Knute Fenstad:  

This is an updated story as of February 1, 2022. A story of me would be nothing more than a footnote if I didn't include photos and the story of my life with Kathleen. She was, without a doubt, a Messenger from God who "firmly" entered my life in our Senior year at Cape May High School in September 1956. Since September of 1953, I had just moved to Cape May and started my Freshman year in CMHS in Mr. Shill's homeroom. On the first day of school, that "fateful" day lol I saw Kathleen for the first time when she got up to read a verse from the Bible, I was overwhelmed by her sheer beauty. As a skinny, pimply-faced 13-year-old boy, I was determined never to let her see me. I succeeded to a large degree for the six semesters prior to our Senior year. By then, I had improved my appearance, somewhat, especially after being a lifeguard for the first time on the beach and getting a super tan with my hair turning white, and she evidently noticed. Magee McCoy, our mutual close friend, came to me during the first week of that school year and told me that Kathleen asked her to ask me to call her to ask her out. I was dumbstruck. It took two weeks for me to get the nerve to call her. I told her that I was still 16 with no driver's license or car. She said that she had gotten her license that previous month and she could use her mother's car to pick me up! (So began the "older woman" saga.) lol From that date on a Tuesday, September 25, 1956, we were never out of each other's minds, hearts, and reach. (I mention 9/25/56 as our first date because, as incredible as it may seem, she passed away 48 years later, as my wife of 44 years, on September 25, 2004. She and I made four children, together, who created three fantastic grandsons - with the two oldest being #1 in their undergraduate classes, the oldest (David) of whom Kathleen and I raised, was Magnum Cum Laude with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University, the second oldest grandson, Christ...Expand for more