In 1964 Ruth and John, Diane's parents, still lived in Oak Park. After a trip to Florida, they drove back to Illinois on Friday, Feb. 21. On Feb. 22 Ruth wrote in her diary: "Diane phoned Ken this morning from N.Y. hospital where she's been since Thursday with kidney infection which is being treated with shots every 6 hours. Tests are being run for cause. Ken said she sounded chipper."
One day in mid-February, I didn't feel very good with several symptoms - such as back pain. The only doctor we knew of was one some friends had just met at a cocktail party, so that's who I saw. He examined me, but missed the kidney infection diagnosis, and sent me home. In a couple of days, I was back - but this time with a high fever. The doctor put me right into Beth Israel Hospital in lower Manhattan, where I laid around for about a week. That's where I was when I called my brother, Ken
What were we doing in New York City? Dan Pellettiere was hired by N.W. Ayer, venerable old ad agency in Philadelphia, in Dec., 1962. We got married in February, 1963. At that time I had been working for Continental National Insurance Group in downtown Chicago for about 3 years, training employees in letter and report writing mostly, but also writing and editing materials and manuals. When I left, I finished a project for them, working out of our apartment in Philly.
We expected to be there for a year, but were transferred to NYC in late April. I was hired by another insurance company on Maiden Lane at the south end of Manhattan, this time working as a technical writer in the electronic data processing area. The computer was the size of a room.
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