Joan Carol Conrad was born on Halloween 1935, in Cleveland Ohio. Her parents were Helen Maxine Reiter and Emery Dial Payne. She was a wonderfully diverse individual with the attitude that there was nothing she couldn't accomplish. She was the strongest, most independent person I have ever known. She was a poet, artist, carpenter and so much more.... Mother of three, the true loves of her life, her children were her driving force. She literally built their home with her own two hands. She rode Harley Davidson motorcycles in her youth and again at the end of her life. As an abused child, she lef...