Ginger Koch:  

I was born in San Diego and lived in Linda Vista, CA for the first 10-1/2 years of my life where I went to Kit Carson Elementary School. We moved to the Los Angeles metropolitan area when the houses we were living in were being sold. Actually we lived in Burbank with my grandparents for a short time, then Encino and ended up living in Reseda before my 11th Birthday. We lived there from June of 1952 until the fall of 1955 when we moved to Lancaster, CA because my Dad had gotten a job working for the government at Edwards Air Force Base. My family lived across the street from the East side Elementary school in an old farmhouse and actually got to experience raising a calf and having some chickens. Our calf was only 2 days old when Dad bought him at the auction in Lancaster. We named him Murphy...he was quite a character. He would get out of the corral and meet my Dad at the head of the driveway every day. We also ended up having two cats, one pure white and the other was pure black which we named Salt and Pepper. While we were living there I started going to church less than a mile from us where I met most of the kids that I ran around with during school.We lived there for just about two years before moving into town. I met my first husband Dick while going to church on the east side. We had a daughter Garnetta and a son Rick. Unfortunately our marriage only lasted for 7 years. After our divorce I was single for almost 3 years when I met my husband Bob! Bob and I met at Newport Dunes back bay area on February 24th...a day that I will always remember. Between us we had brought 8 kids to the beach because it was a very warm day and something that was inexpensive that we could each afford. Our kids started playing together as they were the only kids on the beach that day. My daughter asked if they could join us for lunch as their dad hadn't brought any for them! I told her to ask him if it was okay with him...he came over to ask if she had asked me first! 2 months and 2 days later we got married and have been married for almost 48 years. We combined our families... we have 3 sons, Nick, Rick & Joe and 3 daughters, Garnetta, Lynne & Ruth and was one of the original his, mine and ours families! Unfortunately, we lost our youngest son Joe in a Trucking accident in the oil fields in New Mexico almost 6 years ago January 20th. We ha...Expand for more