and that big old farming family of her childhood best friend, jane lawbacher. >> our dads were both farmers. old farming families we're both from. >> the lawbachers were big here in oxnard. >> there was just lots of lawbachers. you know, it was just -- they multiplied. they were good catholics. >> and helen's friend, jane, grew up to be especially beautiful. featured in her high school yearbook as homecoming queen. >> but she was not ever concerned with that. she's also very, very shy. >> how do you get to be homecoming queen if you're shy? >> she's also just a very kind person, very gentle person. >> and as that yearbook shows, a star volleyball player, too. >> she could spike -- i mean, she's not that tall, but she could jump. >> jane soon met that other gifted athlete, dave lout, already well on his way to becoming one of the best shot putters in california. they began dating after high school, and sometimes let don, little laut, tag along. >> she was wonderful. she was fun. they just -- they got along so well. they loved each other. it was just neat. >> when they got married in 1980, ja