Front: Andrea, Marcia, Ken and Krayton. Back: Andy, Willie holding Asher, Nick and Jeff.
Ken was born in Dell Rapids and lived in town until he was five years old when his dad started farming. He helped milk cows every morning before going to school. “I remember when I was a kid I didn’t want to farm. It just looked like too much work.” After graduating from high school, “I worked at a gas station over in Colton. I worked six 10-hour days and made $74 a week. But I lived at home and helped with chores, so I was even able to save a little money.” Later, he worked at the Dells elevator for several years where he made $3.10 an hour. “In 1976 – a dry year – the elevator started cutting my hours. Morrell’s was hiring, so I went there. I pretty much doubled my pay to $6.17 an hour.” Marcia grew up as a “city girl” in Humboldt. “It was not my intention to marry a farmer. When we were little, my friends and I would say ‘We’re never going to marry a farmer.’” Ken and Marcia were married in 1977. She was a nurse at McKennan Hospital. “A year later, this farm came up for sale,” Ken said. “It was 40 acres and the only one who would give us a loan for it was Morrell’s Credit Union. Back then, you could still start on your own. Morrell loaned me most of it and the owner let me do contract-for-deed on the rest. If they wouldn’t have loaned us the money, we wouldn’t have got to be farmers.” Marcia added, “We didn’t have family to help us.” Ken continued the story: “Every time I got a paycheck at Morrell’s, the government had already taken their cut out of
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