Mom became a doctor's wife.
While attending college in Denver, Mom met a young pre-med student named Paul Allen Pfarr, my father. They married in Berkeley, California on June 9, 1951. Mom and Dad had ten children - six girls and four boys. I was number nine and the youngest son. There were two more that that did not travel as the rest had, and met the warm embrace of the lord. Raising ten children is a remarkable thing for a woman raised as an only child.

Mom's family from left to right, top to bottom: Dave, Paul (me), Jim, Stephanie, Cecily, Dad, Tisa, Tom, Christina, Jenny and Gina.