Patricia Strot:  

Life Born in Minneapolis in 1942 as Patricia Corwin. When my parents divorced I moved to Wisconsin with my grandparents on their farm. Our home was two bedroom, LR and a kitchen where three teenage boys, my grandparents, my mom and I lived - yet, it seemed big. "Mrs. Murphy" was down the hill. My mother, Doris, remarried, to Joseph Fish in 1947. (I used the surname Fish through my school years to keep it simple.) We moved to the "cities" so my step-father could get work. Dad got a job as a plumber, Mom stayed home with me. We purchased a little 2 bedroom post-war rambler for $9750 on Upton Ave., "way out" in Richfield. My sister, Linda, and I went to school all years in Richfield. The community was a safe, fast growing suburb that was a joy for many families. And quite the adventure for me and my friend, Carolyn Krahl. We are still friends after 74 plus years! In 1960, at 18 I married, even though my parents bribed me by saying they'd pay for college! I married a Navy man and moved to Florida. Our travels took us to Jacksonville and Key West, FL; Memphis, TN; and San Diego, CA. We have two children, Tony and Chris - the joy of our lives. In 1967, after Roni's nearly one-year stint in Viet Nam, we got out of the Navy and decided to return to M...Expand for more