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a wonderful man, Rick Couch, who would become my husband three years later. At that time, there was a glut of teachers waiting to find jobs and I found my­ self going back to school. This time it was Business College and after graduat­ ing, I landed a job at a car dealership in Belleville. I worked there up until my marriage to Rick. Rick was a teacher with the Scarborough Board of Education, so naturally I moved to Scarborough after our wed­ ding. I immediately got another job in a car dealer­ ship where I worked until our first child, Christopher, was born in November of 1976. I was fortunate enough to be a stay-at-home mother for Chris and with cancer. She put up a good fight against the dis­ ease but on August 15, 2005, Fran passed away. She is at rest in Stirling Cemetery. Lewis married 3. Marie Denise (Boucher) Kit, daughter of Arthur Joseph and Gertrude (nee Ferron) Lewis and Denise (Kit) Zandbergen Boucher, bom March 27, 1955; Denise was bom in Quebec City where her father was stationed but she grew up in Oshawa, Ontario. Denise and Lewis met in June of 2006. Denise's husband, Gregory Kit, son of Panko and Olga (Kushner) Kit of Oshawa, had died of cancer. Denise has one child, Crystalanne. Crystal is married to Justin Schmidt and they live in Nevada; Crystal and Justin are the proud parents of Serena Noel bom December 1, 2006. Lewis and Denise found they had many many things in com­ mon. They were married October 21,2006, in a quiet ceremony at Johnstown Church in Glen Miller, with dear family and friends present. Denise is proud to be the loving stepmom of Jennifer, Peter and Sarah; she is the proud grandma to Serena and stepgrandma of Keaton and Nathaniel. Lewis and Denise live in Stir­ ling with their adorable little Yorkie Charlie (that's as much dog as Lewis wants). Denise enjoys cooking, quilting, attending auctions, fishing, scrapbooking, photography and collecting all kinds of Christmas memorabilia. Lewis collects ephemera, books, antiques and enjoys refinishing beat-up furniture. He has also rediscovered his child­ hood passion for fishing. Betty and Rick Couch (back) and family; from the left Chris, Elisabeth and Erika then Elisabeth, who was born on March 9, 1979, and finally Erika, born April 22, 1982. It meant we had to make many sacrifices but when I remembered my own childhood with my mother at home to greet us after school etc., I wanted my children to have that Betty (Zandbergen) Couch We moved from Stirling to Brockville the summer after I had finished Grade 7. Unfortunately, we had to make another move shortly thereafter to Belleville, where I finished Grade 8 and then went on to high school at Belleville Collegiate Institute and Voca­ tional School (B.C.I.V.S.). Not sure of what I wanted to do after Grade 13, my guidance counsellor advised me to go to Teacher's College which took me to Peterborough. There I met 420 Erika s wedding July 2007 From the left: Chris Couch, Debbie (Ford) Couch, Kyle Ruta, Erika (Couch) Ruta, Betty (Zandbergen) Couch, Rick Couch, Elisabeth (Couch) Lam and Toby Lam.