Joan E. Travers Ericksen

Becky Cyr

Married

June 5, 1971

I met George in the Fall of '69 while attending college. In January of '71 I began work at Andrews AFB as a clerk-typist until George graduated in May, we were married a week later in Camp Springs, Md. We have been happily married for 40 years, have seven children, eight grandchildren and one step-grandson.

Kelly's daughters: Jocelynn Elizabeth Gilmore, 17 yrs. old, is a Senior @ Mesa Ridge HS, Colorado Springs, Co. She is plays volleyball. Caroline Scout, is 6 yrs. old. Also, Kelly has a step-son, Christian Saucier, who is 11 yrs. old.
Charity's daughter: Cherish Faith Dawsey, is 10 yrs. old, and in the 5th grade.
Keren's son: Nathanial Thomas, is four yrs. old.
Heidi's daughters: Karina Tessa, 3 yrs. old and Emmalee Carin, 6 mo. old.
Kristen's twins: A boy Braeden Rane and a girl Kaia Rose Martin, they are 3 yrs. old.

We lived for two years in Staten Island, NYC where I was a clerk-typist at Brown/Richmond College. We moved to Largo, Md. where I was a clerk-typist at Andrews AFB, & Geiorge was a Deputy Sheriff for four years, having three daughters. George's job took us to Beecher, Wis. (75 mi. north of Green Bay) where he was a Minister for eight years & built a dome church on hyw. 41, and we had three more daughters, while I was a stay at home mom. We lived in Marlow, W. Va. (near Hagerstown Md.) & traveled w/ daughters singing, for one year until moving to Purcellville, Va. (Northern Va.) where George ministered for ten years, and I worked as a secretary and finally had our son. We moved to Lutz/Tampa, Fl. in 1997 where George ministered for five years and semi-retired. I worked as a teacher's aide, nanny for a family, and a school bus transportation assistant, during this time. We moved to Colorado Springs five years ago where I helped with grandchildren, was a school bus monitor, and am now a CNA and attend Pikes Peak Comm. College studying nursing. Since January I am residing with my sister, Ruth, in Rockledge, Fl. helping our mom.

Jr. yr. English class w/ Bob Bosler, Jan Farmer & the young "blonde" teacher, Saddie Hawkins Dance, working on the Homecoming float, Homecoming Dances, Bob Bosler's backyard party, half days then going 2 Ft. Wash. Park, walking up the Wash. Monument then running all the way down, Senior skipday, co-ed volleyball during P.E. class, hayride, Christmas working @ G.E.M., Fri. & Sat.'s mtg. @ Jr. Hotshoppes 2 check out where the "parties were happenin" & everyone showing up, my ride--Becky Hickcox Cyr's mom & walking home w/ Becky..., watching Stephen's Jazz band practice, football, basketball, baseball games, track meets & State @ Tyson's College, after sch. tennis @ the park, back road rides, fishtailing & doing donuts, racing on the Beltway (95), pool in my rec. rm. & @ Sandy Moen's, working @ Hecht's Co., grad. @ Md. U, summer of '69... pool parties, raining all day & cold in Ocean City having a wool blanket 2 stay warm, carnival rides, rollerskating, Temptation's concert, dinner & movies, drive-in movie "Romeo & Juliet", Rock Creek Park, Fletcher's Is., Hawaiian party & camp fire @ Chesapeake Beach, miniture golf, tee shirts w/'69, peace symbol sign, watching sit-ins in Wash. D.C., Shoreham Hotel, Mechanical Drawing class, Bio. class singing " Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys.