In 1901 the Zipse family moved from Kansas in a covered wagon to a farm near Duncan. They spent almost a year in this area cutting timber for sale to other settlers.
In 1902 they moved to a 160-acre school land farm four miles north and three miles east of Walters, Oklahoma.
In 1917 oil was found on the homestead and Fred sold one half of his oil royalty for $50,000. That was a lot of money in those days.
This oil find was a new discovery and those oil sands were named after the Zipse family. Since this is a somewhat difficult name to pronounce, the Zipse Oil Sands are also called Zippey, Zipsee, Zippe, and several other variations.
With this new-found wealth, the family moved to Verden and purchased several farms in the area. They eventually sold all of the surface rights but retained half of all mineral rights.
Today all of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren are now sharing in these small royalty revenues.
In 1923 Earl graduated from Verden, Grady County, Oklahoma High School, and attended the University of Oklahoma.
His variety of jobs including co-owning a hardware store in the 1930's in Verden, managing the Anadarko County Club golf course in the 1940's, and owning a family food supply company in the 1950's and 1960's.
Earl managed his oil and gas holdings from the 1970's until his death.
He was predeceased by five sisters, Hazel Hill Hilbert, Minnie Griffin, Edna Pearl Snider, Pauline Giles, and Ethel Talkington Friend; a brother Bud Zipse; and a nephew Alan Ray Hill and his wife Pam.
He was survived by nephews Robert Hill and his wife Judith, Joe Snider and his wife Patricia, Dale Talkington and his wife Pauletta, Fred Giles, and Joe Talkington and his wife Charlotte;
grand-nephews Brad Hill and his wife Elicia; Jonathan Hill; grand-nieces Alana Hill, Vanessa Ritthaler and her husband John; Pat Blankenship and her husband Wendall and Gayle Snider; and niece Dorothy Jean Fitzgerald.
In 1901 the Zipse family moved from Kansas in a covered wagon to a farm near Duncan. They spent almost a year in this area cutting timber for sale to other settlers.
In 1902 they moved to a 160-acre school land farm four miles north and three miles east of Walters, Oklahoma.
In 1917 oil was found on the homestead and Fred sold one half of his oil royalty for $50,000. That was a lot of money in those days.
This oil find was a new discovery and those oil sands were named after the Zipse family. Since this is a somewhat difficult name to pronounce, the Zipse Oil Sands are also called Zippey, Zipsee, Zippe, and several other variations.
With this new-found wealth, the family moved to Verden and purchased several farms in the area. They eventually sold all of the surface rights but retained half of all mineral rights.
Today all of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren are now sharing in these small royalty revenues.
In 1923 Earl graduated from Verden, Grady County, Oklahoma High School, and attended the University of Oklahoma.
His variety of jobs including co-owning a hardware store in the 1930's in Verden, managing the Anadarko County Club golf course in the 1940's, and owning a family food supply company in the 1950's and 1960's.
Earl managed his oil and gas holdings from the 1970's until his death.
He was predeceased by five sisters, Hazel Hill Hilbert, Minnie Griffin, Edna Pearl Snider, Pauline Giles, and Ethel Talkington Friend; a brother Bud Zipse; and a nephew Alan Ray Hill and his wife Pam.
He was survived by nephews Robert Hill and his wife Judith, Joe Snider and his wife Patricia, Dale Talkington and his wife Pauletta, Fred Giles, and Joe Talkington and his wife Charlotte;
grand-nephews Brad Hill and his wife Elicia; Jonathan Hill; grand-nieces Alana Hill, Vanessa Ritthaler and her husband John; Pat Blankenship and her husband Wendall and Gayle Snider; and niece Dorothy Jean Fitzgerald.
