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Colleen Neisen was born in 1950 and grew up on a farm near Union Hill, and I asked how living was like there. She was able to sum it up with one word, “Busy”. She had all of her farm chores and twelve other siblings to take care of. She mentioned how she had a lot of dishes to wash, and how it was a lot of work. She remembered how she would visit her cousins a lot, and her parents would have parties with cousins. When I asked her about her parents, she said her dad was “All work and no play” and strict and no-nonsense. Her mom is Betty Neisen, who I also interviewed and wrote a separate paper about. Her parents did not have much of a formal career, they worked on the farm and raised kids. I asked her about some traditions she had as a kid, and they included going to church every Sunday, and always eating at the table as a family and never had a Christmas tree for the holidays. Today it is slightly different because now she decorates the whole house with little Santas and other Christmas decorations. The whole family also comes over to her house for a big meal and presents during the Christmas season. When she was little, she said she had lots of jobs including cleaning lots of dishes, weed, seed, and hoe the garden, pick eggs, and take care of her younger siblings. When I asked her what she did for entertainment, she said that they had one bike to share between them. She also said she made lots of mudpies and played lots of house. When she was eight years old, the family

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