COOLEY, CYRUS L. AND WINIFRED A. (MICHEEL)

Cyrus L. Cooley and Winifred A. Micheel were married on June 3, 1956, at the Congre-gational Church at Thedford, Nebr. The first two years of our marriage were spent on the Triple L Ranch northwest of Brownlee, Nebr., working as ranch hand and cook, for Jack and Doris Hanna. Within about a year Jack became ill and passed away at the age of 36 from a perforated ulcer. Jack's Dad, Seth and later his brother-in-law, Darwin (Red) Mercure were in charge of the ranch. In the early summer of 1958 we purchased a farm 25 miles northwest of Springfield, Mo. We were blessed with our first child, Freder-ick Lee, born 1959 at Burge Hospital in Springfield. The years there were fun years, but filled with a lot of hard work, as the place was grown up to sprouts and quite run down. Our neighbors were wonderful but we missed being near our families. In May 1965 we moved to Mullen, Nebr. and started our own well drilling and repair business. Rented the Hugh Boyer home in east Mullen. On

1966 Douglas Duane was born at the North Platte Memorial Hospital. On Oct. 9, 1970 we purchased the Bertha Collins place west of Mullen and have resided there since.

As the boys grew up their main interest was to be able to help their Dad in our business. The feelings were mutual and have been most memorable times.

In the summer of 1981 we celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary at the United Methodist Church.

In 1983 we purchased a Ditch Witch trencher and backhoe.

Both boys attended Mullen Public Schools all 13 years. They were active in the wrestling program. Fredrich or “Fritz'' as everyone calls him is married and works for Fred Kraye. He and Carla have a son, Travis Lee, born 1985. He is such a special little guy and our pride and joy. Doug is single and works at Mullen Co-op – delivers propane and works at the Filling Station.

We are active members of the United Methodist Church and several other commu-nity organizations.

Winifred has her own upholstery shop and also enjoys sewing, crafts, gardening and yard work. We also enjoy square dancing and camping.