My great grandparents came over during the late 1800's from Ireland, England, France, and Germany. Somehow their children, my grandparents, all ended up living in St. Louis, Missouri, where my parents met in high school.

My father, E. Bruce Connors, was a navigator for the Army Air Corps in WWII. His plane was shot down causing him to spend several weeks escaping through France and several months in German prison camps. When he returned to civilian life, he became a respected heating and air conditioning contractor in St. Louis.

My mother, Jane Bennett was a beautiful woman and a speech pathologist, though she mostly gave that up during our childhood. Both our parents passed away in the 1990's.

Now there are the 6 siblings, plus my brother's family, his wife, Lori and 2 children, in our branch of the family:

Patricia, a business

entrepreneur and

peace minister for

the Beloved Community

Sally, an

actress

and playwrite

Barbara,

a writer who specializes

in writing about poker.

Plus, we have one cousin who is a fine artist and has a webpage,

Dianne Bennett Engel