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Kathryn Bevington:1972, Akron, Ohio

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       Kathryn Louise Wiltrout was born on May 31st, 1945 in Sidney, Nebraska. Her parents were Doris and Robert Wiltrout. That’s in Cheyenne County which is way out in Western Nebraska. Interstate 80 runs past it. I have driven that stretch of I-80 but I must admit that I did not recall Sidney, Nebraska. Looking at the map you can see that Lodgepole Creek runs through the town.  I imagine the town grew up there because of the water supply. The railroad likely came along next and then the Interstate came about a century later.     By 1950, the Wiltrout family was living in Akron, Ohio according to the 1950 Census.    Kathryn Wiltrout married Jay Bevington in 1963 when she was 17 and he was 20. Jay was in the AirForce at the time. They had been high school sweethearts at Coventry High School.   Kathryn Bevington was a young mother in 1972. She and Jay had a son and a daughter.    Kathryn took on a job ...
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Bobbie Lee Wells:1980, Swanton, Ohio

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       Bobbie Lee Dorough Wells was born in Alabama on the 16th of November 1949 to Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Dorough of Pell City, Alabama . Bobbie was born into a large family. She had four sisters and five brothers.  Bobbie married Larry Wells. They lived in Taylor, Michigan . They had a daughter named Renée. Renee was grown and married by 1980. She and her husband also lived in Taylor, Michigan.    Bobbie Lee Wells was working in the medical field, it seems, in her last year of life. I found a photo of her in her nurses uniform on her Find-a-Grave profile .    Taylor, Michigan is a nice town.  It’s a suburb of Detroit. It’s just a couple minutes north of Flat Rock, Michigan .    On February 19th, 1980, Bobbie Lee Wells disappeared. I didn’t see anything about the time of day that she disappeared but I am going to guess that she was leaving work after an evening shift.        One of...
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Mary Margaret Andrews:1962, Columbus, Ohio

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          Mary Margaret Andrews was called Peggy by her family and friends. She was born on May 3rd, 1943 in Steubenville, Ohio to Mary Elizabeth and Alexander Acton Andrews. Her Dad worked just across the River in Weirton, West Virginia at Weirton Steel. In October of 1949, her younger brother, Patrick was born.    Peggy grew up in Wintersville, Ohio and went to high school there. After graduation in 1961, Peggy had thought about entering a convent but a priest had advised her to wait until she was absolutely sure she could commit to religious life. She was still considering entering a convent in 1962.   She went off to college and to work in Columbus, Ohio in 1961. She had a day job in an accounting office and an apartment in the vicinity of the Ohio State University neighborhood. She attended evening classes at Columbus Business College. She wanted to work as an auditor eventually.    That year Elvis Presley had a h...
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