Elaine Margaret Simpson was born on March 8, 1929, in Madison, WI, to Curits Simplson and Marion (Jackson) Simpson.
Elaine graduated from high school in Mineral Point, WI and then attended Milwaukee State Teachers College (now University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). There she met Patrick Conery, her future husband. They were married in 1950 and had five childern: John (1952), Candida (1953), Lawrence...