| William was born November 13, 1913 in Espanola, New Mexico.
His parents were William Charles Schnepple and Ema Bandelier Schnepple.
His father was a Rough Rider with Teddy Roosevelt and his mother’s uncle
was Adolph Bandelier, the famous archeologist. Zoe was born November
21, l914 in Monticello, New Mexico. Her parents were Simeon Exter
and Maud Palmer Exter. Her father was Manager of Pacific Mutual Life
Insurance Company in Magdalena, New Mexico. Her mother taught in
the Magdalena schools.
Since Santa Fe was a small town, Zoe and William were aware of each other during elementary school. William’s parents had moved to Santa Fe and his father was head bookkeeper for Kaune’s Grocery Store, owned by his brother-in-law. After her mother’s death, Zoe was being raised by her grandmother, Lucy Palmer, who owned a rooming house in Santa Fe. William and Zoe started dating when he was a senior and she was a sophomore in Santa Fe High School. He attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Upon graduation, Zoe worked for the New Mexico Emergency Relief Administration. After college, William returned to Santa Fe and they were married September 11, 1936. The newspaper account reported that “two very prominent families of Santa Fe were uniting”. Zoe’s grandfather was a surgeon for the AT&SF Railroad and her grandmother was well-known in Santa Fe.
William Charles was born June 24, 1939. William got a job
with Vega Aircraft Corporation (later became Lockheed Aircraft) and they
moved to Burbank, California in April 1941. William worked for Lockheed
for 34 years. Jerrilyn was born September 16, 1943, Stephen Bart
was born February 26,1945 and Karen
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