Guy (William) never married. He was born near Redfield, Kansas on what was known as the Elder farm. He grew up in the neighborhood. He also lived in Minnesota for a while. He farmed some but did not care for that. He moved to Washington State where he worked many years in a shingle mill near Beaver, Washington. In 1963 he moved back to Redfield, Kansas near the farm where he grew up and lived there until he died. He was known by his nephews as quite the character. Eccentric. He was generally very grouchy and tough. He did show a soft side now and again. He showed it by giving his nephews and niece pets. One was a pet skunk. He came by to visit one morning and he had this little baby skunk maybe four inches long, just a tiny little thing. He had taken it to Fort Scott to have it descented. He said now I am not giving it to you guys, this is MY skunk, I want you to know!! But I've got work to do and I can't take care of it, will you feed it for me? They did. It turned out to be a great pet. When it was older it had the run of the place so it went between the relatives homes. On this particular day it was at Grandmas house. She was hosting the Ladies Aid Society from the Mt. Orum church. The ladies were all around the living room quilting. Two ladies to a frame. Bill and Eldon stuck the skunk in the back kitchen door. The skunk heard noises and went to investigate. The living room was crowded with the ladies. You can imagine the chaos as they tried to make a hasty retreat. Bill and Eldon thought it was about as good of a deal as they could pull until their mom got a hold of them. Uncle Guy also gave the children a pet raccoon. It turned out to be a horrible pet. It stole everything that was bright and shiny and went and hid it. Their mom could never find her thimbles. They finally found a stash of 6 ot 8 under the front porch. The coon did not play nicely with the other animals. It always would eat first and all it wanted then it would allow the other animals some food. It almost drowned the pet dog (Old Hap) in the river. He jumped on him from a tree, knocked him in the river and almost drowned him. Uncle Guy jumped in the river with a club and killed the coon and saved the dog. Guy taught the boys how to fish and bait hooks. He took them out in his boat and showed them to fish and then offered up his boat for their use later. This was very inconsistent with his general treatment of the boys. He would be grouchy and growl at the boys they never seemed to do anything right, but then he would turn around and surprise them with those nice things. No one could ever quite figure him out.