HOMER K. BOOK FAMILY

Homer is the son of John J. and Adrienne M. Book and was born on the farm on Book Road. He was a student of Book School and one of the last two graduates. The next year, 1922, Granger School was started. A farmer all his life, his main interests were feeding cattle and raising good corn. He was also a seed salesman and a live stock showman and made many cattle shows from coast to coast. Now a resident of Green Acres he still carries on his farm work with his son Bryan. He also has a daughter Cheryl and four grandchildren.

Homer's wife Dorothy was born in Oak Park, Illinois. At an early age, she lived in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and attended the public schools there and graduated from Glenbard West High School. For a time Illinois Bell Telephone employed her as an operator in Glen Ellyn and Elmhurst. In the forties she joined the Navy as a wave and was stationed at Sand Point in Brenerton, Washington. In 1948 Homer and Dorothy were married in the "Wee Kirk of the Heather church" in Glendale, California. She was an excellent artist and designed clothes and made ceramics. Dorothy passed away in 1980.