Kathleen STONE:  

Hi all, great to see some friends here and especially read the stories. MY STORY, so far: Directly after HS graduation I married Michael Emberry,6/5/1970. Then went to work at the State Hospital, in 1971. I grew up fast in that environment. So much different than DHS. I changed alot, got a little wild for awhile. We divorced in 1974. My fault. I went to Mo Western, still worked for the state, and had a lot of fun as a single person. I met John Thatch on March 17, 1979. I moved to Bartlesville, OK on April 1,1979. (Yes, only 2 weeks.) LAFS (love at first sight) I liked Bartlesville, I made some good friends there. My job at a Mental Health Clinic was providing outreach services to patients discharged from the Ok mental hospital. In 1982 I went to LPN school at the Vo-Tech. In January 1986 we moved to St. Joseph, Mo. I went back to work at the State Hospital as an LPN this time. In July 1986 my mother died and in May 1987 my father died. In late 1990 I moved to Overland Park, KS and Feb 4, 1991 I went to work for Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. A faith-based Catholic hospital with a mission of healing. In 2001 ...Expand for more