Howard and Mary Ireland Family Reunion at the Farm

Sharing some photos taken on May 29th at the reunion hosted by Brent and Tauna at the farm.

Kate, Rebecca, and Brynlee created the special decoration.

Eulalia (Curly) and Wilma 

are the only ones of the original 14 children 

born to Howard and Mary Ireland                                                       who haven't advanced to their heavenly home.

Howard Sidney Ireland, 1884 - 1970; Mary, 1891-1952

Myrtle Bea Ireland, 1909-1995

Harold Emery Ireland, 1911-2007

Lester Ireland, 1913-1913

Robert Leroy Ireland, 1913-1986

Theodore Raymond "Slim" Ireland, 1916-1993

Oscar Edwin Ireland, 1917-1945

Melvin Lewis Ireland, 1920-1943

Mable Irene Ireland, 1921-2012

Forrest Howard "Shorty" Ireland, 1923-2016

Eulalia Belle "Curly" Ireland, 1924

Bernetha May Ireland, 1925-1926

Berniece Mary "Beanie" Ireland, 1925-2011

William Wayne Ireland, 1928-1998

Wilma Maxine Ireland, 1932

Jim Mansfield (Bill & Beanie's son), Janet (Wayne & Jean's daughter), Roy Ireland (Harold & Mabel's son), Bill Mansfield (Bert & Curly's son), Sam Ireland (Harold & Mabel's son), Ray Mansfield (Bert & Curly's son), LaWanda Rayhill (Slim and Gerry's daughter), Mary Jane (Bud & Wilma Kendrick's daughter)

Some of the Mansfields with Curly and Wilma

Sam and Narene Ireland family with Curly and Wilma 

(Brent, Doug, Scott, Ryan, Marla, Beth, and Jeff)

(Wilma's daughter) Jane & Glen Witte from Lincoln, Nebraska 

These traditional reunions with the Ireland and Mansfield families are known for happy times sharing good food, good stories, and making good memories.

Beth and Valerie (Bill and Beanie's granddaughter)

Barbie and Roy

Janet Goossen (Wayne's), LaWanda (Slim's), 

and Jane Ann (Curly's daugher-in-law)

Kate taking Ruby for a walk.

Sam and Jane (Wilma's daughter)

Monty was very patient and caught this bass with a net after trying for about 30 minutes standing in the cold water at Bad Hare.

Kids watching Scott clean Monty's bass.

Scott caught this catfish down south in White River.

Joe had a photo taken with the carp he caught.

Rebecca by this old tractor - representing the current and the past.

Tauna had this Harold Ireland history displayed, which I had done several years ago.  Mabel's was also available.

 Marla 

It was a full and happy day.

(Mabel)

Visit at the Farm, Continued

We have a lot of photos taken while we were at the farm enjoying being with family.  Here are some of them.

Almost there!

I appreciate the interesting history for this house.

A tiny home first appeared on this site when Sam's grandfather moved it here.  It should be remembered that Howard and Mary

had 12 living children. 

Harold and Mabel lived here when they moved back to the farm from California when Sam was in the first grade.  

There have been several remodelings and additions since then.

When Grampa Harold and Gramma Mabel built a new house

(where a hired man now lives),

Roy and Barbie lived in the remodeled original home

before moving into the home they built where they currently live

about a mile and a half away.

We moved to the farm in 1975 from Arizona, and there were more changes made while it was our home.   

Unusual clouds in the blue sky.

Scott came from Denver, Marla came from Mitchell, Ryan came with Doug from Utah, and Beth came with us from Utah, Jeff came from Arkansas, and Brent welcomed us to the farm and house                                     where we had formerly all lived.

Tauna showing Ruby's 10-day old puppies to Brittney and children.

Mabel, Brittney and Matt's youngest

Kate, Brynlee, and Rebecca

Brent, Scott, Doug, Curtis, Jeff, Ryan, and Sam

Corban, Miles, and Mason

Isaac trying out the vibrating massage chair.

Rachel, Devon, Shannon, Seth, Kristine, and Tauna

Corban, Shannon, and Jacob

Doug and Jeff listening to their dad's story.

Joshua drove his mom and Rebecca to Bad Hare Dam.

Bad Hare Dam currently looking different with the water level low and changes being made.  

I appreciate the photos Beth took during their little tour on the farm.

Roy and Barbie's home

The remains of the Three Star School 

where Sam attended 5th and 6th grades.  

Sam started school in California.  His family moved back to South Dakota where he finished 1st grade at Martin Grade school.  Then he attended the following country schools nearer the farm:  

2nd grade in Ireland School, 3rd and 4th in LaPoint School, 

then Three Star School for 5th and 6th. 

Martin Grade School 7th and 8th, and BCHS 9th -12th.  

He went to the University of South Dakota in Vermillion the next two years before transferring to BYU where he graduated and began a Master's program.  While teaching and coaching in St. Johns, he furthered his education during summers at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ and at Utah State in Logan, and three summers at North Western University in Evanston, Illinois.  In 1969 we moved from St. Johns to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where Sam got his doctorate in math education at the University of Michigan. 

Returning to St. Johns in 1973, 

Sam worked in Career Education. 

Our next very significant move was back to the farm in 1975 when Beth was a baby and where Jeff and Doug were born and we lived until moving to Spanish Fork in October 2012.  

We have many happy memories from our years living at the farm.

Kate and Rebecca

Grampa Sam and Joshua

Kristine, Shannon, Rachel, Seth, Brittney, Matt, and Joshua

Brent, Ryan, Jeff, and Doug

Corban, Robert, Joe, Monty, Miles, and Mason

Brynlee, Rebecca, and Kate

Sam, Brent, Doug, Seth, Jeff, Curtis, and Shannon 

Grandson Sam just arrived from Pierre where he works

for the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. 

Shannon, Marla, Rachel, Shannon, Kristine, and Mason

Kate, Rebecca, and Brynlee

Rachel and Devon adding more pieces to the puzzle.

Having breakfast where Steve Strain, one of the hired men, lives now  but used to be where Gramma Mabel and Grampa Harold lived.

Sleeping arrangements included 

Grandpa Harold and Gramma Mabel's former home, 

Brent and Tauna's home, 

and Curtis and Marla had a bedroom at Roy and Barbie's.

This room is where family gathered for a special service where testimonies and thoughts were shared.

Photos taken at the Howard and Mary Ireland Reunion

on Sunday, May 29

are shared in the next blog entry.