Arie and Mel lived at Romulus, Pottawatomie Co. OK the first years of their marriage. They moved to eastern Oklahoma near Checotah where Mel farmed, raising cotton, peanuts, and broomcorn. The children all graduated from Checotah HighSchool.
Sometime around 1970 they moved to Cement, Grady Co. OK to a farm owned by their son, Melford. They farmed and raised hogs. Their last years together were spent on a farm at Bradley, Grady Co. OK.
Arie was diagnosed with diabetes, just as he rfather was many years before. She died on Easter Sunday.