Norma Jean Twidwell & Fred Stockwell were married a week before Lois & I in Plymouth, IL.
Norma Jean Is my father's sister-in-law and my step aunt?
Wedding party in Plymouth, Bob, Lou, Gene Schwanke, Lois & I
Summer, 1947, First home on the farm was crude. No electricity, no water and dirt roads.
Home in Columbia at MU was minimal also. It was a 16' trailer if you counted the hitch. Above with Mom is Virginia Barnhouser who worked with Lois at the Ag Engineering/Extension office.
The Koken family let us park our trailer in their back yard for a couple of years. He was teaching at MU and working at graduate work. Later divorced but Helen visited us once from St. Louis.
Lois with Carl, October 1948
This was a banner year. We had our first baby, got electricity and graveled the road.
Lois with Patricia, July, 1950
The Old River Camp was used for years after Lois and I moved to the house in 1948.
Shown here are Paul D. Owen and wife Mary D. with Pop, boating on the old river.
Model 30 Oliver combine, 12' pull type
I'm on the old 99 and Lyndel on the combine.
Model 33 self-prpelled, purchased in 1951
Shown here in corn harvest.
Carl & Pat, 1951
Windy Day, 1952
These two were taken in Quincy, May, 1952
Alan, Feb. 8, 1954, 1 year old
Party of three
Sharon, Born May 24, 1954
Sharon, 6 months old
The family, 1956, winter
1960
1969
Circle 8 Club, Lois 3rd from left, I'm 5th from left, lots of fun.
Gravel and her kittens.
Most cats hide to have kittens. Gravel wanted her box in the middle of the kitchen floor so we could watch.
Twiggy, 1971, She would readily come in the house but it was risky because she would go through a window if scared. Followed Lois around outside, or stand and peer in the window.
1967
1968 at the folks ranch.
1969 in front of our house.
This is all that's left of us on Easter, 2003
Lois with the two Uhlmeyer boys, February 1, 2004
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.The game of "Pounce"
is rough.
Supersalesman for Cutco
Robert is relaxed.
Lois' birthday, July 11, 2004
She wanted help blowing the candles out.
Party time at Nanny's house.
Diana & Luke, August 10, 2004
Luke & Chris Stephan, August 10, 2004
ShoeboxII
Oscar with his pig puppet, 10/15/04
Doll dress that Lois made for Norma Miles
My corner of the world
Naptime Christmas afternoon, 2005
Granpa Alan & Robert
Luke at our house, March 1, 2005
Lois' corner of the world.
The sewing room.
December 25, 2004
Inside joke?
God's Plan
Lois, setting out red, white and blue flowers around the base of the flagpole like she does every year. May 9, 2005
Thanksgiving buffet is ready.
Dancing at Ryan/Lindsey'y Reception, July 8, 2006
Lois with Luke at birthday party. July 11, 2006
Eager help from Mason
Denise, Patricia & Kids, October 3, 2006
They just wouldn't bite today.
Cole and his entourage paid us a visit October 28, 2006
60th Anniversary at The Wooden Nickel
Tree on Christmas Morn
Marines
Something needs fixin'? March 24m 2007
Robert the guitarist, March 24, 2007
We've always had at least one cat so when Oscar died Alan brought us Spooky from a lady nearby. She's been here almost a year now and she's adopted the pig puppet just as Oscar did. She hasn't begun carrying him out to the kitchen to feed him like Oscar did...........yet.
We'll give her a little time. She has claimed the spare bedroom as her own and that's where we feed her so she may not feel the need to carry him to the kitchen.
At Mason's birthday bash. June, 2007
The old man's 83rd birthday
All together now!
There were not 83 candles but Sharon arranged them so they spelled 83.
Almost all lit up and ready to blow.
Concentration
Don't blow 'till they're all lit.
Lickin' the candles, Yum!!
Somebody lit them again, Quick, blow them out!
All that's left of him.
But he had two helpers on October 20.
Grit wasn't interested in Ann Coulter. He would rather see what was on the top shelf.
Oscar would simply jump up there but Grit chose to climb the rock face.
Now November 18, and he's been around for a couple of months or so. Getting more "at home" every day. He likes to sleep behind the monitor while I'm "computing".
He likes to watch too but I prefer the sleeping habit, especially when he wants to play
