Bob Barr and Esther Turner met when Esther's younger sister, Frances Hartman, was dating Bob's friend, Dale Spargrove in Zanesville Ohio. Esther was 8 years older, but Bob had six older sisters and was comfortable with dating an "older woman" - unusual for that time. Bob had served in the US Navy during WWII, Esther in the Army as a WAAC (Women's Auxiliary Army Corp). They married in 1949. Bob was called up for the Korean War, postponing children until his return. As Aunt Frances used to say, once Mom turned it on, she couldn't turn it off, producing Robin (Bob), Mike, and Melissa from 1953-1955, taking a break until 1958 to finish up with Trudi Kay! After living in Zanesville, Warsaw, and Zanesville again, the family moved to Olmsted Township, Ohio. Among their new neighbors were John and Florence Hancock with their four children (Greg Hockenberry from Florence's first marriage; Mary, Susie and Robbie with John). Mom passed away in 1981, a few years after John. Casual friendship between the widowed neighbors became romance and then marriage in 1985. As the youngest of 10 children, Florence added her 9 siblings, their spouses and children to Dad's 9 siblings and spouses, as well as more grandchildren to the mix (Bob and his wife, Debra, had 2 sons; Mike had married Mary Lou in 1977, and became stepfather to her 4 children). Both clans continue to add grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews adding children and grandchildren of their own. The last names may no longer be Barr or Griffing, but the love lives on.