Okie Larkin
Posted By thecircusblog on December 26, 2009
. .In the early 1950’s this man and his three young children Lanny, David and Cathy joined the Siebrand show. In the beginning he really did not do too much, but he had many unseen talents and they were soon discovered. Okie was a mechanic, welder, carpenter and could invent parts to fix any problem on a truck, trailer or ride. He was one of the best investments the Siebrands ever made. Okie later became the show’s boss over all of the equipment and rides. Okie made the time to fix the show kids bikes and help build new rigging for the perfromers. I lost track of Okie. Lanny and I were buddies, later he joined the air force. David as far as I know is a ride foremen somewhere and Cathy I have not seen sense the late 1950’s. In this photo Okie is gassing up the show trucks for the next jump. Oh yes Okie did get married to Glenna, a fine lady whose father had a pit show and some kind of ding show on the Siebrand midway. His name was Bones Hartzel. Not too long ago I heard through the grape vine that Okie had won a lot of money on the lottery….. if this be true it couldn’t happen to a finer person…… Okie….. I hope you’re still around.
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