I lived in Benton, then I went to Maloy, then back to Benton, and then to Mount Ayr, where I graduated in 1969. I started to work at the Mount Ayr cap factory after graduating from school, and worked there about two and one-half years.

I married Ernest Mark GARRETT, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark GARRETT of Diagonal, Iowa, on May 1, 1970, in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Ernie graduated from Diagonal in 1964. He went into the Navy on August 31, 1965, and served three years. He spent time at Iceland and eighteen months on ships. After returning home, he got a job at Farmer's Co-Op in Creston, iowa. He has worked there seventeen years.

We have four daughters: Stacy Jo, born August 15, 1971; Tabitha Gale, born January 17, 1973; Courtney Jane, born September 25, 1975; and Winter Ashley GARRETT, born October 25, 1979. All were born in Mount Ayr, Iowa. We have lived in Diagonal, Iowa for sixteen years.

SOURCE: 1887 - Benton, Iowa Centennial - 1987. p. 189. Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library, Mount Ayr IA

Transcriptions and notes by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2012

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