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In California, Barbara met a dentist and married him.  They bought a nice house and proceeded to have a daughter, Marisa.  Lee’s former wife had died and so his daughter, Leslie, lived with them.  When Lee found an office, Barb helped him with his office work, and later also assisted him in his work. 

        

Marissa (left); Leslie (right)

Eventually, Barbara separated and divorced Lee.  She lived in a condo with Marisa, close to the school.  Barb found a job to support them and continued to attend the same church where she had already made many friends.  Life was good to her and eventually  she remarried.  At this time, she is happily living in a nice 4-bedroom home with her husband, Larry Richards.  Her daughter, Marisa, is in college in San Diego.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barbara, and her husband, Larry Ricards (left), with Liz and her husband, David Mckee, at Melissa's wedding in Seattle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fred in the Kansas State Legislature in 1967

My mother came to Wichita to live with Fred and me and our two daughters.  My husband and I had a good life in Wichita.  Fred was well liked and served as a Representative in the Kansas State Legislature. Mother was well and helped me enormously, both physically and as a good companion.

After the death of my husband in 1993, I lived alone in our home on Bainbridge Ave. for a year, then moved to my present home at Larksfield Place.

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