1. Birthplace
Thatcher, Arizona
2. Occupations
Waitress
Nanny
Airplane Part Fabricator
Dress Shop Attendant
Defense Plant Worker
3. Hardship
During the depression and in the summer after she graduated from eighth grade, she would thin beets, pick fruit, tromp hay, ride a derrick horse, or hoe weeks to earn a little money. She also helped her mom with housework, babysitting and canning.
4. Hobbies / Interests
Took piano lessons @ 8 years old
Later in life, worked in the Church Extraction Program for over 20 years
(“and loved every minute of it”)
5. Dating / Spouse(s)
Erwin Cotton
Met right after high school after she moved to Tremonton, UT
Both realized it was a mistake and they were eventually divorced
Edward James Malzer, aka "Mike"
Met while living in California at a dance, she attended with Aunt Priscilla
6. Favorite Childhood Things
Going to the Beach
“Dream Doll House” built by her dad
Grandma Cluff’s Corn Bread
7. Schooling
Graduated from a Machinery Blue Printing course she attended at a Poly-Technic school in Oregon
8. Interesting Fact
Eloped to Las Vegas with Mike Malzer, where they were married
9. # of Children
2 (Ron & Marla)
10. Event / Significant Memory
She and Mike went to downtown Los Angeles to celebrate the end of WWII. She recalls:
"The streets were so jammed with people that even the street cars couldn't move and there were people riding on top of them." "'Happy Days are Here Again' was being sung."
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