I met my husband when I was a maid of honor and he was the best man at my cousin’s wedding. He was a pilot in the 8^th Air Force. We married in Southern Pines, North Carolina and have three great children and one wonderful grandson. While living in Southern Pines, I was the Chairperson of the Moore County Red Cross, the Ladies Auxilliary of the new St. Joseph’s Hospital and Chairperson of the fund raising committee for St. Anthony’s Catholic School. I took a Real Estate course, got my license and shortly thereafter quit because I didn’t care for the work.

I decided to write a letter to the owner of the candy store in New Hampshire and asked him to help me with the candy business. He sent me his entire portfolio of formulas, wished me luck and said I couldn’t do it. I named the company “Trubiani Homemade Candies”. I sold my candy to every customer on Whitman’s Candies’ client list, including the PX in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Our City Manager designated my candy as the city product at a Managers convention. The business grew and I either had to quit or expand.

I chose to quit and accepted a job as manager of Design Fabric showroom in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I went to design school in Miami at night. I designed in Hawaii, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New York and beautiful Majorca, Spain. I did models for Coral Springs, Bay Colony, Plaza South and several other buildings on the Galt Mile. I designed the original unit models for the Regency South and its original lobby in 1970.

I have been featured in the local Southern Pines newspaper, “The Pilot”, as well as State papers which featured me as a “one woman industry.” The Sun-Sentinel featured me twice - in 1972 and again in 1981 - in the Life Style section for designing. I retired 10 years ago.