Posted on 12/20/2007 9:18:37 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
1. Jeri Kehn was born on Sept. 30, 1966, in Hastings, Neb. Her family moved to Naperville, Ill., when she was 3. Growing up, Jeri spent summers on her grandparents' farm in Nebraska.
2. Her parents divorced when she was around 12. Her mother, Vicki, a librarian, married Ronald Keller, a music teacher, about three years after her divorce.
3. Jeri is a 1984 graduate of Naperville North High School. While at Naperville North, she was a member of the school's dance squad, the Starlettes. During Jeri's junior year of high school, the Starlettes won the state championship.
4. She graduated from DePauw University in 1988, where she majored in English. To help pay her tuition, Jeri worked part time as a waitress. She was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
5. After graduating, Jeri worked in the Chicago area. She held positions in sales and mortgage banking.
6. Contemplating attending Vanderbilt University, Jeri moved to Nashville in 1996.
7. Jeri and Fred met in a Nashville grocery store checkout line on July 4, 1996. Fred, who was in line with a can of beanie weenies, carried her groceries, and she invited him to a party.
8. Since moving to Washington in 1998, Jeri has worked for the Republican National Committee and Senate Republican Conference as a spokeswoman and media liaison. She has also worked as a political and media consultant for the D.C. law firm Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand. Jeri worked for Burson Marsteller in a consulting position.
9. Jeri and Fred married in a small ceremony in Naperville in June 2002. They have two children—Hayden, 4, and Samuel, 1.
10. If Fred is elected, she will be the youngest woman to become first lady since Jacqueline Kennedy.
I think Naperville would have been a great town to grow up in.
Wikipedia says the Thompsons met in a Kroger... Maybe that old Kroger advertizing jingle was correct.
“Let’s go Krogering
Krogering
Krogering
Let’s go Krogering
The happy way to shop.”
It was indeed. Left there in 1976 at age 13.
She didn’t go to law school. That is a plus in my book.
While I can understand the comparison to Jackie Kennedy, the Jeri Thompson I met is very down to earth and unpretentious.
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So when you met Jackie you found her not down to earth and pretentious? How much time did you get to spend with the 2 of them?
Do you know how many times he went through that checkout line with cans of beans hitting on hot babes? ;>
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