Marty Smith: Our parents, siblings and I went to the mass everyday in the summer. After graduation, my older siblings went to the mass every day. M names like myself, Marla and Mitchell are good, as the J names like Joni and Jeff are also good. The middle names of my brothers are really suitable, Michael (Rodney), Matthew (Darryl), Mark (Duane), Melvin (Arlie) and Marlin (Mitchell).
Carlene Eilers: I can remember the prayer when I was five years old, I said, "God bless mom, dad, Rod, Nita, Randy, Ken, Rosie, Perry, Marty, Darryl, Joni, Jeff, Larry, Vic, Harold, Andi, Duane, Marla, Pat, Aaron, Arlie, Mitch, Glynnis, Dana, Phyllis, Steph and me."
Stephanie Jacobson: Rod played guitar while Nita played violin while having lessons. Rosie and Joni followed playing violin and piano. Andi played violin and Marla played guitar. Glynnis, Dana, Phyllis, Carlene and myself played violin and piano all the time. Marla dislikes playing violin, but she ended up playing guitar. Randy also plays guitar so does Marty, Larry, Harold, Aaron and Mitchell.
Harold Smith: After Jeff's graduation, mom told me about doing Algebra and I did it with an A plus for promoting in tenth grade. I was in my sophomore year in the University of Minnesota, watching the San Francisco 49ers against the New Orleans Saints on TV. I cheered as did Joni. She and I did a rosary after that.
Rodney Smith: It was September 9, 1957, my senior year. It was typical for this schedule. It went like this:
5:30 Mom and dad got up.
6:00 Woke school kids (Rodney, Anita, Randy, Ken, Rosie, Perry, Marty, Darryl, Joni and Jeff). Got breakfast.
7:00 School kids left. Little ones (Larry, Victor, Harold and Andrea) ate breakfast.
4:00 School kids home.
5:30 Supper.
8:30 Babies to bed.
9:00 School kids in bed.
It was fifteen days before Duane was born.
Phyllis Ferguson: There are senior pictures from 1958 to 1985 in birth order starting from the upper left corner. My sister Rosie is graduating with Larry Cole, who later played for the Dallas Cowboys. After her only child Brandon was born in 1979, she reunited Larry for the biggest thrill of his life. He is been a good favorite of us, my brothers Jeff and Larry lived in Dallas to visit the 6'6 blond married man with two children.
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25 Smiths
FanfictionFrom Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the Smith family has 25 children, 22 singletons and 3 triplets. They were friendly to the Millers from Waseca county.
