| Marie's Page |
| Oct. 6, 2007: Marie and her husband Tom. |
| 2005: Seated: Marie's son Nick and daughter Vicky. Standing: Vicky's children Sara, 12; Ethan, 20; and Amberlyn, 22. |
My bio … let’s see, I will try to be brief. Nick and I were married in
August of 1960; Nick was working at Ft. Hood and I was a housewife.
We did have the cutest apartment on Penelope in one of the old
houses, spent our 1st Christmas there with our sprayed silver tree
with all blue decorations. My mother finally decided she liked Nick
after our son was born and my grandmother was absolutely in love
with him and everything in my life was wonderful.
We built our first home in Belton in River Forest in 1963 and lived
there through our daughter’s birth in 1964 and finally moved to
Temple in 1971. Nick was then golf pro at the Temple Municipal Golf
course. I decided after Vicky started kindergarten that I would go to
work and began working in 1969 at Griggs Equipment in Belton as a
purchasing assistant and worked there for 12 years. I decided that I
needed a change and took a job with Temple Products in Temple in
1981. Worked there for 10 years and came to King’s Daughters
Hospital in January of 1990 and so far have been here for 17 years.
Of course I will retire from KDH as community relations coordinator in
the marketing department.
During our 30 years we had one major occurrence that completely
changed our lives. Our daughter, Vicky, had cancer of the bone in
her right leg and it was amputated when she was 12 years old. It was
devastating to my family, but thank God, not to Vicky, all she wanted
to know was when she was going to get her new leg. Vicky wore an
artificial leg (the first one that S & W ever made) until she got
pregnant with Amberlyn and has now decided that she gets around
much better without it. She is very healthy and has 3 children, so she
was fine …not me.
My children and I were of course were shocked in 1990 when we lost
their father and my husband. Nick died at 50 from a heart attack after
several years of hypertension, smoking and drinking lots of beer. I
became a widow at 48 years old. I spent a few months of going to
work and going home and that’s all.
and then ….
Charles and Lou came to see me on New Year’s Eve on December 31,
1990 prior to them going to a party, just to cheer me up. I had been
so down since Nick’s death in September. As we were talking, I asked
Charles if he had any brothers. I wanted to meet someone who would
be just like him and he said no, just Randy and he’s married. So I just
spent a wishful evening. A few weeks later Lou called and invited me
for dinner and to meet Charles’ brother, Tom. I questioned her and
she told me that they met in the Air Force and Tom, after an unhappy
childhood, came home with Charles and the entire family ‘adopted’
him.
Tom was wonderful, tall, funny, and bald. Hum, but did I say he was
tall? A couple of weeks later he called and asked me to lunch, we
went and the rest is sort of history. I know it was a little early to be
getting serious about someone else after Nick’s death, but I was
lonely and Tom was perfect. He doesn’t golf, hunt, fish or watch
sports! That was enough for me, he was completely different, he
liked being with me, reading and watching the history channel. Oh my
what a perfect world.
My kids were both okay with it and my grandchildren all love him. We
are both still working and guess what, he is also 5 years older than
me, that’s another plus. So we married in June of 1991 and
celebrated our 16th anniversary this summer. One of these days we
may both retire, but why if we still feel young enough to do it? We are
both fairly healthy; we both have hypertension corrected by medicine
of course.
My son Nick is single and has no children and my daughter Vicky is
married and living in Coalport, PA. My oldest granddaughter,
Amberlyn is in college and plans to teach history, grandson Ethan is
in Denton working and Sara the youngest is still in school.
We are still living in Temple in a home I have lived in for 32 years.
Tom has a house in Lexington, TX, which he leases. We call it our
‘summer home’.
Tom and I are both looking forward to the fiftieth class reunion.
August of 1960; Nick was working at Ft. Hood and I was a housewife.
We did have the cutest apartment on Penelope in one of the old
houses, spent our 1st Christmas there with our sprayed silver tree
with all blue decorations. My mother finally decided she liked Nick
after our son was born and my grandmother was absolutely in love
with him and everything in my life was wonderful.
We built our first home in Belton in River Forest in 1963 and lived
there through our daughter’s birth in 1964 and finally moved to
Temple in 1971. Nick was then golf pro at the Temple Municipal Golf
course. I decided after Vicky started kindergarten that I would go to
work and began working in 1969 at Griggs Equipment in Belton as a
purchasing assistant and worked there for 12 years. I decided that I
needed a change and took a job with Temple Products in Temple in
1981. Worked there for 10 years and came to King’s Daughters
Hospital in January of 1990 and so far have been here for 17 years.
Of course I will retire from KDH as community relations coordinator in
the marketing department.
During our 30 years we had one major occurrence that completely
changed our lives. Our daughter, Vicky, had cancer of the bone in
her right leg and it was amputated when she was 12 years old. It was
devastating to my family, but thank God, not to Vicky, all she wanted
to know was when she was going to get her new leg. Vicky wore an
artificial leg (the first one that S & W ever made) until she got
pregnant with Amberlyn and has now decided that she gets around
much better without it. She is very healthy and has 3 children, so she
was fine …not me.
My children and I were of course were shocked in 1990 when we lost
their father and my husband. Nick died at 50 from a heart attack after
several years of hypertension, smoking and drinking lots of beer. I
became a widow at 48 years old. I spent a few months of going to
work and going home and that’s all.
and then ….
Charles and Lou came to see me on New Year’s Eve on December 31,
1990 prior to them going to a party, just to cheer me up. I had been
so down since Nick’s death in September. As we were talking, I asked
Charles if he had any brothers. I wanted to meet someone who would
be just like him and he said no, just Randy and he’s married. So I just
spent a wishful evening. A few weeks later Lou called and invited me
for dinner and to meet Charles’ brother, Tom. I questioned her and
she told me that they met in the Air Force and Tom, after an unhappy
childhood, came home with Charles and the entire family ‘adopted’
him.
Tom was wonderful, tall, funny, and bald. Hum, but did I say he was
tall? A couple of weeks later he called and asked me to lunch, we
went and the rest is sort of history. I know it was a little early to be
getting serious about someone else after Nick’s death, but I was
lonely and Tom was perfect. He doesn’t golf, hunt, fish or watch
sports! That was enough for me, he was completely different, he
liked being with me, reading and watching the history channel. Oh my
what a perfect world.
My kids were both okay with it and my grandchildren all love him. We
are both still working and guess what, he is also 5 years older than
me, that’s another plus. So we married in June of 1991 and
celebrated our 16th anniversary this summer. One of these days we
may both retire, but why if we still feel young enough to do it? We are
both fairly healthy; we both have hypertension corrected by medicine
of course.
My son Nick is single and has no children and my daughter Vicky is
married and living in Coalport, PA. My oldest granddaughter,
Amberlyn is in college and plans to teach history, grandson Ethan is
in Denton working and Sara the youngest is still in school.
We are still living in Temple in a home I have lived in for 32 years.
Tom has a house in Lexington, TX, which he leases. We call it our
‘summer home’.
Tom and I are both looking forward to the fiftieth class reunion.
| Janean and Marie, when the world was young.... |
| Photo taken Sept. '07: This is my new precious kitten. She is a brown tabby, registered Persian, and she is just wonderful. There is something about "old" ladies and cats, although she is my only one. |
August 8, 2008. Vicky passed away of heart disease.
Our hearts and prayers go out to Marie and her family.
Our hearts and prayers go out to Marie and her family.
Mon., Aug. 11, 2008: Our hearts and prayers go out to Marie and her family, as her daughter Vicky passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 8. Vicky was only 43, was married to a wonderful guy, and was enjoying a full and happy life---cut short so early. Her funeral will be on Friday, August 15, at 10 a.m. at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Temple. The Class of '60 has sent red and white carnations. |
June 2009: Jimmie and Marie, living it up now that
both have retired...
both have retired...
Oct. '09: Marie shows off the 50's-style
"Persian-not-poodle skirt" which she
made using skills taught by Miss Davis at
BHS.
"Persian-not-poodle skirt" which she
made using skills taught by Miss Davis at
BHS.
| Thanksgiving with Lou and Charles, 2009 |
| Thanksgiving 2009: This photo really caught the joy, didn't it? |
| Space added to permit printing without cutting off heads. |