As promised, here is Part Two written as an archive of the Schroeder Family?s history from 1959 to 2017. The guiding principle being if you don?t write it down, it didn?t happen.? As with Part 1 (1900-1959), it is not intended to appeal to other than family members and a few close friends.?One of the reasons I decided to write this memoir is my reluctance to have my family pay a ridiculous fee for a newspaper obituary few people would read.? The people who might care about my passing will receive complimentary copies of the book.As with Part One, I cover a period of American history I have not seen documented in mainstream literature.? It is told from the POV of a ?corporate gypsy? who carried the policy of company-paid relocations to somewhat of an extreme? (My oldest daughter, Margaret, went to 13 different schools).? At the time I didn?t see anything unusual about our frequent moves. I thought everyone did that.What the reader may find interesting is some of the unusual places Pat and I lived during our 48 years together ? two haunted houses, and a waterfront house that claimed a gorilla living on the thi
As promised, here is Part Two written as an archive of the Schroeder Family?s history from 1959 to 2017. The guiding principle being if you don?t write it down, it didn?t happen.? As with Part 1 (1900-1959), it is not intended to appeal to other than family members and a few close friends.?One of the reasons I decided to write this memoir is my reluctance to have my family pay a ridiculous fee for a newspaper obituary few people would read.? The people who might care about my passing will receive complimentary copies of the book.As with Part One, I cover a period of American history I have not seen documented in mainstream literature.? It is told from the POV of a ?corporate gypsy? who carried the policy of company-paid relocations to somewhat of an extreme? (My oldest daughter, Margaret, went to 13 different schools).? At the time I didn?t see anything unusual about our frequent moves. I thought everyone did that.What the reader may find interesting is some of the unusual places Pat and I lived during our 48 years together ? two haunted houses, and a waterfront house that claimed a gorilla living on the thi