In 1940, Samuel and Margaret purchased a farm two miles north of Corvallis on Highway 20. Sam was a successful filbert and row-crop farmer. He raised twenty acres of hand-picked pole beans, forty acres of filberts, and grew cannery produce and raspberries. Sam was active in the Farm Bureau, attending many conventions.
They both enjoyed trips sponsored by the Bureau. Their farm had grown over the years, and in 1969 they decided to retire and do some traveling. They sold the farm to Homer Twedt and bought an Airstream trailer and spent many enjoyable years traveling. Sam was involved in a variety of activities. He was a member of the Elks, Oddfellows, and Knights of Pythias. Margaret participated in auxiliary associations, Rebekkas, and Pythian Sisters.
In 1985, Sam and Margaret moved to the Mennonite Village in Albany, where they appreciated having lifelong friends and close neighbors. They enjoyed a decade of life there before Sam passed away November 15, 1995. They had been married sixty-two years. Margaret remained active in the village, taking classes and participating in field trips and many village activities, until her death March 28, 1999.