MY MEMORIES

Charles Glenn Petersen

Marriage

On August 12th of 1977, I married Nancy Ellen Miller in the chapel of the Methodist Church in Ames, Iowa. It was a small wedding with only her immediate family and her aunt and uncle. My children, Charles and Margaret, were there and my brother surprised us by coming up from Florida, which I was glad for. Nancy’s maid of honor was a gal she knew from Data Processing at Iowa State University. I selected a former student of mine who was also a friend, drinking buddy, and bowling teammate as my best man. We had a dinner for all afterwards at a hall in Boone, Iowa.

Nancy had completed her Master's degree in Computer Science from Iowa State University. We had both accepted positions in the Computer Science Department at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. We quickly found a townhouse apartment that was half of a duplex. We had three cars (1968 Dodge Charger, 1976 Triumph TR7, and 1972 Mercury Capri), a foldout camper, and what little furniture Nancy had.

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