Anne Quanbeck

Leander Quanbeck, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William Quanbeck, was born in Pilot Mound Township. In 1915 the family moved to a farm near Bowbells in Burke County, where he finished the elementary grades and graduated from high school. Leander graduated from Augsburg College in 1931 and began teaching at Zahl, North Dakota.

The Quanbeck family returned to their Griggs County farm in 1934. Leander taught several terms in rural schools in addition to assisting his father with farming.

Leander Quanbeck was married to Anne Collins on July 19, 1938. Miss Collins had come from Cass Lake, Minnesota, in 1924, making her home with her sister and brother-in-law, Reverend and Mrs. Marcus Tufteland. Her parents had resided at Mekinock and Emerado, North Dakota, before returning to Cass Lake, Minnesota, where she graduated from high school. Miss Collins worked in the Superintendent of School's office and was bookkeeper for a department store before coming to North Dakota. After attending Mayville Teachers College, Miss Collins taught in a number of rural schools before her mar-

Mr. and Mrs. Quanbeck farmed for a few years south of McVille, and then in 1943 they moved to his father's farm, which they later purchased. They were the parents of three children

Orville, born in 1941, Donald, born in 1944 and Mary Evelyn in 1946.

In 1954 the Quanbecks returned to the teaching profession. Mr. Quanbeck was Superintendent of Schools at Alkabo and Norwich while Mrs. Quanbeck taught in the elementary grades. From Norwich they moved to Garrison, North Dakota, where they purchased a farm and their three children finished high school.