Saturday, November 12, 2016

JERRY'S JOURNAL, CONT.

" Love bears all things, believes in all things, hopes all things, endures all things."- 1 Cor 13:7

"While he was a patient at Rancho Los Amigos, he met his future wife, Dorothy Foley. She was a polio patient also. She had a tracheotomy , her head held up with a halo and no hair the first time he saw her. He was using a wheelchair and was all over the place in the chair. She didn't know what to think about him. The polio affected his muscles in her legs and foot so she had trouble walking. She had to use the trek in order to speak. They were good for each other as the understood what each other had gone through because of polio. They were married in 1962 and they had one son, Stephen. He had high hopes that Steve would love the printing business as much as he did, but it didn't work out that way. Steve went to college and have several jobs, but he had no interest in being a printer. In April 1978, Steve passed away due to cancer. That was very hard on Jerry and Dorothy."

" Dorothy and I (Audrey) became very good friends. We would go to lunch, movies and even took some adult education classes together along with Weight Watchers. We would take the kids swimming and on picnics. If Jerry was home sick  and she had to go out, she would call me to come sit with Jerry as she didn't want him to be alone. If they were going out of town, some times, Steve would be with us. She loved it when Kelly, our daughter, who was born on Dorothy's birthday would come to stay with them. Kelly's daughter was born on Jerry's birthday, 1991." 

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