LIFE before becoming
The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers

Sharon Melander and Karen Rasmussen with their dates
at the Waves Anniversary Party at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - July 30, 1965
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at the Marine Corps. Ball - November 10, 1965
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July 30, 1965 - Karen Rasmussen (who was in the U.S. Navy) asked Lee Duquette (a U.S. Marine) to be her date at the Waves Anniversary Party. Sharon Melander and her date (also a U.S. Marine) was with them.

Karen and Lee's first date

Lee Duquette and Karen Rasmussen

November 10, 1965, Lee Duquette asked Karen Rasmussen to the Marine Corps. Ball and that is when Lee asked Karen to marry him. Sharon Melander was with them once again, along with her date, Ron.

Lee , Karen, Ron, Sharon at the Marine Corps Ball Lee and Karen at the Marine Corps Ball
Lee and Karen at the Marine Corps Ball
Sharon Melander and Ron Karen and Lee

NOTE: Lee and Karen have remained friends with Sharon through all the years even after moving to different states. And they visit them as often as possible.

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