On Dec. 7, 2025, Mable Colleen Kirby Ransdell will celebrate her 95th birthday.
Mable is the daughter of Choctaw Nation tribal member Anthie Lois Franklin and Irishman James Cleburn Kirby.
Born in New Mexico, Mable lost her mother at age 4 and traveled through Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona and California with her father, a crop worker.
Her childhood included hopping freight trains, hitchhiking and farming, guided by a protective father. The family eventually settled in Phoenix, where Mable met Marvin Ransdell. The couple married for 40 years and raised three children. She now lives in Buckeye, Arizona, with her son. She also has two daughters, six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren, with a third on the way.
Mable enjoys spending time with her family, shopping and the occasional trip to the slot machines.