Christian Kropf was born June,1870 in Bern, Switzerland. At 18 years of age he boarded a ship with his mother and siblings to realize the American Dream. They settled in Mosley, a little village north of what we now know as Lowell, MI. !
Spring 1938 – Christian Kropf in his orchards.
Fall, 1948 – Christian and his wife Jennie, packing apples into paper-lined crates with their son Carl and daughter-in-law Emma.
L-R: Carl Kropf, Jennie Kropf, Christian Kropf, Emma Kropf
Early 1950’s – Roger Kropf, about age 10.
June 1961 – At age 91, we lost the patriarch of our family and our business, Christian Kropf.
Fall 1969 – Kropf Fruit Market – The Kropf family ran the local market for about 11 years, closing in the early 80’s.
1991 – Steve Kropf launched a pilot fresh fruit fundraising company, Christian Kropf Fundraising
Treasured Find in 2006 – The original sign from the market.
