Earl Lipke, the son of Florence Bowen Lipke, who came to Getchell Prairie in the nineteen twenties as a widow. Here she married William Hill and the family lived on the Hill farm where Earl grew to manhood.

Earl entered the Army in 1941, serving thirty-nine months overseas with distinction. Returning home he married Marian Monson, a former resident of Fingal, North Dakota, in June 1945. He is now employed by Sylvania Electronics and travels widely. Marian, his wife, taught school at the Lindvold school in the Eastedge district before her marriage.

Mrs. Florence Bowen Lipke Hill passed away in April 1941 and William Hill died in January 1970.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 143