Photo 69-MRE-2

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Russell Ryan

Neil Ryan lives here now, Russell's son. House has been replaced, Barn burned down and now has a shop in its place. Little storage shed in picture is gone. Trees along driveway are gone. Small grain bin is gone. pole shed has an addition on it. Little garage has been replaced with a larger one.

I am Greg, the youngest of the five children. I was the only won born in Minnesota as my dad came back to Minnesota from Wisconsin to start farming that spring (1958). My mother, pregnant with me moved with the family after school got out at the end of the year. Early memories included raising laying chickens and picking eggs. We milked cows and got one of the two first bulk tanks that the Springfield creamery serviced. The cow yard was west and north of the barn. There was a pasture on the right side of the driveway between the road and the round machine shed. Dad died in 1986 from cancer, Mom died in 2021. Kathy, the oldest died in 1986 before Dad from cancer. Larry the oldest son died in 1996 from heart failure. Janice lives in Florida, I live in Waterville MN. Neil runs the farm, glad to see family on the farm.

Hi Greg,
Does Neil still run the property as a farm? Do you get to visit the property often?

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