Supplemental photos for The Stories, arranged by person and listed chronologically where possible. Indirect family members are presented as slide shows.
Wilma Lee Hughes (Fifield)
Born April 13, 1930 in Kelso, WA. Died January 15, 2020 at age 89 in Yakima, WA. Parents were Earl Jesse Hughes and Mildred Lucille Carpenter. Married to Calvin Lennan Fifield, children are Heather, Payne and Kevin Fifield.
Age 1 in Gunnison 
With Grandma Velma 
Velma, Mildred and Wilma 
Age 7 
Age 7 
About age 7 
Mildred, Maude and Wilma. Maude was visiting from Philadelphia. 
Bart Christianson, George Purdy, Bud and Harry Carpenter, Wilma, the child is Sharon Aetell, 1941, the day Bud left for the war. Shot at Nella’s. 
Nella & husband Bart, Harry Carpenter, Bud Carpenter, Earl Hughes, Wilma Hughes with Nibs the family dog, December 1942 
Bud Carpenter and Wilma, probably as he was leaving for WWII 
Easter Sunday, 1943 
Wilma & Nibs, 1943 
Mildred, Wilma, Nella, 1947 
Wilma, Mildred, Velma and Nella, February 12, 1948 
Mildred Lucille Carpenter (Hughes)
Born September 25, 1908 in Cebolla, CO. Died October 6, 1999 in Yakima, WA. Parents were Harry Fremont Carpenter and Velma Eastman. Married Earl Jesse Hughes, their only child was Wilma. A note of interest – Mildred spells her middle name as Lucille, in spite of her baby book listing it as Lucile (with one L).
Mildred, age 1 
Mildred, age 4. I cannot identify the woman behind the screen door. 
Postcard addressed to Mrs. Harry Carpenter, Boone, CO mailed March 31, 1914 from Lucy Mundell in Fowler, CO. “Am sending one of the pictures. They are not very good. How do you like your new home. Ours is just the same”. Mildred and Nella are at right, the other two children may be Lucy’s. 
Obligatory horse and cat photo : ) 
About age 12-14, with Croppie and Whitefoot 
Mildred and Earl 
Other Carpenters
Harry John “Bud” Carpenter – brother to Mildred Carpenter Hughes. Born January 28, 1917 in Gunnison, CO Died (date unknown) in San Diego, CA. Parents were Harry Carpenter and Velma Eastman. Did not marry or have children, he lived with male companions most of his adult life. No mention of him in Mildred’s records, she said he stole some jewelry from her and she was generally not very fond of him.
Nella Jeannette Carpenter – sister to Mildred Carpenter Hughes. Born June 4, 1911 in Fowler, CO. Died November 26, 1962 in Longview, WA, on the way to the hospital from a bleeding ulcer, a result of alcoholism. She was 51. First husband was Charles Leichardt, second was Barton Christianson, unknown if there were children by either marriage.
