Marietta Zappanti:  

After school got out in June 1962 I found a job to help with the expenses for my wedding in January. My first job was at Title insurace Co. in downtown in San Diego. I stayed there until the end of March in 1964. Tony and I were married on January 26, 1963 in St. Patrick's Church, San Diego. In November of that year, we took a Greyhound bus trip to Denver to meet Tony's family. Our bus was stopped by a Sheriff in Northern Arizona to inform the passengers that JFK was killed in Dallas earlier that day. The rest of the bus ride was in silence. In April 1964, Tony got out of the Navy and wanted to move back to Colorado. I said YES, but if I didn't like it we would move back to San Diego. At that point in my life, I had never lived anywhere else and I was 7 months pregnant. We shipped what we had to his family and flew to Denver. Tony was lucky, he got a job with Western Electric(A T & T, and Lucent) by the end of May 1964. He stayed with them a total of 38 years. Michael Anthony was born on June 19, 1964 in Denver. He was a fast learner as a baby. He was walking at 8 months and he never stopped moving. After graduating from High School, Mike went in the Navy and later worked on fishing boats out of Alaska; diving in Hawaii and Florida. Mike passed away at 34 in Florida. He had been married a couple times but no children. In January 1965 we moved to Colorado Springs on a Temperary Transfer. Tony worked in Cheyenne Mountain, the military center called NORAD. Jerome Alan was born on November 11, 1965 in Colorado Springs. Jerry always liked construction, like his Grandpa Z. His jobs were always in construction. Due to vehicle and on the job accidents, Jerry can not do phyical work. He is waiting for knee surgery and hip replacement surgery. He may be waiting a long time with what insurance he has. Jerry never married and is living in Escondido. After Jerry was born, I wanted to wait awhile before having anymore babies. At the 6 weeks check-up, the doctor gave me the prescription for birth control pills, but what he forgot to do was tell me to wait until I had been on the pills for 2 months. Surprise!! I was pregant again! Tony didn't know where he was going to be stationed by September so we decided the boys and I moved to my Mom and Dad's in San Diego. We flew out in July with no problems. Tony ended up back in Denver again. He had to take his vacation the middle of September, but the baby still hadn't come yet. The first week flew by, no baby. The second week was going by fast. On Thursday, we spent the day with Pat and Chet Thurston(Snodgrass) and family. We went home around 7pm. I wasn't feeling very good and I turned down cherry pie. Mom knew something was wrong. By 8:30pm we were at Mercy Hospital delivery room and they were telling me not to push. Tina Marie was born on September 22, 1966, in Mercy Hospital We went home on Saturday morning and Tina was Baptized on Sunday afternoon. Tony had to be at the airport by 6:00 to fly back to Denver. The kids and I stayed at my parents until Tina was 6 weeks old. My dad flew with the kids and I back to Denver. Tony and his Dad met us at the airport with winter jackets and baby blankets. They had a bad snow storm in Denver that day. My dad hadn't shoveled snow since he left Nebraska in 1938. He had a lot of fun. Tina completed high school and got married. She and Jeff had two kids, a girl and then a boy. They stayed married for 10 years and shared joint custody of the kids while they were still in school. Tina works for a property management company in Vista and also works for Qualcom Stadium during football season. She is always busy, she resently moved to San Diego & loves it. Tony finally got his transfer back to San Diego and We moved back in April 1968. In June 1971 we bought our first home in El Cajon. It was a good thing because by November I was pregant again. Steven Andrew was born in August, 1972 at Grossmont Hospital, in La Mesa. He just didn't want to be born. He was due July 19th and came August 14. I had...Expand for more