Barbara Knisely Gaeddert and William Kenneth Gaeddert were married July 22, 1967 in Moline, Illinois. They lived in Natcitoches, Louisiana and Iowa City, Iowa before moving to Lawrence in 1974. Barb worked in public, corporate, and university libraries before joining the Catalog Department at KU, retiring in 1999. Bill taught in colleges and universities before joining the music faculty at Baker University, retiring in 2001. The couple has enjoyed traveling, KU basketball, and various service projects since retirement, and the William Gaeddert Voice Studio as been a professional pursuit for Bill.