WEST PHOTOS
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Most of these pictures are of my family taken when we were all lot's younger!  Each time I visited Dad, I would bring home a few of his pictures to scan and then return them on the next visit.  I was able to record and then return most of his photos in this manner. Some of the pictures on this page were scanned when I first started using a scanner, so they were scanned MANY times until I finally got it right!  ;-)

This picture was taken at Mom and Dad's 50th wedding anniversary in 1974.  It is probably the only picture taken that has all of us in it.

This was taken about 1940.  

Our house on McCoy Street

A picture of the house on McCoy Street taken in 1997.  Someone was taking good care of it.

This is Mom, baby Alvin, Dad, Elmo Jr. (Bud) and Florence.  It was taken about 1930.

Sterling Jr., Floyd, Irma, Florence, and Elmo Jr. (Bud) West.  Sterling, Floyd and Irma are the children of Sterling West, brother of Elmo West.

A great picture of West cousins, Elmo Jr., Irma, Sterling Jr., Alvin, and Florence. Taken about 1940 probably in Colorado.

Alvin, Bud and Lady the cow.

A truly adorable picture of my sister Florence.  She appears to be about five years old.

This is a picture of my beautiful sister, Florence.  She was beautiful inside and out. She was my "second mom". We all still miss her.

Florence and her husband, Clarence.  This was probably their wedding photo.

This is my other beautiful sister. I love her very much.  We have the best of times together and have never had an argument.  Well, there was the time I got into her stuff and wore her swimsuit and when I used to play with the stuffed bunny that her boyfriend gave her! But, she got over that years ago!!

Bud, Bonnie and Jim.  It looks like Bonnie was baking cakes even then.

Gayle, Gary and I used to play in a tent we made by hanging blankets over the clothesline.  This picture brings back some great memories!

Gary was a pretty good sport to have his picture taken with my dolls.  Of course he did get to dress up in his cowboy outfit. 

Cute little picture of Ron Smith taken in 1954

This was taken about 1965. I don't remember ever seeing her in jeans, or pants for that matter, except this one time. She was on Bud's farm and apparently getting ready to plow!!

Taken when Dad retired from Standard Oil in 1963

This picture was taken in Collins about 1979

Gayle and Jim at their wedding.  Gayle is the daughter of my sister, Florence.

Clarence and his fishing buddies.  This photo originally appeared in the local newspaper.

The two following pictures were taken in 1992. Dad took some family members on a little tour of his old neighborhood.  He found the land where his family lived when his mother passed away and the house Alvin was born in. Below each picture is the note he had written on the back of each picture.

This picture was taken at a family reunion about 1986.  Charles is missing.  Maybe he was taking the picture.

This is Dad celebrating his 96th birthday with a pie! He wasn't much of a cake lover, but he enjoyed pie.

Dad's sister, Maurine, dressed up for the Santa-Cali-Gon in Independence. I would guess it was taken about 1946.

This is the note Maurine wrote to Dad on the back of the picture.

Dad's brother, Sterling West, and his wife, Margrete.

A wonderful picture of four generations of West men.

Dad with Jim and two of his little ones.  Jim lives out of state, but he brought his family by to visit Mom and Dad as often as possible.   

This is also four generations of West men.  This one is Dad, Tom, Tim, and little Charlie West.

This is one of the last pictures taken of Dad.  He was enjoying one of his favorite pastimes.......sitting on the porch. This was taken in Lees Summit at the apartment he shared with Marilyn. In Collins, during the summer when the temperatures cooled down in the evening, he always liked to sit on the porch or under a shade tree. 

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