[This comes from a 3rd-person narrative written by Emmilou Collins Edmonds Adams sometime after 1990, probably around 2000. Portions in brackets [] were added for clarification.]
Lou and Lee O. Edmonds came to Bartlesville [Washington County, Oklahoma] in January of 1946. They came with the influx of new people to work for Phillips Petroleum Company shortly after the end of World War II. Lee O. went to work in the research department when it was still housed in the building with the glass bricks downtown.
Since they were expecting their first child, they bought an older house at 1469 Maple instead of a few blocks over in what was then known as the Phillips Edition.
They had four sons and one daughter. As their family grew, so did their house. Beginning with the addition of a closet, Lee taught himself building [skills] and with a minimum of help, built a new kitchen, added a bedroom and eventually expanded the upstairs to have four small bedrooms.
All of the children attended Jane Philips School most of the time. Because of overcrowding, some of the children went to Horace Mann for kindergarten. Anna, the youngest, even went to McKinley for first grade. By the time she was ready for third grade, and the two older boys had strayed to College, the family had built a new home in Woodland Park.
All five children attended Central Junior High school and graduated from College High School.
Lee O. died in 1973. Lou continued to live here and in 1990 married Charles W. Adams.
The family was active in church. They were charter members of Trinity Baptist Church (which was very close [to their house on Maple). In later years they returned to First Baptist Church.
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