Dr. Harry L. and Virginia Homewood came to Valley City to make their home in February .of 1935, where Dr. Homewood opened an office for the practice of Osteopathy.
Harry Homewood was born in Blue River, Wisconsin, on September 8, 1911. His parents were Edythe Hulbert and Roebert E. Homewood. He received his elementary education in Miles City, Montana; the family having moved there when he was five years old. He was graduated from the Custer County High School and in the fall of 1930 went to Kirksville, Missouri, where he entered the Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery and was graduated from there in 1934.
Virginia Homewood was born May 18, 1912 in Milan, Missouri. Her parents were Dixie Gray and Ewing Phillips. While an infant, her family moved to Kirksville, MO, where she received her elementary education and was graduated from the Kirksville High School. She received her college education at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College and was graduated from there in May of 1934.
Following graduation from college, the couple were married May 11, 1934, and moved to Terry, Montana, where Dr. Homewood practiced for six months and in February of 1935 they moved to Valley City.
The Homewoods are parents of two daughters, Karen Ann, born November 30, 1936 and Roberta Lee, born November 26, 1942. Karen is married to Jack C. Brophy, a native of Valley City and are parents of three sons, Daniel, William and Robb. Roberta is married to Kenneth W. Quass of Minneapolis and are parents of three daughters, Sara, Lisa and Ann, and a son Kenneth W. III.
Dr. Homewood went through the chairs in the Masonic Order and served for a time as adviser for DeMolay. He is an active member of Kiwanis Club and member of Epworth Methodist Church, where he has served as financial secretary and is an active member of the church choir and Men's Quartet of the church. Virginia Homewood is a member of Chapter "Z" P.E.O., Valley City Cares for the Elderly and the United Methodist Women's Society and church choir. She purchased Hettie's Flower Shop from Hettie Blythe, a retired college teacher, in the fall of 1951 and was in business until the late 1950's when the shop was sold to Karen and Jack Brophy.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 106