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- a ka <br />� E <br />r � <br />Ralph Grunkemeyer married Helen Hughes (1912-1986) in 1938 and they had two <br />children, Carl and Lynn. In 1947, Ralph and Helen Grunkemeyer purchased the property <br />at 601 McKinley and had their house constructed. <br />In 1950, Ralph and Helen Grunkemeyer then purchased the parcel directly behind 601 <br />McKinley. This parcel, which is now 600 Johnson Ave., is in the Corrigan Addition. They <br />purchased it from the same sellers from whom they had purchased 601 McKinley, <br />Raymond and Erlean Berg. They did not, however, build on the parcel at 600 Johnson. It <br />was not until Helen Grunkemeyers sold that parcel in 1971 that a house was <br />constructed on it. (In 1951, they took over the ownership of the property that the <br />Bungalow building sat on.) <br />This section of an aerial photo from 1962 (facing east) shows 601 McKinley as the light- <br />colored house at the center, with the empty lot at 600 Johnson Ave. as more or less an <br />extension of the back yard. On the left, one can see where Pine Street ended. On the <br />right, the Nicholas and Josephine Stout farm is visible. The Stout Farm became the <br />location of Louisville Elementary School a few years after the aerial photo was taken. <br />3 <br />