Ira Harold Sharpe (Ike) was born to Andrew I. and Janna Sharpe on May 15, 1911, in Cooperstown, the eldest and only son in a family of four children. The family lived in Shepard and Ira attended the Shepard School (Bald Hill No. 1) from 1917 until 1923. The family moved to Glenfield in 1923, where his father owned and operated the Glenfield Grain Company, which later became the Peavey Elevator Go.

The Glenfield School at that time provided for grades one through 11, so Ira attended his senior year in Cooperstown, He was graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1927, and attended St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, for two years.

As a young man, Ira played baseball on the Glenfield team and continued his love of sports throughout his life.

Ira devoted most of his adult life to the grain business. He first worked for his father in the Glenfield Grain Company, then worked for the Fargo Seed and Feed Company before managing elevators at Bremmen and at Karnak. His work was interrupted in 1942, when he enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps. He served in the South Pacific theatre during World War f I for three years. When he returned from service he worked for the Minot Farmers Union Elevator until becoming manager of the Garrison Farmers Union Elevator in 1947. In 1957, the Minot Farmers Union Elevator No. 2, was built and Ira became its manager. He continued in that position until his retirement in 1977. He died in Minot in February 1982.

He married Margaret Monagin in Minot, May 24, 1942. There are three children: Katherine Richards, now of Berkeley, California; Jane Haddad (Michael) of Plantation, Florida; and Susan Sharpe/Dovichi (Norman) of Edmonton, Alberta. There are four grandchildren.

Source:  Glenfield History 1886 €“ 1987 Page 179