Mabel's 90th Birthday Party

Our Grandmother, Mabel Edna Leffel, was born on 21 November 1900 in True, Young County, Texas, the daughter of Charles Edgar Leffel and Caldona Jane Box.  Mabel Leffel married Jesse W. Baldwin on Dec. 25, 1917, in Mountain Park, Oklahoma.  Jesse and Mabel had fourteen children.  They were married almost 55 years when Jesse died in 1972.  She then married Ernest Martin.

On 21 Nov 1990, Grandma had a 90th Birthday Party in Chickasha, Oklahoma, where she was living at the time.  Family came from across the country (Massachusetts, California, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado) to wish Grandma a Happy 90th Birthday.

Grandma with Beverly, Verna and Juanita.

Grandma with granddaughters, JoAnna & Cathy.

In the below photos, Grandma and her girls do a little birthday Hokey Pokey.

Put your right foot in, Put your right foot out.....

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