Diana Franklin:  

I am not sure really how my classmates would descrisbe me. I am always the same, Not moody or overly excited. I lean towards doing the right thing. I don't remember ever having an enemy in school or otherwise. I really missed high school after I graduated. I left for Springfield right after and worked for the Secretary of State of Illinois. I worked in Accounting and Budget. I was there until I went to work at the Owens Illinois Glass Company in Alton , got married to Randy Wagoner and we divorced ,(We are still good friends by the way). I then went to work at Hutchinsons Foundary in Alton for a few years. I then went to St. Louis to work at McDonnell Douglas ,where I retired from in 1992. I married R. Kent Franklin in 1979, and he had two children which we have four grandchildren from. We lived in Alton until 2001. We went to Nebo, Ill. and remodeled Kent's old home place. Then we Renovated a Building in Nebo that his ancestors built that were stone masons. We also bought a Farm just outside of Nebo, where we raised some cattle, and sheep. We got bored I guess Ha!, so we bought a house in Las Vegas, remodeled it and that is where we are currently spending most of our time. Kents son lives in Las Vegas, and his daughter lives in St. George, Utah, just 2 hrs. away. We go hom...Expand for more