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Created by Roy Anne and Christeena 16 years ago
Jeanne's parents are the late LeRoy and Thelma Moulton. When Jeanne was born in 1942, Dad was in the Army getting ready to ship out. He couldn't be there for her birth, but he went AWOL for a couple of days to see her when she was 3 days old. Fortunaley, Dad's Commanding Officer "looked the other way" and there were no serious consequences. Dad ended up in Greenland and was to be there for six months. However, the ship with the replacements was sunk by an enemy mine and Dad was in Greenland for 3 years. He saw his baby girl when she was 3 days old and when she was 3 years old. Jeanne had colic and cried loudly, especially at night. Mom rented several different apartments, but the neighbors always complained about the nightly crying. Finally Mom had enough of the complaining and moving and she purchased Jeanne's childhood home at 210 Westfield Avenue, Goshen, while Dad was in Greenland. Mom was glad when Dad approved after finally seeing the house. A kitchen, bathroom and basement were added and the family lived there for many years. Jeanne has a "little" sister, Roy Anne, who idolized her big sister. With Jeanne being 11 years older, Roy Anne loved the "big girl" stuff Jeanne got to do. Jeanne grew up and soon started having babies of her own. First, Christeena Jean, a blonde haired, blue eyed, independent little girl. Eight years later, Larry Dean, an active, energetic boy with blue eyes and light brown hair. And six years after that, Jason Scott, a strong willed child with brown eyes and dark brown hair. Although working and raising her family kept Jeanne busy, she always made time to visit Mom, Dad and Roy Anne often helping with whatever chores needing to be done. Jeanne was a life-long learner and taught herself how to do many things. She'd see something she wanted to do, get some books and soon have the skill mastered. She read many books and taught her children the value of reading by taking them to the library several times a month. Books, education, and a never ending desire to learn were very important to her and she tried so very hard to set an example for her children, grand-children, and her great grand-children. Some picked up on it better than others but we all respected her knowledge because she was a very intelligent woman. In fact, when the family played Trivial Pursuit together, we all fought for her to be on our team as we were always AMAZED with the wide assortment of facts she could recall. Jeanne completed her last formal course of study at 64.