Marc Turner:  

There is only one "story" that has any real significance in my life (other than the birth of my daughter) and that's contained in the paragraphs that follow: Midnight, Sunday, October, 18th and the early hours of Monday, October 19, 2009. Bayfront Medical Center ER. I lost my wife, Brenda Mae (Salisbury) Turner suddenly and almost inexplicably at home here in St. Petersburg, Florida, to 'complications of diverticulosis'. We were married 36 years at time of her passing. True 'soul-mates' would be an understatement of our life together. Brenda and I were seldom away from each other for more than a day; her devotion to our marriage was unconditional and exceeded only the by care and attention she shared with our only child, Sara Elizbeth(now a mature young woman.) 1948 - 2009. Brenda was born in Rittman, Ohio, the eldest of two children. She is survived by her parents, Earnest and Betty Salisbury of Chiefland, FL, her younger brother, Rodger Salisbury of Rittman, her daughter, Sara Elizabeth, her spouse, Marc, and numerous related family members in Ohio. Brenda graduated from Rittman Highschool located in Wadsworth County, Ohio, and attended Kent State until her Junior year. She was seeking a degree in special education with a minor in mathmatics. Brenda came to Florida with her parents in 1972, worked at All Children's Hospital as a Recreation Therapy/Childlife Assistant, Pre-Admissions counselor, Clinic Office Assistant and Audiology Office Assistant. I met Brenda as a volunteer in the Recreation Therapy Department that she had just joined in October of 1972. Thrust together intensely over the following months, our personal relationship formed from the partnership that had been created by the job activities. We were later married at St. Lukes United Methodist Church in February of 1973. Brenda left ACH in 1979 and later returned. She finally retired from...Expand for more