, serving as the 36th mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado, from 1975-1979.

He died on 23 April 2003 in Colorado Springs.

Larry's Volga German ancestors came from the daughter colony of Schönfeld.

Ruppel (Unknown)*

Johann Caspar Rüppel [sic] from Wallernhausen married on 26 June 1766 in Büdingen to Anna Elisabeth Appel, daughter of the deceased Heinrich Appel from Unter-Lais [see Appel Family in Yagodnaya Polyana]. Anna Elisabeth had been baptized in August 1730 in Unter-Lais.

Johann Kaspar Ruppel, a farmer from Darmstadt, and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the galliot Johannes under the command of Skipper Stahl.