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Directories from 1945 until 1959 show the LeComte family to be living at 509 La Farge. In 1961, <br />Nellie LeComte conveyed ownership of 509 La Farge to her daughter, Alice, and Alice's <br />husband, William Morrison. <br />Delka Ownership — 1966 - 1984 <br />In 1966, the Morrisons sold the house to Harry Delka (1892-1977) and Myrtle Delka <br />(1898-1984). They had previously been living in Boulder. Records indicate that the Delkas lived <br />in the house while they owned it. <br />The following photo from the collection of the Historical Museum shows 509 La Farge in the <br />circa 1960s-1970s: <br />Staffel Ownership — 1984-2005 <br />In 1979, Myrtle Delka transferred ownership of the house to herself and her two surviving adult <br />children. In 1984, following her death, they sold the house to Gerry and Terry Staffel. <br />Terry and Gerry Staffel, who owned the house and lived in it from 1984 until 2005, compiled <br />the following information about the house in the mid-1980s, according to Historical Museum <br />records. The Staffels were able to talk with Alice LeComte Morrison about the house. <br />In 1940, August and Nellie LeComte bought the house from Harry and Edith <br />Abbott in Superior and lived in it until 1943. At that time the house had four <br />rooms that included a kitchen, front room, dining room and one bedroom. There <br />was also a pantry. <br />6 <br />