After graduation in May 1962, I went to work the following September for the US Dept. of Agriculture in Kansas City as a clerk stenographer.
I married Bob Bishop in 1964. We had four sons, Daniel (deceased), Steven and the twins Michael and Bradley. I retired the first time in 1971 to be a stay-at-home mom. However, time and circumstance put me back at USDA in 1982, returning to my work as a secretary-steno. Bob and I divorced in 1984 and I became a single mom and career woman. I climbed the "corporate" ladder, eventually becoming an Agricultural Marketing Specialist and Contracting Officer for the government, specializing in purchasing commodities for government feeding programs and assisting in the design, testing and implementation of a web-based bid system for government vendors. I retired after 30 years as a federal employee in 2003.
I married George Williams, who also worked at USDA, in 1991. We had a combined family of seven children, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
George passed away July 3, 2013 after a long battle with prostate cancer.
In 2018, after 55 years, Gary Butler and I were reunited through Facebook. With all of the memories we share and the chance to "catch up" after so long, we are deeply happy to be able to say we are once again a couple.
Update: It is with profound sadness and grief that I must say Gary passed away on September 19th, 2022. We only had a brief time together, but I am grateful for the happiness and laughter we were able to share.
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