Milton W. Walen, son of Christian Adolph and Alma Dybwad Walen, married Verna Hoyt, daughter of Fred and Agnes Hoggarth Hoyt, on June 1, 1947, in McHenry, North Dakota.

Milton, the oldest of four children, grew up and attended Glenfield school. He has a brother, Leander of Glenfield and two sisters, Mrs. Donald (Nelda) Posey and Mrs. Earl (Margrethe) Melton of Troy, Michigan He met and married Verna Hoyt of McHenry who was second born to Fred and Agnes Hoyt. She has two sisters, Mrs. Andrew (Gladys) Walen of Glenfield, and Mrs. Arnold (Delores) Haugland of McHenry; three brothers from McHenry are DuWayne, Emery and Vernon, and a brother, Edgar, of Portland, North Dakota.  A sister, Betty, died as a child.

After marrying they first lived in the A. L. Walen house on the home farm two miles north of Glenfield. They then moved south of Glenfield to the Tom Bradford house while they were building their present home a quarter mile south of that house. They moved into it in September 1949. Milton has been on the Eastman Township board for 28 years and was on the board of directors at the Farmers Union Elevator at Sutton for 20 years.

They had two children: Dianna Mae married Alan Jackson on November 9, 1968. They had two sons, Emery Alan, born March 29, 1969, at Cooperstown; and John Aaron, born July 2, 1974, at Cooperstown. They were both married at St. George Catholic Church in Cooperstown. Dianna attended Glenfield-Sutton School and graduated in 1967. She then attended NDSU in Fargo and Interstate Business College. She's presently self-employed, is president of the St. Ann's Circle at St. George Catholic Church, president of Hannaford American Legion Auxiliary, vice president of the Fort Atchison Rifle Club, past Noble Grand of the Crocus Rebekah Lodge in Sutton, the North Dakota Youth Chairman for the United Nations Pilgrimage.

Alan attended school at Glenfield-Sutton and graduated in 1965. He has worked for Griggs County Highway Dept., since then. He is the president of the Fort Atchison Rifle Club, and a 22 year member of the North Dakota National Guard at Carrington. After marrying they lived in Sutton until 1981, when they moved to Cooperstown where they now reside. Emery graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1967, and will attend NDSU in the fall. John is in eighth grade.

Wayne graduated from Glenfield-Sutton in 1969. He attended Lake Region College in Devils Lake. He owned and operated "Wayne's Market" in Glenfield from 1976-1982. He married Debra Tweed from Tolna, North Dakota, on February 28, 1975, in Hannaford, North Dakota.  She attended Valley City State Teachers College and is presently teaching in McHenry, North Dakota.  Their son, Jeffrey Wayne was born in Jamestown, North Dakota on July 7, 1977. They are members of the Glenfield Lutheran Church and Wayne is a member of the Sutton Odd Fellows and Glenfield Fire Dept. Wayne is presently farming with his dad and lives a quarter mile north of Glenfield.

Source:  Glenfield History 1886 €“ 1987 Page 186