She was born on June 11, 1908 on a farm northwest of Walters (Cotton County), Oklahoma to Fred Louis Zipse and Frona Mae Roberts.

She died on February 9,1999 in Yukon (Canadian County), Oklahoma.

She married Norman Lloyd Talkington in Chickasha, Oklahoma on December 27, 1927. He died on March 16, 1956 and is buried in the Talkington family plot in Fairlawn Cemetery, north of Chickasha.

She married Earl H. Friend on August 27, 1963 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He was born on February 19, 1907 at Freeport, Kansas to Albert Wain and Harriet Friend. He taught in the Federal Indian Service for 17 years. Earl died on October 27, 1978 and is buried in the Glencoe IOOF Cemetery (Pawnee County) Oklahoma.

Her Father Worked in the Salt Mines

Fred Louis Zipse was born on September 25, 1865 in Galion (Crawford County) Ohio to Christian Zipse and Rosanna Wingert. He moved with his parents to Hutchinson (Reno County), Kansas in 1884, where he worked for the Carey Salt Company. On April 14, 1893 he married Frona Mae Roberts. She was born on October 9, 1874 in Vincennes (Knox County), Indiana to Marcellus P. Roberts and Elizabeth Ellen Brooking.

Marcellus was born on March 17, 1833 to Alanson Gilbert Roberts and Mary Fairhurst. Elizabeth was born on September 17, 1848 to Henry and Narsissa Brooking. She died on January 16, 1875. Alanson was born on March 30, 1795 in Danburry, Connecticut and died on October 15, 1895. Mary was born on January 9, 1789 and died on November 8, 1875. They were married on December 24, 1821.

The Family moves to Oklahoma Territory

In 1901 the Fred Louis Zipse family moved in a covered wagon to a farm near Duncan (Stephens County), Oklahoma. They spent almost a year in this area cutting timber for sale to other settlers. In 1902 they moved to a 160-acre school land farm four miles north and 3 miles east of Walters, Oklahoma. It was on this farm that Ethel was born.

In 1917 oil was found on the homestead and Fred Louis Zipse sold one half of his royalty for $50,000. This oil find was a new discovery and those oil sands were named after the Zipse family. Since this is a somewhat difficult name to pronounce, the Zipse Oil Sands are also called Zippey, Zipsee, Zippe, and other variations.

The Entire Family Moves to Verden

With this new-found wealth, the family moved to Verden (Grady County), Oklahoma, and purchased several farms in the area. They eventually sold all of the surface rights but retained half of all mineral rights. All of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren are now sharing in these small royalty revenues.

Fred Louis Zipse died in Chickasha (Grady County), Oklahoma on April 24, 1944 and is buried south of Chickasha in Rose Hill Cemetery. Frona died on October 20, 1945 in Chickasha and is also buried in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Christian Zipse was born in Germany on September 7, 1835 and died in Stafford, Kansas on February 17, 1889 at the age of 53 years. His wife Rosanna was born in Crawford County, Ohio on October 15, 1842 and died on a farm near Stafford on March 23, 1902. They are both buried in the Stafford Cemetery along side other relatives.

1. Homepage: The opening page of the web site.

2. Early Anadarko: Pictures of downtown from 1907 to 1938.

3. 1906-1919 Graduates: A roster with every graduate from 1906.

4. School Pictures: Group pictures, Beauty Queens and Hobo Day.

5. More School Pictures: Classic snapshots from the Fabulous Fifties.

6. Band and Orchestra: Formal group pictures from 1943 to the 1950's.

7. Popejoy Music Club: Wonderful group pictures from 1941 to 1945

8. Class of 1949 Roster: Where they are today and which classmates have died.

9. Class of 1951 Roster: Where they are today and which classmates have died.

10. Class of 1952 Roster: Where they are today and which classmates have died.

11. Class of 1951 Pictures: Rare snapshots of classmates from 1945.

12. Vanity Auto Tags: See the CRAZY words people put on their car tags.

13. Dale's MUCH Older Brother: A small tribute to a BIG brother.

14. Talkington Family History: A brief summary of the family history from Oklahoma back to early Pennsylvania.