Mom is going to donate to Stillwater Library and this will go along with donation, and a plaque will be put in the library honor them.

Oscar Lee Moffat and Elinore Mae Siegrist were born on farms in Canadian County, Oklahoma. Elinore was born June 23, 1919 west of Okarche, and Oscar on October 13, 1918 Southeast of Okarche, Oklahoma. The Siegrists’ moved to a farm NE of El Reno (Canadian County) in 1926. Both graduated from one room country schools, Mennonville and Racine, and enrolled in El Reno High School. Oscar dropped out to farm with his family. Elinore graduated as one of the Top Ten Seniors in 1935 from El Reno High School. She helped her father with farming. She operated a 6’ combine in 1935 behind a tractor driven by her younger brother. She also raked hay for square baler. She attended Central State College in Edmond from 1935-1939 and then to Oklahoma A&M College in Stillwater. Graduating in 1941 with a degree in Home Economics and Commerce, she started teaching at Terlton, OK as their Home Economics and Commerce teacher. Then, after marrying Oscar in March, 1942, she taught at Racine, a 1 room country school. On their wedding day, they combined their individual dairy cows into one herd and ran this dairy for 45 years with the cow herd never missing a milking in that time. (Elinore’s and Oscar’s families both belonged to Mt. Zion E.U.B. Church NE of El Reno. They dated for 7 years prior to marriage in 1942. They had two children, Marilyn K and Stanley Ray. Marilyn helps Elinore with the day to day operations of the farm as well as working full time for OSU Boren Vet Teaching Hospital Business Office. )

After completing her first year at Racine, she left teaching and devoted her time to being a full time farm partner, housewife and mother. Oscar and Elinore lived on several dairy farms from NE of El Reno and South of Yukon. On September 1^st, they moved their entire farming operation and family to 800 acres South of Stillwater, with children entering the Perkins School system and they joined the Lost Creek Church as a family. They continued to Dairy Farm until 1985 and after retiring from the dairy, they continued running an Angus cross cow herd and raising wheat and hay until 2002, when they retired from raising wheat. Oscar passed away in September, 2004. Elinore still manages the family land and cattle operation living on the farm that she and Oscar called home on South Western Street since 1962. On a nice day you might find her at 90 years of age walking the ½ mile to get the mail, or spraying weed killer on thistles, or watering penned cattle, or checking for new births in the pasture, or shopping in nearby Stillwater or Perkins, tending to banking business, sewing, or attending meetings on important issues at the Stillwater Public Library.

Over the years, Oscar and Elinore were recognized for their magnificent conservation efforts with their land and as one of the prestigious Annual Payne County’s Cattlemen of the Year with their photo hanging in the Hall of Honor at the Payne County Courthouse forever, plus many other awards for farming excellence.

Elinore Mae Siegrist was born to Jacob “Jake” Siegrist and Maude Snethen Siegrist

Oscar Lee Moffat was the son of John K Moffat and Bertha Nelson Moffat

(Mom didn't want this in paper as she thought folks might think she passed away... haha... if you know her, you know she will still be chasing cows at 100 or getting goats off her front porch from the community sale barn south of her home place at 110.... she just warming up at 90!)