Joe & Noma Kjar - Their Love Story

A boy and a the girl across the street from a simple community, fall in love. She has one sibling, he has seven; he also has a similar houseful of cousins nextdoor. The tree-rings of these families are kept in their pictures and letters. He leaves for the deep South in service to his God. She leaves for the western part of America in service to her country; they salve their homesickness, and keep their love kindled with pictures and letters. A grandfather dies. Friends die in war, and a father weeps on the anniversary of his daughter's death. More pictures and letters to console, to comfort and to be courageous. The Joe & Noma Kjar story is truly a remarkable American story. These pictures and letters were collected and assembled by Noma shortly after Joe died in 2008. These are the pictures and letters of their love story.