Sebastian George (Ross) Emmele was born at Flush, Kansas, a small town
  northeast of Manhattan, May 31, 1885. A son of Nicholas and Rosalie
  Prockish Emmele. His father came to America from France when he was twenty
  seven years old. As a child Ross and his brother, John, gathered up native
  limestone to help build the Catholic church at Flush. In 1905 Ross came to
  Sharon and worked for farmers in the community. On Jan. 5, 1916 he married
  Sylvia Jewel Rule of Sharon, a daughter of Henry L. and Sarah Simpson Rule.
  She was born at Humansville, Missouri, March 11, 1890.
     They moved to Hazelton in the summer of 1916. Three children were born, 
  Wynema, Buford and I (Wilma Jewel).
     Ross, as he was called by his many friends, ran the first bulk station
  in the Hazelton Community for many years. He used a team and wagon for a
  short time and later bought a truck, this was in 1917. He sold fuel for the
  Golden Rule Oil Co. and Sinclair Oil Co. As children, Wynema, and Buford 
  and I each took turns riding in the truck to fill the five gallon buckets
  of gasoline and kerosene so our father coud carry it and fill the big tanks
  on the farms. In 1937 he started working for the Hazelton Farmers Co-op,
  Ernest Hedges was the Manager. Ross retired in 1958.
     Ona Blankinship was the first and second grade teacher for Buford and I
  and the second grade teacher for Wynema. She was also the first and second
  grade teacher for Carmen Combrink in 1948, our daughter. Ross was serving
  on the school board in 1923 when Ona Blankinship was hired as 1st and 2nd
  grade teacher.
     Wynema, Buford and I graduated from the Hazelton High School. I graduated
  in 1938 and started working in the State Bank of Hazelton.
     In 1934, the Boy and Girl Scouts with our leaders Rev. and Mrs. Copley
  and Mrs. A.J. Hardesty took a trip to Pike's Peak, Colorado in a tarpaulin
  covered truck. Wynema, Buford and I and Betty and David Combrink all walked
  to the top of Pike's Peak to watch the sun rise. It was a trip we've never
  forgotten.
     I married David Combrink, July 1, 1941. Our daughter, Carmen was born in 
  1942. Since David entered the U.S. Air Force in February, 1943, Carmen and I
  lived with my parents and I continued working in the bank until December,
  1945. David returned from France October 31, 1945. Our son Dennis was born
  in 1947.
     Carmen attended the Hazelton grade school until the fifth grade, then
  enrolled in the Kiowa grade school. Dennis enrolled in kindergarten. Carmen
  graduated from Kiowa High School in 1960 and Dennis in 1965.
     My parents lived in Hazelton for forty eight years and were hard working,
  honest people. My mother was a very good cook and enjoyed sharing pies and
  cakes with her neighbors. My father passed away July 11, 1964 of a heart
  attack. My mother passed away September 18, 1968. She had lived with my sister
  and I since our father had died. They are buried in the Kiowa Cemetery.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 171 
     Submitted by: Wilma Emmele Combrink.