The following recollections are from Mary Kaiser Conard, written in 1988, she describes her memories of  her maternal Grandparents as well as her mother and each of her Aunts and Uncles. Please do not copy these or otherwise distribute them without permission from Mary Kaiser Conard.

UNCLE PAUL 

I would guess that next to our Dad's, that Uncle Paul was the man that brought more sparkle to the little Schuster granddaughters' eyes than anyone else.  A bachelor who didn't belong to anyone else, so he was "ours". 

There were lots of Model A Fords in Grandma's yard, and he had the most glamorous ... a coupe.  I would guess that he took care of alot of Grandma's business, for when she came, it was usually he who brought her.  Though the photos did not copy well, both are taken in uniform. he was my only uncle serviceman.  He was inducted about 1918, about time the World War I -was closing.  He was stationed of Camp Funsten in Kansas.  'So far as I know, be also was the only member of the family who went away

to a private school, and if I heard right, it was the forerunner of St. Joseph's Military Academy at Hays. 

We must have driven him nuts---all those kids on the farm at one time, and never knowing where they were going to be next.  The only time he come close to giving us "heck" was the Easter we found the newly tinned hog shed roof, and we were sliding down, head first, belly down.  And then he only said.  "You shouldn't do that, you'll ruin your nice pretty dresses." He told me years later, after I had children of my own, that his worst nightmare was that one of us would be seriously hurt. . God took care of that, and him, none of us ever were. 

He was one of three uncles that visited in Montana after we were married.  He stayed four days and there was lots of catching up to do, of course.  He was interested in politics and the night of one of the presidential conventions, our TV went out, and e said . . . "No matter... will be elected, and it turned out that his prediction was correct.  He did crosswords with a pen.  Now, I love to do crosswords, but with the help of a big fat eraser, using pencil.  An avid reader of everything, and also took an interest in the community. He served on the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee.  I didn't know he was coming, and asked how be found us, he said he went to the ASCS office and asked.  there they have maps of the whole county.  His car then was a sporty Ford Falcon.

A recent newspaper account states that he has been a member of the Ellis American Legion for 70 years. 

He lived at Aunt Fanny's after he retired from the farm.  After Auntie's death, he moved and resides at the Good Samaritan Home in Ellis.  It was always easy to remember how old he was.  It was the same as the year ... so this year, 1988 he is 88 years old. 

Written by Mary (Conard) Kaiser - 1988