Janis Monson:  

Eight months after graduation I married my first husband John Molnar. We moved to Southern California for a few months and then came back to Sacramento. My first son Jeff was born in December of 68. I attended Sacramento City College, school of Nursing in the early 70s. After graduation I worked at the little hospital in Folsom for a year. We moved to Carson City for a few months and then on to Medford, Oregon. I went to work in a hospital here in Southern Oregon. In 1976 my 2nd son was born and within a couple of months John & I divorced. Within a couple of months I met a wonderful man Tom with a 4 year son Matthew. To me Tom was bigger than life smart, funny, creative, and strong. We married in 1978 and it has been quite a ride. Our daughter was born in 1980, she was a total surprise, I was done having children. My husband and I owned a contracting company and we started medical equipment company. I continued to work at the hospital and grow the oxygen and respiratory equipment company. In 1982 I went full time in the medical equipment company and expanded to wheel chairs (power & manual) home ventilators, baby apnea monitors, diabetic supplies, and eventually a pharmacy. 1989 my husband started a video production company and started producing crime prevention videos for police departments. In 1992 my step son was killed by a drun...Expand for more