Ben Straley was born December 28, 1903. Iona Fornshell was born May 22, 1908, in Birtsell Township to Charles and Flora Steele Fornshell.
The Straleys farmed in the Carrington area after they were married on March 7, 1926. In 1941 they moved into Carrington.
They have two children: Doris and Keith.
Mrs. Straley was employed as a nurses aide at the Carrington Hospital for seventeen years.