Mabel's 90th Birthday
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| Mabel Leffel Baldwin - 90 years old |
Mabel Leffel married Jesse W. Baldwin on Dec. 25, 1917, in Mountain Park, Oklahoma. Jesse and Mabel were the parents of fourteen children. They were married almost 55 years when Jesse died in 1972.
Below are several of the earliest photos found for Grandma. The first is cropped from a group photograph of the Rocky Ford Crossing Sunday School 1904. So, Mabel would have been 4 years old. To see the post about the Sunday School group photo, click here.
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| Mabel Leffel 4 yrs old |
In this next photo which is also cropped and colorized, Mabel would have been about 16 or 17 years old. She is in a photo with her niece, Della Cotter. To see the original photo, click here.
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| Mabel Leffel |
Mabel's 90th Birthday Party
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.
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| Mabel with Beverly, Verna, and Juanita. |
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| Mabel with granddaughters: JoAnna and Cathy |
After the dinner and party, someone asked grandma what she wanted to do special for her birthday. Her response was to go to the races -- horse races that is. So the next day, we all went to the Remington Park race track in Oklahoma City with Grandma for her 90th birthday celebration.
In the below photos, Grandma and her girls do a
Birthday Hokey Pokey
Birthday Hokey Pokey
Put your right foot in, Put your right foot out.....
Family - That's what it's all about!
Grandma sounds like such a cool person! Still loves to watch a good horse race in her old age. What a beast!
ReplyDeleteSo glad I was able to attend the reunion. So many are gone now.
ReplyDeleteLove all the pics and stories about the family. Thanx
Horse race!?That sounds so cool!
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