Please welcome Lorene Vern Baldinger, who joined us at Wiley Creek Community last summer!

Lorene was born Jan. 21, 1923, to Oliver and Tiny Dove Coonrod in Cushing, Okla. She was the third of five children, including three sisters and one brother.

Her parents raised the family on a large farm, where they grew a garden and crops, and they raised chickens, cattle, dairy cows, horses and pigs.

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