Hello,
My father kept in touch with Bertha and one brother Harold. I also met a sister living in Longview Ca. at one point. I never met any of the other family members. Minnie I remember as a small woman, five feet or so, who only spoke finnish. I was about nine or ten at that time (this would be ~1950 or so in Portland Or.)..I would be interested in any information you might want to share about our common family members. I remember some stories about how the name Jokela came into use. Don't know how much truth there is though. Probably makes more sense to use E-Mail for continuing this discussion.
Terry J
My E-Mail address is
jokela1@comcast.net