Shirlee was born July 3, 1940, three minutes behind her twin sister, Sharen. She came into this world to meet her mom, Leila and dad, Turrell Pixton; big brother, Ferris Turrell Pixton; and sister, Joan Pixton.

Her mother did not know that she was having twins, so she only had enough clothes for one. Thank goodness for the folks in the small community of Kimble, Idaho, who got together and made some clothes so she would not have to go naked.

Her mom put both little ones in one crib. Sharen at one end and Shirlee at the other end. When they got old enough to move around her mother said that Shirlee would drink her bottle and then crawl down to Sharen and take her bottle away from her. When Sharen started to cry her mom would know what was going on.

Shirlee remembered that while growing u

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