Louie and I weren’t close friends in school and hadn’t seen him since graduation until our 30th reunion was being planned in the 90’s.  I was standing outside City Hall where I worked taking a smoke break, and I heard a voice say, “aren’t you Marjiann?”  I turned toward the voice and it was Louie.  I was embarrassed not to recognize him until he told me who he was.  But what a wonderfully pleasant surprise!

Janet died in a car accident in 1970. I don’t remember the month but we were 20 years old. The crash happened at the intersection where Rockhill Road and Holmes meet, if I remember correctly.  Traffic signals were installed there shortly after the incident.

Left field or not, it’s true. That was a real shock at the time, all over our neighborhoods.