What are some of your favorite sounds?
Some of OUR favorite sounds: Baby’s cry Splashing of Ocean Waves Sound of doves cooing Laughter and voices of family…
What has surprised you about growing old together?
Life is an interesting journey. When we were younger, we didn’t think about getting old and being different from when…
What’s been good and difficult about being a parent to adult children?
I remember one of our sixteen-year-old sons got a spanking with a rod when I (Ruby) chased him around the…
What are your favorite memories of each of your children growing up?
DAVID, our first born, was named after his two grandpas. David was my (Ruby) Dad and Immanuel was Noel’s dad.…
What was one of the toughest parts about raising your kids? What are some choices you made about how to your kids?
Discipline was not easy for both of us. Do you spank, speak firmly, take away privileges? These are hard decisions.…
How did you decide how many children to have?
While Noel was in the Seminary at Dubuque, Iowa, the men would be assigned a location where they would do…
What is your best advice when it comes to raising children? How did you figure out how to be a parent?
How times have changed in the 60 years we have raised our children. I would say, do not let them…
Does your spouse do anything that annoys you?
Ruby After being married to Noel for over 60 years, it’s hard to recall some of the pet peeves that…
What are the top 8 things that you and your spouse have in common?
There are many things that Ruby and I have in common. I will just make a list and a few…
Describe where you lived after getting married.
Being a Pastor’s family had many advantages as well as disadvantages in regard to where we lived. Advantages – we…