Alva Review-Courier -

Joe Shirley and Ann Schieber met in Blackwell, Oklahoma, where Joe was teaching and Ann was on an assignment for OSU. When Ann introduced Joe to her grandma, she later told Ann that if he made her an offer she should take him up on it. She thought that teaching school with a monthly paycheck would be easier than farming. They were married, August 12, 1972, in Newkirk, Oklahoma.

Joe and Ann were blessed with two children, son Biron and wife Karee and their children Jarin and Jansen, and daughter Brandi and husband Chad Bules and their children Maicy, Everett and Myla....