Caroline and Arthur Shortly after his return from Europe in 1919, Arthur Karl and Caroline met at a Saturday night dance, though they must have known each other because their siblings had gone to school together. The Frost family was Protestant, and because the Schultes were Catholic, there was some friction about their relationship. Ultimately the couple ran away to Omaha to be married privately in Saint Cecilia's Church, with Arthur Karl's sister Edith and her husband Gilbert Martin as witnesses. Catholicism continued to be an obstacle in family relations, both because the Schultes were upset that Carrie had married a non-Catholic and because the Frosts were upset that Arthur Karl had married a Catholic. Mom recalls that "Mom [Carrie] felt they looked down on her, especially since she had so many kids. Mom said that a lot, though Edith said it wasn't true," after all, Arthur Karl had eight siblings himself. Arthur was called Karl by most people, to distinguish him from his father, though some people called him A.K., and a few called him Art. Mom recalls that "Mom just called him Dad, and if she called him by name it was probably Karl since that was the name his sisters used." Karl was baptized as a Catholic just before Victor and Richard's confirmation, which Bonnie and Helen refer to as the time that "Dad got religion". Mom recalled that he went to mass every day in South Bend, and he would go early and set up for daily mass. It was because of his absence one day at mass in October, 1973 that his death became evident to the community. Karl was a milkman after their marriage. Soon afterward, he sought his fortune as a Fuller Brush salesman. Since this required a great deal of travel and they then had four sons, Carrie and Jack, Joe, and the twins Richard and Victor, moved to Brunswick and lived on Karl's family's farm. Mom recalls her mother telling of that difficult time when "she was left home on this farm all alone; they had nothing, and she did all of the work by herself with four young children. Her family wouldn't even pick her up to take her to church, and she was bitter about how they treated her then. That was a hard time of her life." 1933, Karl holding newborn Helen, Carrie. In front: Jack, Joe, and the twins: Victor and Richard Previous Table of Contents Next