Club Member Story
it as Fable farm) where she often spends time with her oldest son Frank and his wife Monica and their twin sons. Frank is now running the family’ s dairy farm with sons Jerry and Jamie.
“ Even though I live in an apartment in town I still go to the farm and spend time with my son, his wife, and my grandkids,” she said smiling. Photos of her grandkids are proudly displayed on her fridge.
Her second son Chuck and his wife Cindy and their family live in Orono so they are not as close in terms of distance, but“ I do see them often,” she said.
“ I’ m sure gramps and great grampa who started all this would be very proud of what the boys have accomplished.”
Farm life:
Talking about her childhood growing up on a farm with her three sisters and two brothers, Faye commented,“ My parents worked very hard over those years to raise their family and we were poor but that didn’ t bother us because everyone seemed to be poor in those times. We all had our little jobs to do after school to help out, which was probably good for us and at least we all learned we had to work.”
She went to high school for a couple of years then got a job at the old woolen mill here in town working as a weaver and boarded with her sister Iva.
Faye met her husband-to-be when her folks moved from the farm into Campellford and their neighbours, the McKelvies, soon became friends.“ They had a pretty nice son Bill,” said Faye with a twinkle in her eye.“ He and I hit it off, we both loved going to shows and to dance and we did a lot of that. We were married in 1947,” said Faye reminiscing. Bill was called to the army and when he returned home after the war they bought a farm on the 9th Concession Seymour.
“ I always said when I was growing up I would never marry a farmer( too much work) but I have lived to be 90 and am still enjoying life,” she added with a grin.
Faye is a big proponent of the seniors’ club and what it has to offer.
“ If you are alone and get lonely come and join the seniors’ club and take part in all the fun we enjoy,” she said.
“ I have a wonderful family but I also have many senior friends and feel that I am richly blessed,” she concluded.
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