Melanie graduated from the University of Texas with 2 majors in business and German. She met her husband at school and they married in 1991. They moved to Colorado Springs where she received a scholarshiip to Colorado Tech from the Navy and earned a Masters in Logistics. After moving to the Washington DC area she worked for the Navy Department. About this time they were notified that they had been accepted to adopt 5 1/2 year old twins from Russia. They moved back to Colorado Springs with the twins. A job opportunity took them to Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina (across the bridge from Charleston). On June 21, 2001, she lost her battle with liver cancer. Received from Mrs. Marilyn Lane
Melanie was truly a special person. When her good friend Annette and I broke up she was always there when I needed someone to talk to. She was beautiful inside and out. She actually even went on a date with me once however after a kiss it was a bit like kissing your sister and she felt the same way so we just remained friends too bad that it could not have worked out. We stayed close until graduation and then the Marine Corps took me one way and she went another
Julie Garrett (Moreland)
Melanie graduated from the University of Texas with 2 majors in business and German. She met her husband at school and they married in 1991. They moved to Colorado Springs where she received a scholarshiip to Colorado Tech from the Navy and earned a Masters in Logistics. After moving to the Washington DC area she worked for the Navy Department. About this time they were notified that they had been accepted to adopt 5 1/2 year old twins from Russia. They moved back to Colorado Springs with the twins. A job opportunity took them to Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina (across the bridge from Charleston). On June 21, 2001, she lost her battle with liver cancer. Received from Mrs. Marilyn Lane
James Knaupe (Knaupe)
Melanie was truly a special person. When her good friend Annette and I broke up she was always there when I needed someone to talk to. She was beautiful inside and out. She actually even went on a date with me once however after a kiss it was a bit like kissing your sister and she felt the same way so we just remained friends too bad that it could not have worked out. We stayed close until graduation and then the Marine Corps took me one way and she went another