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Sherman
Ex-Students Association
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Alumni Log Comments from the Class of 1961
I was married for 27 years to Phyllis who passed away in 1993. I have 3 children David a dentist here in Arlington, Matt a professor of biology at UTA, and Kristin a nurse who just moved to Salt Lake City. I have nine grandchildren including a set of triplets. I remaried in 1996 to Gayle she has one son Chris who flies F-15s for the air force. I guess my biggest accomplishment job wise--I coached Jeremy Wariner in high school at Lamar. I traveled with him to Athens when he won the 2004 Olympic Games and again to Helsinki when he won the 2005 World Championships in the 400 meters in Track & Field. I love this site and appreciate Toni Seavers for all she does for our class. Hope to hear from some of my classmates. I am married to Kathy, and we have 5 children, 8
grandchildren. I'm am retired Engineer of 2.5 yrs, and have a custom Frame & Glass
Shop which I operate from a studio located next to my home. Greetings, classmates of '61. Soooo sorry to have missed
the Reunion - and I can't come for the get-together in October '04 at Lake Texoma. I WILL
make it to some subsequent gathering, this I vow. I was there ONLY for our senior year,
but I remember a few people fondly and other names are way familiar.... My life has been very interesting. I love living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I am single and have been for some time. I have one grown son, 36, who lives in Florida. I still have very long hair and finally recovered from the chronic heart condition I was stricken with while attending the Class of '60. I wish I was considered to have been in BOTH classes of '60 and '61. I attended only one reunion of class of '61, the 10th I believe. I would love to hear from anyone who remembers me. Living and working in Houston, love the city and the job. Life is great, own my own home, 2 grown children, one married, have been out of touch with everyone for years and years. Hi all! After high school, I went to college, a couple of years, & then moved out to Las Vegas, NV. I was in the hotel business for 3 yrs. & then insurance for 4 years beore moving to Hawaii. I lived on Oahu, working at the Hilton-Hawaiian Village, for 1 1/2 yrs. I, then moved to Maui where I worked at the Sheraton-Maui for 5 yrs. Sheraton transfered me to L.A. where I stayed for 2 yrs, then moving to tucson, AZ, in 1980, where I've been since. I'm back in the insurance business, involved with community affairs such as The Copper Bowl/Insight.com Bowl, Michael Landon Tennis Classics, Tucson Rodeo, Optimists International & other civic organizations. I was really looking forward to the reunion, in 1981(since you couldn't find me before then-ha) but it was canceled due to lack of participation(sigh). I'm looking forward to this yrs(2001)-let's all participate & make sure it doesn't get canceled. Looking forward to seeing all of you & the best of luck to you. Retired from blue cross blue shield as a lead programmer as of Dec. 20th 2000. Live full time at Holly Lake in east Texas. Retired in 1998. Laredo is mailing address only. Living in Western Mexico on Lake Chapala in the village of Ajijic. Life is good! After graduation my husband and I had 2 sons and a daughter. We lived in Sherman for 9 years, until my husband was transfered with his job at IBM to Houston. We lived there 5 years, before moving to Fort Worth. Our middle child (son) died in 1978 from Muscular Dystrophy. Our remaining son & daughter are both living here close by and have blessed us with 6 grandchildren. I have basicly been a homemaker most of my married life. My husband Jerry Griffith (class of 1958) worked for IBM for 30 years. Retired, opened his own construction business for 8 years, then retired again. The last 10 years we have served as Missionaries with the North American Mission Board, by helping to distribute food and clothing to the poor and needy in our community. After living in Connecticut for 24 years, and Manhattan for the last 6 years, I transferred back to Dallas with my company in March 2001. I haven't been to a reunion since 1969 so I'm looking forward to seeing OLD friends at the reunion in October. Thanks for all of the hard work to those who keep all the data and people connected. I appreciate you and so do many others. FORTY YEARS !!!! NO IT CAN'T BE! Moved to California in October 1961, Married 1/62, 1 son, 1 daughter, 3 granddaughters. My husband and I are self-employed medical transcriptionist working out of our home in Rowland Heights, CA. Just living Life at Lake Tahoe. Skiing at Squaw Valley in the winter, working on the lake as a boat Captain and Yacht Broker in the summer,traveling to Mexico and Hawaii in the Fall and Spring. Wife # 4 seems to be working. 2 Grand children Kyle 4 and Jack 8 who live nearby in Reno. Come see us!!! Exciting job working for CDC, 28 yrs federal government - looking forward to retirement, widowed, 2 children, 4 grandchildren. Have been married 40 years with 3 children and 5 grandchildren. Enjoy being with my grandchildren as often as I can. My husband retired in 1999 from Folger Coffee after 20 years. I am planning to retire in 4 years. Attended the 2001 class reunion and vowed never to miss another one. The reunion committee did an excellent job in planning/executing especially Toni Seaver who headed the committee. My hat's off to them. It was so enjoyable and rewarding. Married for 28 years to Susan Hunter of Avon, IL. Two daughters, Kate, an elementary school reading specialist in the Chicago suburbs, and Jessica, a junior music performance major at Illinois Wesleyan University. Because of Jessica, I was given the award for having the youngest child of a member of the Class of '61 at our reunion in the late '80's. It's hell being old and still paying tuition, room and board! Greetings to all '61 alums, especially my Austin College roommate, John Self! |
