The Nelson Barn on their old farmstead one mile south of Marilyn's home.

I wanted to share this picture of an old barn 1 mile south of Marilyn's. Below is the article about the son of the folks who lived there when we moved to Stillwater in 1960. He was a bit older than I, but I rode the bus with his younger sister, Judith Nelson, who was a first class pianoist and had a wonder singing voice. I helped haul hay and put in this barn in my younger days, and helped Richard stack several times. He was a really neat young man. Just thought this was really neat that someone I knew in my youth would accomplish such great heights. Richard has been to the Perkins Tryon High School on several occasions and spoke. Jake has heard him several times. I will try to put up more of the pictures of it later. It is really unique in its design and has things in its construction a bit different than most barns around this area. Not too many of them left. Enjoy!


Colonel Rohrbough announced that our award recipient for 2000 is VADM Richard A. Nelson, USN, MC, Surgeon General of the Navy and Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Admiral Nelson became the thirty-third Surgeon General of the Navy and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery on June 29, 1998. He is a native of Perkins, Oklahoma. Admiral Nelson received a Bachelor of Science degree from Oklahoma State University and a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Oklahoma. He did his residency in occupational medicine at the University of Cincinnati.
He entered the Navy in 1967 and served at base level hospitals such as Naval Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas and the Naval Hospital, Bremerton, Washington. After a tour as Head of the Occupational Medicine Branch, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington, DC and the Navy Environmental Health Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, he returned to Bremerton as the Director of Occupational and Environmental Health Services and Fleet Liaison Team coordinator for the Naval Regional Medical Center. Other concurrent assignments in Bremerton included Head of the Medical Department (while the Naval Submarine Base, Bangor, Washington was being commissioned) and Medical Department Head at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
Following other assignments in Virginia and Washington DC, Admiral Nelson returned to Naval Hospital, Bremerton this time as Commanding Officer from 1989 to 1991. In 1991, he returned to Norfolk where he had three concurrent assignments as Fleet Surgeon, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Command Surgeon, U. S. Atlantic Command, and Medical Advisor, Supreme Allied Command Atlantic. While assigned as Commander, Naval Medical Center San Diego, California from 1993-98, Admiral Nelson also was the Lead Agent of TRICARE Region Nine.
Admiral Nelson is certified in Occupational Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine and is a member of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States.
Admiral Nelson has strongly supported the Interagency Institute for Federal Health Care Executives through his active participation in the Surgeon’s General Panel and attending every Graduation Dinner since becoming Surgeon General. He has strongly supported the Alumni Association and its members over the years.
Colonel Rohrbough presented the Association’s Distinguished Service Award for 2000, which included a handsome plaque and a $500 honorarium, to ADM Nelson. Unexpectedly, ADM Nelson, in a jester of kindness and in support of the Association’s new Scholarship Program, returned the check so the money could go to a deserving recipient.

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Phillip, Tammy and Austyn's home, garden and flowers this summer.

Several photos of Phillip and Tammy's home and garden and flowers... awesome to see for real!! Album at left and more coming too...
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OPHS!!!

Honestly, I had just picked up the big round bale and had went about 20 feet, when the front end of the tractor decided to "come off"! No injuries to me... but the poor tractor!!! And my tail from Mom!!! Makes for interesting ice breakers with friends.. who love to tease me...haha...
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Andrew .. filter applied, playing with rubber band. He can spend all day messing around with them!!
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This is a neat barn 2 miles south of our home on Brush Creek Road. Oddly... We looked at buying this farm when we moved to Stillwater in 1960!
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Been putting up hay this week....

Ran by and saw Dad yesterday morning. He simply wants to go home, but knows he is not strong enough yet. He did have the direct feeding tube in his stomach taken out, and he reported... he got sick later in the day.. thinking about it.. haha.. It was supposed to be a simple device that was held in place by an inflatable ballon.. but.. it was not, and the person removing it, just yanked it out, according to Dad!
We talked about a trip home this weekend.. maybe on Sunday.
Had an exciting event yesterday too... Front end of 970 Case tractor fell off and ended up almost being run over by the back wheels!! NO MOM, I was not going tOOOOOOO fast!!! pics later.. haha.. also coming are pics of Phil and Tammys home this summer.. they have tons of unique plants around the outside... cool ones!!
All for not.. later.. Stan
Still waiting on your family news...??

Phil, Tammy and Austyn's home last fall. Some folks are so gifted!! Needless to say, it was in fact the "Best Decorated Home" on Fairgrounds Road last year! Won't be long till it is time to decorate again! Where did the year go? Enjoy the site... and send us your family news please, we'd love to hear from you!
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Dad's exciting trip last night... with MK and J....

Just wanted to update things with Dad as I know it. Maybe MK or Jake can enlighten us more.
Last evening, the nursing home took dad to the ER. He had a large knot come up on his chest. They called MK and her and Jake went to ER and stayed and took Dad back to Nursing home after the visit. The knot was from blood bleeding through, seems his cumadin level was 5. And way to high so his blood was way to thin. This is the "rat Killer" stuff dad calls it, that thins blood so there is no clotting to cause problems with his heart valve. While there, they did find the reason for all his itching, and they are treating it now. So all in all, it was a good trip for him. I am sure with MK and Jake, getting home at 2am and up this am was not fun, however!
This is all I know for now. They are adjusting his blood levels over the next few days. Will fill you in with more details as they become available, or maybe MK or Jake will leave a note about things I left out.
Later... S

Jonathan & Randi's new page and baby update...

Hey there everyone. I just wanted to let everyone know that I have changed the website for Randi and I (and the upcoming Kaitlyn.) I gave it a new look and changed the host. The new site address is: http://www.backroaddesign.com/jonandrandi.

The new site is more of a "family" site for us, and not just for the baby. But once she gets here, I'm sure that will change.. haha..

Also, a little baby update... Visited the doctor this afternoon, and was told the same thing we have been every time, "things are looking good". He did go ahead and schedule Randi for a growth update ultra sound next Tuesday.

That is all for now, so I will sign off. Great job to Stan for this page... way to go dad!

They really jumped high.... will load and put the rest of the weekend pictures in an album linked on the left in a day or two.
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Phillip and dad visiting on August 22, 2004. Dad's second trip in two days to his home and farm. He sits in front of the south windows surveying his kingdom!!! Later he and Spot had a good time.. and the great grandsons and Jake entertained us with the boys jumping off of Jake onto the couch. You can hear great grandma now... hollaring...hahahah....
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We were all amazed...

at how wonderful dad was today. We arrived an half hour past nine am... was to be there at 9am.. so he was ready to go. We gathered up an oxygen tank, and Dad and headed to the car, where he commenced to show us how strong he was becoming. By holding onto the car, he pulled himself up to standing position, and then scooted around and set down in Ann's car!! By himself. He has not done anything close to this in over four months! He said he did it cuz he wanted to "Go Home". And we were off to the farm. I think he truly enjoys the trips "on the outside". He loves the fresh air, and the green grass and trees and dogs.. etc and cattle.... We made it for about four hours today. He loved it and was a bit pooped when we went back, of course, it might be the "going back" that pooped him out.. but he was a trooper. We were so glad he came out.. wanted to come out, and glad he wants to do it again. We are shooting for tomorrow afternoon, a small cookout at his home, with Phillip cooking some of his world famous brisket... tomorrow evening. Will, let you know how it goes tomorrow..
Thanks to Jonathan for taking time out of his busy schedule to come up to see his Grandpa.. that truly made his day too. Randi was sick and with the baby coming soon, she stayed home to recoop, so Jon hurried off towards evening to check on her.
All for now.. but, if you see Marilyn, you might ask her about dumpster diving for her truck keys this am.. interesting story.. haha...
Later.... s

The lovebirds! I know Dad was glad to be in his home, first time in four months, and I know we were truly glad he was there, too.
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Dad, Mom, Jonathan, Jake, and Ann... part of the family welcome home committee! Marilyn was there and ...........me too. As you can see by the smiles on Dad's face, he was truly GLAD to be home, if even for a few hours... We were there from 10am to about 2pm. Going out we drove around the different farms and checked out the hay, and how green things are in Oklahoma this year. Today it was 52 degrees for a low in Stillwater... in August!
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Dad feeding "Spot" a bone with Mom's help. He really misses petting his dog, and being home, and Mom's cooking!
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This time tomorrow evening.. hopefully Dad will be a happy camper!!

Jake and I are planning on picking Dad up in the am and heading out for a trip in the country after picking up feed for the cattle and end up at his farm, where hopefully, we can spend a good deal of time with him setting in his front room looking out at his cattle and dog, and the farm.. after touring it, and then eating lunch. Think Ann is fixing Chicken and Noodles, or something that we know is ok for him to eat. One thing for sure, everyone that has been by to see him reports he has talked about this all week. So hope he is not disappointed! Report in a few hours... wish us luck and keep him in your prayers... please.

On her way to work at FPP this morning...

On her way to work at FPP this morning at 7:15am, Heather was out on the north side of Stillwater, on Perkins Road by Atwoods, she met a car, heard a thump.. and felt it too... and looked in her mirror as she passed the car thinking it had bumped her, only to see a smallish deer wobbling in the road behind her on the four lane. Andrew was showing us the deer "poop" on the side of his mom's car and the damage this evening. Yelp... H... this one's for ya!
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Andrew watching cartoons...

Andrew watching cartoons... he is so serious and always learning...
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Obit for Cousin Leon Liebscher, El Reno, OK.

Leon Liebscher


Defying medical odds, Leon Liebscher drew close to seeing 48 years of marriage with his beloved wife, Neta Jo. He not only fought his battle with poor health, but also watched and supported his wife as she battled cancer. He wasn’t supposed to persevere as he did, but his miracle was strong will and the love he had for his wife. He was determined to see her through the last chemo treatment. It was then he let go of life here on Earth to have eternal life with our Lord and Savior in heaven.
Leon went home peacefully on July 20, 2004. He was born on Feb. 6, 1933, at home on his family farm house three miles north and 1 ¾ miles east of El Reno to his parents, Ernest Joseph and Mariel (Moffat) Liebscher. He was a lifelong resident of El Reno and loved farming. He married Neta Jo Riley on Sept. 1, 1956. He was proud to serve his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was county commissioner for District 1 from October 1974 through January 1979. He was a lifelong member of Mt. Zion Church and loved to witness about his Savior. He was a talented designer and welder who could fix anything if it needed welding. He loved to eat and celebrate with family and friends who blessed his life.
Funeral services for Leon were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 24, 2004, at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church with Rev. Richard Hamilton, pastor, officiating. Burial with military honors were in the Sunnyside Cemetery. Services were under direction of Wilson Funeral Home.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Eugene Liebscher.
Those who will miss him most and remember him often are his wife, Neta Jo; son, Lester and wife, Monica Liebscher; daughter, LaNeta and husband, Steve Guth; son, Loren and wife, Kim Liebscher; beloved friend, Charles Grant; the light of his baby blue eyes, his seven grandchildren, Kelsey, Lindsey, Logan, Lydia, Sarah, Mallory and Blaze; sister, Laura Keller of El Reno; and many more relatives and special dear friends.
The family suggests memorials be made to Mobile Meals, P.O. Box 879, El Reno, Okla., or Mt. Zion Church, 2904 E. Oklahoma City 150th, El Reno, Okla. 73036.

Ann's Uncle Merwyn "J" Shaklee Obit....

Uncle Merwyn "J" Shaklee taken December 21, 2003.


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Merwyn "J" Shaklee
July 16, 2004
© Enid, OK. News & Eagle
Submitted by: Sylva Rhodes

Merwyn "J" Shaklee
The funeral for Merwyn "J" Shaklee, 83, of Jet, OK., will be 10:30 a.m. Sat. at Timberlake High School Auditorium, Helena. The Rev. Lyle Shipley will officiate. Burial will follow in Timberlake Cemetery, southwest of Jet. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc., Helena, OK. Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
He was born April 18, 1921 in Medford, OK. to Fred O. and Edith Shaklee and died Wed. July 14, 2004, at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center, Enid, OK.
He was a 1939 graduate of Jet High School. He belonged to Timberlake Church until its closing. He then attended the Christian Church.
He married Myrtle Ellen Campbell July 13, 1942. They celebrated their 62nd anniversary on the farm they purchased in 1950.
He was drafted in 1942, serving in the Seabees during World War II. After the war, he returned to Jet, where he was a carpenter and farmed. He helped to build many homes in Jet, Nash and Cherokee, OK. He helped build the Jet Co-op elevators and elevators in other towns, as well as the Jet United Methodist Church, the Jet Grade School and the Jet High School. He served on many boards and was a member of American Legion in Enid, OK.
Surviving are his wife, Myrtle of the home; two sons, Rodney Shaklee of Jet, OK., and Ricky Shaklee of Cleo Springs, OK.; one daughter, Roxanne Weeks of Aline, OK.; one sister, Thelma Wiseman; four granddaughters; and three great-grandsons.
He was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.
Memorials may be made to the donor's choice, with the funeral home acting as custodian of the fund.
Condolences may be made online at www.lanmanfuneralhomes.com.