Dean-Vegter Heritage

Our Dining Room
Dianna, Carol, Kathy holding ???

Mobile Home
#128 Rockvale
July, 1974 - July, 1979

To save money for a house, we bought a repossessed mobile home, a 14' x 70' 1973 Marshfield Capri: $13,000 new, bought it for $10,000. Lived in for only 3 weeks and spotless.

One night Mom and Dad and the girls arrived from Florida. As usual, right away mom was on the phone to Aunt Darlene and Uncle Ron arranging some get together. Soon we heard mom say sort of sheepishly, "Oh. It is?" It was 2:00 a.m.

We loved our mobile home. So efficient and low maintenance. When we moved to Walnut Street in 1979, we hated to leave. Knew we'd have more work. Thought we'd miss our mobile home, and we did.

His and Hers Sinks & Mirrors
Didn't know how much we'd appreciate them,
till we had to share later.

Our Family Room

Kitchen, Left; Front Door, Right
Dining Room, Beyond

Craft Room just for Kathy and Carol

Morning Glories
Tire Planters were "in style" then.

Judy tending our Cookout
Bought our matching bikes in '77.

Family came every year.
Steve, Kathy, Dad, Carol, Karen, Judy, Mom
Sharon (in front)

Debbie lived with us in '78-'79
Taught her to read.

Our '71 Pontiac LeMans
Great car: 293,000 miles by 1991.

Ready to Ride
Several times on a Saturday, the 3 of us rode our bikes over to Brodhead, picked up the Sugar River Trial, rode to New Glarus for an ice cream cone, and back. 95 miles round trip. Once we rode to Madison (because I made a wrong turn) on our way to see John and Cheryl in Sun Prairie, ate lunch, and rode back. 112 miles. We were exhausted. Dinner at iHop in Beloit. Wow did they ever taste great.

Grandma & Debbie

Carol and Kathy
made a great many crafts those years.