Jeri was born in Detroit MI in 1943 and lives with her husband, Chuck Feltner, on Drummond Island in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, spends Jan, Feb & Mar on Isle of Palms SC, and also spends time in Dearborn with her twin brother Larry Baron who was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer in March 2002. Jeri worked at Ford Motor Company as an administrative assistant and has spent 35 years as a volunteer in the community of Great Lakes Maritime History.