Barbara Dunnermann:  

Life After high school I stayed home and babysat my two youngest sisters for a year. The youngest, Susan, was born the August after I graduated and my mother went back to teaching in September. The following fall I started college. After the first sememster, I had to quit and get a job to pay for a second semester. Worked at St. Luke's Hospital as a clerk/secretary until the following Sept. when I married instead of returning to college. (Wanted to finish college before marriage, but he said, "You can go to college after we're married. I'll pay for it." Famous last words! Once we were married, he wouldn't hear of my going back to achool!) Had 6 sons, Craig, Chris, Crandall, Doug, Brad, & Kevin. Divorced in '75 & went to work, first as a bartender, then as a bus driver (at Ft. Zumwalt for 2 1/2 yrs., then at Wentzville for 11 1/2 yrs.), & finally transferred to Security with the Wentzville District in Dec., '95 where I am still working to this day. (Update: I retired from the school district in Dec.,'05.) I have eleven grandchildren from my 4 oldest boys. The youngest married 2 yrs. ago this past June, but they have been unable to have children. (His wife needs surgery in order to be able to conceive, but she has never had surgery in her life and is afraid to have it.) Go figure! LOL (Update 2: My 2nd son, Chris, & his wife had a baby girl on Good Friday, '06 after over ten yrs. of not getting pregnant. She is the 12th grandchild & I have been babysitting her every Mon. thru Fri. since she was 2 mo...Expand for more