Cousin Doug must have taken the picture. Aunt Jean, when she saw this photograph at New Year's didn't even recognize herself. We are all leaning on their Corvair Monza four-door. Nader made his reputation deriding the Corvair, but it has become a classic. Aunt Jean still owns this car, and it sits in her garage in Fairfield, though it no longer runs.
In the background of that photograph is the apartment complex she and her husband used to own in Napa. Between her income as a nurse, and Uncle Lloyd's as a member of the teamsters, they lived a comfortable life and were able to retire early. As a single mother with two kids, it was never going to be that way for mom; but I don't think she minded. Later, when she was forced to undergo open heart surgery to at least temporarily repair her heart--because of the rheumatic fever damage--she was forced to retire early.
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