Aleta Fenceroy

Aleta Jean Ballard Fenceroy (December 27, 1948 – September 23, 2006)[1] was an American musician, computer programmer, and activist.

[5] She studied music at Morningside College, and earned an MFA in organ performance from the University of Minnesota.

[1][6] Fenceroy worked at the Iowa Department of Corrections, and was an application developer at First Data Resources in Omaha, Nebraska.

It was originally a printed newsletter, assembled and distributed locally from their home in Iowa City, but in 1993, they started a daily email-based version,[13] called Fenceberry based on their surnames.

[17][18] She and Mayberry were among the 2000 couples unofficially married by Troy Perry at a mass ceremony on the steps of the Internal Revenue Service Building during the March on Washington in 1993.