ALBANY - Green County's Oldest Active Dairy Couple, William and Shirley Blumer, Albany, have been farming for 63 years.

"My dad bought the farm in the early 1940s and Bill and I moved there in 1946," Shirley said.

The Blumers' farm was located on Wisconsin 59, just east of Albany. It was the site of the 2007 Green County Farm Technology Days.

William and Shirley both grew up on farms, and it was only natural they would continue to farm. After he served in the U.S. Marines, William returned to Green County to farm with Shirley.

"We were married April 25, 1945," she said.

They raised three children, Keith, Rhonda and D-Anna. They sold their farm to Keith and his wife, Terry, in 1979.

Keith and his son Trent, run the family farm.

"There have been four generations who worked on the farm," Shirley said.

William, 87, helps his son with field work and feeding cows. Shirley, 85, said she doesn't help out as much as she used to.

"I take lunch out to them or drive out to the field when they need something," she said.

They were surprised when they were selected the oldest active dairy couple Thursday at the Green County Dairy Days' Queen's Banquet.

"We had no idea," Shirley laughed. "We didn't expect it at all."