Posted on: Webster Co. Ia Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/Webster/10229 Surname: Otto, Earnest ------------------------- My Grandfather was Ralph V. Otto (Joe) born in Ft. Dodge, Iowa, Webster Cnty. March 9, 1915 to Frank and Emma Catherine Otto. He had several brothers- Frank, Bob, Francis and one sister- Mary Otto-Neff. Ralph was in the U.S. army during wwII. Before entering the army he was living in Highland, Indiana. Sometime after the army he settled in Clinton, Indiana, where he died in June of 1984. If you know of any of his family members dead or alive, please e-mail me. Emma Catherine may have been his step-mother. Also searching for family members of my Grandmother: Mildred Earnest-Otto. She was born to Albert Earnest and Anna Maris-Earnest. Albert worked at some kind of a mine in Iowa, and died at a young age. Anna and her children Mildred, Anna and Mary then moved to East Chicago, Indiana. Albert Earnest was buried in a small cemetery on a hill in Ortho, Iowa. After Anna died she to was buried in the same cemetery, which I am having trouble finding. If anyone has any info. please e-mail me.