Ken Padgett

I have b een married for 3 3 years. This is the story of how I met th e love of my life, and my life with her . JoAnn was born in 1953 in Rockford, I L to Joe and Eleanor Fisher. S he was the second of five daughters. She graduated from Virginia Polytechnic with de grees in English and History. She wor ked for the Carter Administration answering correspondence and voted for Nixon over George McGovern in the 1972 election -- a vote I will never let her forget. When I first met her , she was worki ng as an editor for Ti me-Life Books in Alexandria , VA.  I gr ew up abo ut 15 miles away in Maryland and couldn't wait to get out of there. After my discharge from the Army, I went to work for the Naval Oceanographic Office traveling on Navy oce anographic ships as an electronics technician. My home base at that time was in Silver Spring, M D and it was during this period that I was first introduced to Beth and her circle of friends in Virginia - - and that included JoAnn ....

She was named after her mother, so she always went by her middle name -- Maureen   Born February 9, 1930 in Grand Rapids Mich. Died December 21, 2013 at the Mandrin House, 3675 Solomons Island Road. Harwood, MD 20776 Maureen had a wonderful relationship with her father and her eyes would always light up when she talked about him. Her relationship with her mother was cold and difficult. Maureen always felt that her mom favored her brothers. Maureen always wanted to go to college but her parents refused to help, repeating a common belief at the time; that girls don’t need to go to college because they get married.   They lived at 840 Ogden Ave, Benton Harbor MI 49022 Maureen’s difficult relationship with her mother only grew worse as she got older. Her older sister Joyce had the same problems with their mother and had moved to Washington DC to live with her spinster aunt named Eva. At the age of 16 Maureen had enough and asked to leave Benton Harbor and move in with...