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DG: Anyway, in preparation for this talk today, I've done a lot of interviewing of your friends and your relatives. And you've accomplished what I call the American dream. Anyway, this house you have here, you've lived here how long?

RM: About thirty-five years.

DG: And it's one of the biggest houses here.

RM: Biggest house in town, I guess. I guess there's another one bigger than this, but it's one of the bigger.

DG: It's three stories.

RM: Three stories.

DG: And you raised your girls here?

RM: Uh-huh.

DG: There are four of them?

RM: Yeah.

DG: So who are they?

RM: See the picture up there? Adelle is the oldest, Sheryl, Dianna, and Irene.

DG: And you lived here with your wife who died not too long ago.

RM: Yeah. She just passed away about four years ago.

DG: And her name was?

RM: Setsuko.

DG: What was her maiden name?

RM: Setsuko Tamura.

DG: And her mother was here living with you quite a while too, off and on, right?

RM: Yeah.

DG: And I hear your girls had horses?

RM: Yeah, they had horses and each one had a horse.

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