Carol M. Bentz:  

I was born and raised in Greenville,Pa. My family moved from Greenville on Sept. 30, 1963, to Canisteo, N.Y. My maiden name was Carol M. Moyer and I married my first husband, Carroll (Cary) T. Cartwright, on May 10, 1964, after knowing him for only 43 days. That was during the Viet Nam war days. We had three daughters, Cynthia, Cheryl and Chaunee, who were nine, seven and nineteen days old, when my husband was killed on June 21, 1974, in a freak electrical accident. Cindy has six children, five girls and one boy. Cheryl is a resident M.D., at the Cleveland Clinic, in Ohio. She is an Internist. Chaunee has four children, two boys and two girls and lives in the area. In 1977, I married my second husband, Charles P. Gardiner, (the biggest mistake of my life). We had a daughter, Caroline born on June 27, 1980, and divorced two years later. Caroline is now married and a high school French and Spanish teacher in Niskayuna, N.Y., near Albany. I am presently married to my third and final husband, Wesley E. Bentz, a retired chemistry professor from Alfred University in Alfred, N.Y. He is originally from Spokane, Washington. Wes is a volunteer fireman at Alfred and an ambulance driver. He was one of many volunteer firemen who came to our rescue from three fire departments the night my first husband was killed, but I didn't meet him until almost a year later. Wes and I have a son, Daniel who was born on June 27, 1986. Dan recently graduated with an accounting degree from Alfred University and was on the Dean's List all through college. He graduated with a 3.69 GPA. He took a few years off to work after high school before deciding to go to college. I am so proud of him. He loves living in the country and all of our pets. Danny is great at keeping our computers running. He has been playing with computers since he was two years old, at his dad's office at Alfred University. He gradually got in to fixing and updating our computers, after he got his own computer first. Danny is extra special. It's nice having him living next door. We live on a hill in the country, seven miles from Alfred. I have been up on this hill since May 22,1964 and I love it. It's out in the middle of nowhere with nobody to bother us. We have deer come into our yard to eat grass and apples when they are in season. We have all kinds of wildlife here, including coyotes. We have six ponds. I love to go for walks in the woods. I worked over the years at my first husband's TV store, where he and his dad sold TVs and appliances and repaired them. A few years after Cary died, I went to work at two local hospitals in Hornell, N.Y. , working in patient registration and switchboard. I worked as a Census worker for a few months in 2010. I am basically retired now, but still do housework and taking care of our ten cats and one dog. Wes and I do volunteer work for the Red Cross Blood Drives in Allegany County. I am a disaster volunteer for the Red Cross. Clara Barton, who founded the Red Cross, lived thirty miles from here in Dansville, N.Y., which is fascinating. There is even a street named after her. We try to get back to Greenville to visit my Aunt Violet whenever we can. We had been going to visit my Aunt Mabel Pletcher in the nursing home in Meadville every few weeks, until she died in Jan. 2011, five d...Expand for more