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Shirley Ellen Schmidt
I was born in a farmhouse in Minnesota. When I was about a year old my family moved west. We moved often, living in Washington and Oregon while my father worked on large construction jobs, such as ...view moreI was born in a farmhouse in Minnesota. When I was about a year old my family moved west. We moved often, living in Washington and Oregon while my father worked on large construction jobs, such as McNary Dam. My mother was tired of moving with four children, so our family moved one last time back to the farm in Minnesota.
I married a year after graduating from high school. Nursing schools would not allow students to be married at the time because nurses training was considered too difficult to complete while married. Years later I became a nurse when I was not only married, but had six children. I worked as a psychiatric nurse for nearly 16 years.
Now, retired from nursing, I live with my husband in the farmhouse where I was born. We have nine grandchildren. We care for a small flock of chickens and tend a large garden.view less