Storyteller: Watts, Gudrun "Sissa"

Interviewer: Bertalot, Lorretta

Date: 01/03/2020

Language: English

Initiative: Tulsans Talk

Description: Gudrun "Sissa Watts met her U S Air Force husband during WW II when they worked in different Weather Bureaus in Iceland. She discusses the differences in a fishing village compared to the U. S. Following several Air Force reassignments in the U. S., Dick Watts was employed at the Tulsa Airport. Sissa and Dick raised 3 children. She met other international women at the "Y". Her past times are tennis, bridge, line dancing and canasta. She learned to drive later in life. Sissa describes life in Bolungarvik, Iceland, and the challenges of living in a new country.

Subjects: Meeting a U. S. Air Force weatherman, Moving to the U. S. , Learning to drive, Meeting other international ladies, Developing personal interests, Life in a fishing village in Iceland