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February 18, 2020
Question: Tell me about your career in engineering and your work in space programs? Answer: “I was educated to be an engineer at the University of Michigan, where I must have taken like 15 math courses. I’ve always explained to people the type of engineering I did was like the mechanics branch of physics. When I graduated, I worked for Boeing in Seattle and I was working on the Minuteman Missile – and Seattle was a beautiful town. You had the ocean on one side, the cascade mountains on the […]
February 17, 2020
Question: What personal trait about you do you think is most important? Anser: “My faith. God is always there to help me. I’ve been a Catholic all my life and I’ve always been very faithful. I have a prayer book that I read every morning that covers everything I want to pray for. I’ve lost both of my sons and I lost my husband and in that prayer book, I can pray for the deceased, I can pray for those who need prayers, I can pray for those who are […]
February 16, 2020
Question: Where did your baseball fandom originate? Answer: “My husband and I have two sons and they both played baseball growing up. They went to Jefferson College and played so I think that’s when we really became baseball fans, because we went to all their games from when they were little. We love the Cardinals. My husband and I are life-long citizens of Chesterfield and have lived here for all 63 years of marriage. I grew up along highway 40 across from where the Mormon Temple is now. We’ve been […]
February 15, 2020
Question: Did you like being in school? Answer: “I did. I was in the majorettes and we had the parades and all those things. And I still today have five friends and we get together every two or three months and they’re friends I’ve had since grade school. And all the social activities and football games and the proms made it special. Those things really come to mind when I think about those years. So many friendships. We all grew up together. I grew up in Baden which was a […]
February 14, 2020
Question: What would you say your number one passion in life is now? Answer: “We’re very active in Christ and with the church. I’m very much into the Bible. I do Bible Study about three times per week here at the village. I’d say that’s my number one passion…always has been. Right now, we’re on the book of Acts, which I’m excited about. We’ve passed over Acts for a while so I’m excited to learn about it. But in addition to Bible Study, one of the seminary professors from Covenant […]
February 13, 2020
Question: What was your favorite thing to do when you were a boy? Answer: “I had three older sisters and my favorite thing to do was pull tricks on them. My father died when I was five and I was the youngest baby, so my sisters took care of me, but I liked to pull stuff on them all the time. I’d lock the door, so they couldn’t come in. Little stuff like that. And then they’d get me back. One time my sisters put my hair up in curlers […]
February 12, 2020
Question: Tell me about the different ways in which art has impacted you? Answer: “I won a scholarship to Webster College to major in music and I’ve studied piano from the time I was eight. I taught piano after I graduated from college and that was fun. I really enjoyed bringing this talent out of them and they weren’t all marvelous but there were enough of them that really felt it and you knew they were going to love it. I played a lot of piano here at the Village […]
February 11, 2020
Question: If you could give young people some advice, what would it be? Answer: “I’d say, believe in God. I’d say, be generous and be truthful. My faith has made me unafraid to try new things. For instance, when I was a child, I was sent to an art museum on a scholarship to learn to draw. I used to sketch portraits of people and that took some courage and confidence. I worked at a bank and they wanted me to do sketches to attract patrons to open an account. […]
February 10, 2020
Question: How did you get involved with Philanthropy in the Chesterfield area? Answer: “I liked to be involved helping the blind and deaf, and I enjoyed watching the kids play ball. I’ve been involved with the Lions Club since 1962 and I do mostly eyeglasses now for the district and the club. Last year we collected over 65,000 pair to send to Jefferson City so they could be cleaned, packaged, and sent all over the world. I got involved in the Lions Club because a guy asked me to join […]
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