The Grown Children

Albert taught at the high school level for a while. He received a scholarship to Oklahoma State University at Stillwater. He ended up with a doctorate degree in education. He got a teaching assignment at Henderson State University at Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He went from there to Texas A&M at Bryan, Texas. From there he went to Illinois. He married Nina Whinery in 1963. Nina also taught school at the grade school level. They were blessed with a daughter, Lisa Ann, born in 1965. She had medical problems from the very beginning. Was born with an open spine and needed surgery the next day. Part of the problem has been overcome by surgery but she will have a problem all her life. She is on her own now in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Albert’s marriage to Nina came to an end the year Lisa graduated from college at Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Albert married Charlotte Coffer at Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Charlotte was with the home extension office in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

After college Mary Ellen taught at Wellsville high school for one year. Following that she was with the Manhattan High School for nine years as a teacher and librarian. She met Harold Kline there and they were married in 1971 in Manhattan, where they lived until Harold became a soil conservation manager in Osborne County. Mary Ellen taught there also. Harold worked in that capacity in Osborne and Cherokee Counties, until he was transferred to Barber County. They have lived in Medicine lodge ever since. Their daughter Mindy Jean was born in 1978, about a year after they moved to Barber County. Mary Ellen never worked much out of the home while Mindy was growing up. Presently (1994) she is with special education working with the blind.

Allen married Priscilla Miller in 1966, while still going to school in Manhattan. Tim was born in 1967. After Allen graduated from college, they went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he had a job with PPG Industries, a company he is still with. For short periods of time he was with branch offices. Christopher was born in 1969. In 1972, Allen and Laraine Piedle were married in September 1972. For a while they lived in Oklahoma. Their three children were born in Pittsburgh: Jane Marie in 1977, Ann Heather in 1980, and Robert Earl in 1982. They lived in Pittsburgh until 1993, when Allen was transferred to the Kansas City area. They moved to Overland Park, Kansas.