William and Caroline Steckel came to America from Nundorf, Germany (near Berlin) with
  their sons, Edmund and Herman about ages 4 and 5, in 1884. Their destination was Junction
  City, Kansas but they moved to Woodbine in a very short time. They lived on a small acreage
  on the south edge of Woodbine the rest of their lives.
       Edmund married Minnie Brussow, moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado and later to 
  Missouri.
       Herman married Pearle Howell of Emporia. She taught school in Woodbine. They were
  married in 1909 and built a home in the northeast part of Woodbine.
       The other Steckel children were born in Woodbine. Lena was a missionary in Germany
  East Africa. There she married Rudolph Malek. When they returned to the States, Lena 
  became a minister in the Methodist Church. Rudolph was also a minister. Minnie earned a
  Ph.D. in phycology and taught in Alabama. Emma married Harry Larsen of Navarre. She died
  in the great flue epidemic. Fred was a merchant in southeran California near the Mexican
  border. Bill, Dr. G.W., became a dentist and practiced at Sayre, Oklahoma. He was married
  to Eva Kauffman. Ida was a teacher and married to Grant Williams. They farmed near Kanorado
  until Grant's health failed and they moved to the Denver area.
       Frieda, the last Steckel to be born in Woodbine, taught in Kansas schools and in the
  College of Alaska, Faribands. She died in 1946, following a goiter operation.   
               
  Source: Woodbine, Kansas Centennial, 1887 - 1987, 
          Woodbine through the years pg.123  
          Submitted by Josephine (Steckel) Frick, daughter of Herman Steckel