Frank A Halse Anderson Analysis

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She was born on October 23, 1961, she hasn’t died yet. She was in Potsdam, New York. Her parents are Rev. Frank A. Halse Jr. and Joyce Holcomb Halse and her little sister Lisa Halse. She liked to write and she also liked to read fantasy and science fiction books. She moved to be an exchange student and after a while she came back home and wanted to go to college.
Anderson married Greg Anderson, they had two children Stephanie and Meredith. After a couple years they got divorced. Then she moved back to Mexico, New York. She started liking Scott Larrabee and after a while they got married, he has two kids Jessica and Christian.
Anderson went Fayetteville High School in Manlius, New York. Her first college was Onondaga Community College,

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