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	1910	Elsie Jackie Gander came into the world screaming and kicking on Jan 3, 1910. There was a huge snow storm and no telephones when Mother went into labor. Harve started to walk into Cherry Box to get Dr. Gerard. "Aunt Mandy" came to be with Mother. She brought me into the world. I immediately had two claims to fame!. I weighed 12 pounds on Dr. Gerard's scale, and I was the first birth to be recorded in Shelby County! Laws had just been passed requiring registration of births, beginning Jan 1, 1910. I always felt a deep affection for "Aunt Mandy" Henderson. Photo and commentary courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1912	Mother and Dad must have been very proud of me, to have this second photograph made when I was somewhere around 2 years old. Grandmother Ida Branch had crocheted the lace for my petticoat. Once we had an enlarged, tinted and framed copy of this picture. I do not remember what happened to it. Photo and commentary courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.

1914

Four Corners school near Philadelphia, Missouri. Herbert C. Phelps is in the back left corner and Jackie Gander Deets is the little girl in front the second from the right.

	c. 1918	Cliff, Jackie, Harvey Gander Photo courtesy Cliff Gander.
	1924	Doc Coon's college graduation Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	November 6, 1925	Philadelphia vs. Fabius girls basketball teams. Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1927	Cover of High School Diploma for Elsie Gander Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1927	Front page of Jackie Gander's High School Diploma. Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1927	High School Diploma for Jackie (Elsie) Gander. Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1927	Class of 1927, Philadelphia High School Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1929	Elsie Jackie Gander at age 19, in Manhattan, Kansas working for Western Union as a Morse code-dot-dash-dot- and tele-printer operator! The dress was blue flannel, made every stitch by hand. Photo and commentary courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1931	Jackie Gander in Havana, Cuba. Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	c. 1930	Jackie Gander Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1880's	Ella Margaret Godfrey Coon at age 14. Her mother was Mary Kelly who came from Ireland in the 1840's. Ella Margaret married Charles Francis Coon on Nov 9, 1887. The bracelet she is wearing belonged to her mother, Mary Kelly. I now have it. Photo and commentary courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	October, 1937	Ella Margaret and Charles Francis Coon celebrate their golden wedding anniversary in October 1937 at Wamego, Kansas. They were married in Wisconsin, homesteaded in Kansas and Colorado, then "ranched" in New Mexico. They had seven children, Charles James being # 6. Photo and commentary courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1930's	Charles James Coon, b. Aug 16, 1900 at Hillrose Colo. In 1918 he started college at New Mexico State College in Las Cruces. During the flu epidemic of 1918 he became very ill and had to drop out of college. His parents sold the ranch and moved to Manhattan, Kansas where Charles J. enrolled in the college of Veterinary Medicine, specializing in bacteriology, and the diseases of poultry. Upon graduation, he taught at Virginia Polytech College in Blacksburg, VA later returning to Kansas State to do research in the field of poultry diseases. He became recognized nationally in this field. Everyone called him "Doc". Photo and commentary courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1931	Doc Coon in the Everglades Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1931	In 1930 Charles James met the little lady in the Western Union office. They were married in 1931, during the worst years of the Great Depression. This picture was taken in Neenah, Wisconsin. I was taking advantage of some photographer's special, two poses for X number of dollars. It was bitterly cold that day. We walked into the studio and started to remove our wraps. The photographer said "NO, NO, I want one pose just as you are!" The second pose was taken, minus the coats and hats. Strangely, we looked like two sour pusses in the second pose! "Doc" left us on Aug 2, 1956 after a long bout of cancer. Photo and commentary courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1930's	Doc and Jackie Gander Coon Photo courtesy Cliff and Josephine Gander.
	1932	Charlie Coon, age 15 months. Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	January 1936	Jackie Coon with her three children in Huron South Dakota Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	Fall 1936	Carol and Robin Coon Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	January 1937	Ice storm in Little Rock Arkansas Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1937	Carol, Robin and Charlie Coon in Arkansas Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1938	Jackie Coon dressed for Tea at the home of Mrs. Morrell Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1942	"Doc" and I had three wonderful children. Charles Harvey (he could have been called Charles IV), Robin Jacquelyn, and Carol Ann. This picture by Belle Johnson of Monroe City, MO was taken in 1942. All went to college, and all have done good things with their lives. Photo and commentary courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
		Charles Harvey, Robin Jacquelyn, Carol Ann Coon, children of Doc and Jackie Coon Photo courtesy Cliff and Josephine Gander.
	1940s	Jackie Coon with her new bicycle Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1940s	Carol Coon Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	June 18, 1956	Carol Coon and Dave Groetken wedding day Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	June 18, 1956	Hope, Alice and Josephine Gander ready to go to Carol Ann Coon's wedding to David Groetken in Minnesota. Photo courtesy Cliff and Josephine Gander.
	June 18, 1958	A snapshot of Charles Harvey Coon and Vivien Grubb, with Vivien's sister Margaret and brother, Charles Grubb at their wedding on June 18, 1958 in Hunnewell, MO. Charles owned a farm south of Hunnewell. Both of them had long, successful careers in the education field, both at the high school and college level. Now both more or less retired, live in the Grubb ancestral home in Hunnewell, where restoration of the house, and growing an enormous assortment of plants, trees an flowers uses up much of their time. Someone once asked Charles why he picked Vivien for a wife. His reply was "because she was the only girl I ever met who knew how to read a book!" When a similar question was put to Vivien, she answered " because he is the only man I ever met who was smarter than I was." They had one daughter, Charlene who now lives and works in Albuquerque. Photo and commentary courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	June 18, 1958	Robin and Jackie Coon at Charlie Coon's wedding Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	Around 1970	Carol Ann and David Lee Groetken with their family, Linda, Cynthia, Steven, Susan Jackie and Laura Lee. I believe this picture was taken in Germany. They had duty tours in Germany and at NATO in Belgium. David served duty tours on both Korea and Vietnam. Linda, Steven and Susan all were in military uniforms after their college graduations. Linda, the eldest, is at present a Lt. Colonel in the Army Nurse Corp. The others all married and have families of their own. Carol and David moved to Tucson in the summer of 1999. I think they are rapidly turning into "Desert Rats!" Photo and commentary courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
		Jackie Gander Coon skating. Read an article about Jackie Coon making a speech: jackie_article.gif Photo courtesy Cliff and Josephine Gander.
		Robin Coon Photo courtesy Cliff and Josephine Gander.
		Robin Coon Photo courtesy Cliff and Josephine Gander.
		Carol Coon Photo courtesy Cliff and Josephine Gander.
	1950's	Robin and Carol Coon Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1950s	Robin Coon Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
		Jackie Gander Coon with her children Charlie, Carol and Robin Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1980's	Twenty years elapsed between the time I lost "Doc" and my April 16, 1976 marriage to Roy Deets of Hershey, PA. Much happened in my life in those 20 years. Accepting a transfer to Tucson in the spring of 1958, leaving the little place at 917 North Spring Street in Sioux Falls, S. Dakota, to buy a house way out in the desert, way east of what was Tucson in 1958, leaving Field Enterprises in 1961 to join Encyclopedia Britannica's New Education Division. the only woman among almost 100 men, nation wide. Arizona and New Mexico were my territory. To cover it I did - even though I had to average driving 25,000 miles a year to do it! I retired in 1976. We cleared out Roy's house in Hershey, moved some things to Tucson, and "Lived happily ever after", as all good fairy tales go. We had thirteen and a half really great years before the big "C" took him away on Nov 12,1989. Now I live "among my souvenirs". Photo and commentary courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	1988	Jackie and Roy Deets Photo courtesy Cliff and Josephine Gander.
	1998	Jackie Deets' dog Little Orphan Andy says "There's no good news anywhere today. Guess I'll just turn around and take a nap." Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	January 2, 2000	Jackie celebrated her 90th Birthday January 3rd at home in Tucson, Arizona. Some 50 guests attended the birthday party hosted by her daughters Robin and Carol. Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.
	January 2, 2000	Jackie with her sister Edith at the birthday party. Photo courtesy Jackie Gander Deets.