Laurie Baker:  

My close friends know that I married right after high school, 1973. I married Doug Hahn, class of 1970. We bought a house on Chestnut St in downtown S.A. We became gardeners because Doug was sick with cancer. He couldn't get a job while he was in treatment, so we bought a trailer with all the equipment, bought a dog and off we went. He was very proud, and most, other than our close friends and family, never knew he was sick. He died Thanksgiving 1974 at Parker AZ, hospital after dirt bike riding all day with my family and friends. His wish was NOT to die in a hospital, he didn't...he was out riding, doing what he loved the most. His cancer finally caught up with him. Doug was 22, I was 19. I married again 2 years later to Bill Elzig. We lived for 10 years in Laguna Niguel, then in 1986 we moved to Temecula. We had 3 kids together. Devon, Tyler and Mariel. They are now...Expand for more