Katie Rees
Childhood
On May 24 1952 a baby girl was born into the world in Sparrow Hospital, Lansing Michigan and her name is Katie Rees. Her parents didn’t know how soon to go to the hospital so they drove around Lansing in their car until they were sure it was time and they stopped at a little restaurant called Dog(Hot Dogs) and Suds(Root Beer). She was named after a great aunt and her middle name just sounded good with it.
Katie’s first brother Tom, was born in 1954 and John in 1961. She didn’t get along with Tom very well, but she did with John. Sadly her first TV only had the choices of three different channels. In her neighborhood, she had a lot of friendly acorn fights. Katie's dad had 5 siblings and they would meet every weekend at grandma dyers …show more content…
Benton Harbor is located along the shore of Lake Michigan. In the city there was a river that flowed through and a lift bridge to let big boats pass through. 2 blocks away from the new home was a high school and Katie liked to watch the band practice on the football field.
One summer, Katie’s grandma Rogers watched her grandkids. A day in that summer, Tom and a buddy found in an alleyway a paint can and a brush. After that discovery they decided to paint a neighbor's sidewalk red. Grandma Rogers tried to scrub it off but it stayed crimson all summer long and she never stopped apologizing to that …show more content…
She also liked to ride her bike and play sports with the neighborhood kids like softball, kickball, football and more. At home she wore shorts and slacks, but at school was forced to wear dresses. Some games Katie loved were Monopoly and Chinese Checkers. Katie's best friends were Linda and Karolyn.
Teenage Years
Katie took school seriously and got good grades. At age 12, Katie started babysitting for $0.50 per hour. At her high school there were thousands of kids because she was apart of the baby boomer generation. She loved to watch movies, play putt putt golf and shop. John would tag along on dates with her and her boyfriend because she was 9 years older than John. When John didn’t tag along on dates she would go to shakey's pizza, they had a person playing the piano and it was more for teenagers and up so John didn’t go there.
In 10th grade Katie meet with her soon to be husband in band, they were both clarinets. She was 2nd chair and he was 5th chair. Her first job other than babysitting was as a waitress at a coffee shop that her aunt owned in Harrison, Michigan called The Coffee Cup. She worked there for a summer because her family’s cottage was right next to her aunt's house, so they would ride together to the coffee
On May 24 1952 a baby girl was born into the world in Sparrow Hospital, Lansing Michigan and her name is Katie Rees. Her parents didn’t know how soon to go to the hospital so they drove around Lansing in their car until they were sure it was time and they stopped at a little restaurant called Dog(Hot Dogs) and Suds(Root Beer). She was named after a great aunt and her middle name just sounded good with it.
Katie’s first brother Tom, was born in 1954 and John in 1961. She didn’t get along with Tom very well, but she did with John. Sadly her first TV only had the choices of three different channels. In her neighborhood, she had a lot of friendly acorn fights. Katie's dad had 5 siblings and they would meet every weekend at grandma dyers …show more content…
Benton Harbor is located along the shore of Lake Michigan. In the city there was a river that flowed through and a lift bridge to let big boats pass through. 2 blocks away from the new home was a high school and Katie liked to watch the band practice on the football field.
One summer, Katie’s grandma Rogers watched her grandkids. A day in that summer, Tom and a buddy found in an alleyway a paint can and a brush. After that discovery they decided to paint a neighbor's sidewalk red. Grandma Rogers tried to scrub it off but it stayed crimson all summer long and she never stopped apologizing to that …show more content…
She also liked to ride her bike and play sports with the neighborhood kids like softball, kickball, football and more. At home she wore shorts and slacks, but at school was forced to wear dresses. Some games Katie loved were Monopoly and Chinese Checkers. Katie's best friends were Linda and Karolyn.
Teenage Years
Katie took school seriously and got good grades. At age 12, Katie started babysitting for $0.50 per hour. At her high school there were thousands of kids because she was apart of the baby boomer generation. She loved to watch movies, play putt putt golf and shop. John would tag along on dates with her and her boyfriend because she was 9 years older than John. When John didn’t tag along on dates she would go to shakey's pizza, they had a person playing the piano and it was more for teenagers and up so John didn’t go there.
In 10th grade Katie meet with her soon to be husband in band, they were both clarinets. She was 2nd chair and he was 5th chair. Her first job other than babysitting was as a waitress at a coffee shop that her aunt owned in Harrison, Michigan called The Coffee Cup. She worked there for a summer because her family’s cottage was right next to her aunt's house, so they would ride together to the coffee