For as long as I can remember, my sister has had a little blue dot in the
lobe of one of her ears. I'm responsible, having jammed a pencil into the spot. We're all lucky (but especially my sister, of course) that I missed going into the ear itself. I doubt I was aiming for it but, since I can't remember doing it, I have no idea what I intended to do or why I did it in the first place.
Marilyn was four years older than me. North Haven had no high school when we were growing up so she went to Lyman Hall High School in Wallingford, to our north. Then she went to New Haven State Teachers College and taught grammar school for a number of years.
She married Charley Esposito on August 10, 1957. After two years living with his parents, they moved to a house that they built in the woods in Northford. They have three children,
Laurie (1960),
Robin (1962), and
Randy (1970).
Charley got a CPA degree and worked at a number of jobs. They travelled around with a VW camper club for a while. Marilyn taught Sunday school at St. John's Episcopal Church in North Haven and ran a number of used book stores. Somewhere in the 1990s, they moved to a small house in northeastern Connecticut. After breaking her hip in a fall in late August 2013 (it was a simple fracture), she died suddenly while undergoing rehab.
Marilyn & Charlie's wedding--??, Lois Fucci, Dad, Marilou Brockett, Marilyn & Charlie, ??,
Danny Esposito, ??, Marie Rapuano, me