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Nancy Edmonds Mueller

Dad started slowing down when I was in Leland Junior High. Mom worked hard to make life as normal as possible. By my senior year at BCC, she was driving dad to appointments and Peggy Colton was advising her to brush up on her short hand. Dad passed away the summer following my graduation. Mom was ready for an interview at NIH thanks to Hazel Rea’s wisdom and encouragement. She got the job. I lived at home and worked at GEICO for one year until I learned that mom could get along without me. Then headed to the coast to get to get to know my California relatives.

Thoughts of college: Nah! Well maybe. Annie Smith sold me on the University of Maryland and becoming a Delta Gamma. I put in two years and then headed for Europe on $5.00 a day. After one more year at Maryland and I met up with Pat Gilstrap, summer of’ 66. He was home from Viet Nam working on his masters at American University. Still arrogant as ever, he said that Maryland students were nothing but a bunch of hoods and whores. I couldn’t let him get away with that so I married him.

At my wedding in 1966, my brothers gathered round Pat and ordered him to stay within a 50 mile radius of Bethesda. Six months later we were in New York City. I won’t bore you with counting the cities but since the day of the ultimatum we lived in at least thirteen. My two sons Beau and Sam were born in Hong Kong. I would say that I was a stay- at- home mom but our life style was a bit lavish for that description. Six years later, back in the USA, my lovely daughter Mary Claire was born in Frederick, Maryland.

I finally got around to my bachelors degree and became a nursery school director, staffer on Capitol Hill, and later settled into social work in Gainesville, FL. After an amazing 38 years of ups and downs on the battleground known as marriage Pat became ill and passed away. I miss him. Never did get even. I admire all of you who have maintained long term relationships and honored your commitments, even through divorce.

I am fortunate to have a “close knit family”. Four generations of us have enjoyed Dewey Beach with the promise of more to come. Bill Birgfeld contacted me last spring. It has been a delight getting reacquainted with him. It will be so good to see my other friends at BCC again. Warmest, warmest regards to all,

Love, Nancy

So here we are five years later. Everybody looks so good. I am so glad we will see one another again. The best news is that I have been married to Jim Mueller for two years. He spoils me so. We go places, do things, and have so much fun. Wait until you meet him. See you Saturday.

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