Lake Maxinkuckee Its Intrigue History & Genealogy Culver, Marshall, Indiana

782 East Shore Dr.  



Section 22 History 1835-1922

Kurt Vonnegut Sr., and Irma Lindener. - built c. 1920

    during the last years it was owned by the three Vonnegut children; Kurt Jr. and his 1st wife Jane honeymooned at the cottage just before it was sold in 1945 to the concert master of the Indianapolis Symphony.

    There is a new book out on the Vonnegut's - mainly on kurt 'We Never Danced Cheek to Cheek: The Young Kurt Vonnegut in Indianapolis and Beyond', Majie Failey, - 2011 Hawthorne Publishing Carmel, Indiana.


1945-61 - Elmer A. Steffen
    1958 Lake Directory - 782 Elmer A. Steffen - 3122 Sutherland Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.


1979 - 1983, Mar - Marguerite M. (Mrs. Elmer A.) Steffen

1983, Mar - Sept 1998 - Loyal W. Wilson

Sep. 1998-2024 - Robert H. & Lucinda R. Frushour

    Dr. Robert Frushour, was president of Phoenix Crystal Corp
    2002 - Phoenix Crystal Corp. of Ann Arbor, Michigan, an industrial supplier of diamond abrasives and cutting tools, is commercially treating gem diamonds using a standard belt-type press His facility has both decolorized brown type IIa diamonds and produced a range of colors in type I diamonds.

    Worthington, Ohio, February 19, 2004. Diamond Innovations (formerly GE Superabrasives) and Phoenix Crystal Corporation announced that Diamond Innovations will acquire Phoenix Crystal’s polycrystalline diamond cutter (PDC) intellectual property nd physical assets. Under the agreement reached between the two companies, Diamond Innovations will assume production of Phoenix Crystal’s polycrystalline drilling products serving the oil and gas markets. It was further agreed that Dr. Robert H. Frushour, CEO of Phoenix Crystal Corporation, will act as a consultant to Diamond Innovations. Additional terms of the deal were not disclosed.


    Extensive remodeling done in 2004

    WLN 100.3' S INT CR NLN WLY 358.5'