S'62 Phaetons

Karen Clark (McDaniel)

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Birthday:March 04, 1944 Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Widowed No. of Children:3 Graduation Year:1962

From Karen:After high school, I got married and lived in Japan for a little more than a year. After that we lived in Iowa, then back to California, and finally back to Iowa. I retired after 44 years with an international consulting firm. I keep busy with my eight grandchildren and volunteering at church.

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Jo Anne Coker (Kennick)

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Birthday:February 16, 1945 Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Widowed No. of Children:2

From Jo Anne:I married Martin (Marty) Kennick (class of W'53) in 1967. We were married 29 years and have 2 daughters and I'm now a widow. I have 4 wonderful grandchildren. I moved to Nampa, Idaho in 2015 and just love it.

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Judith (Judy) Eccles (Wight)

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Birthday:January 19 Occupation:Semi retired professional genealogist Marital Status:Widowed No. of Children:6 Graduation Year:1962

From Judith (Judy):
While attending BYU I met my future husband. After we married, we lived in the L.A. area for 8 years before finally moving to Utah. I worked as a British Reference Consultant at the Family History Library for 10 years and have been a professional genealogist for over 40 years. My husband, after almost 54 years of marriage, died in 2017. With this new phase of life, I decided to almost completely retire as a genealogist and focus on historical/biographical research. Our extended family includes 24 grandchildren and 9 (soon to be 11) great grandchildren. Now that I am past the first firsts since Richard's death, I am trying to figure out how to integrate me into my new life.

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Manuel Rangel

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Birthday:December 05, 1944 Occupation:Retired Special Ed Teacher Marital Status:Married No. of Children:1

From Manuel:
March 28, 2018—Last year I had major surgery but I am 100% recovered now—yippie!

I still volunteer as a hike leader with school children in Los Angeles through the Sierra Club, but do it much less nowadays. My wife Dedra and I spend the great majority of our time in our manufactured home in Goleta (near Santa Barbara) with her 96 year old mother, rather than at our town house in Highland Park.

The book I was writng collasped under its own weight—no big deal, maybe after I die it will be discovered and became famous!

I still keep in regular contact with classmates Steve Lew, Fred Salinas, Mike Lepore, Bill Tennis, Mitch Mulino and, occasionally, Dave Lindsey.

My wife and I are members of several wineries in San Ynez , so when in Goleta, we do a lot of wine tasting. If anyone wants to join us, we can take guests for free—just get in touch and let's make a day of it.

We watch a lot of TV, but lately we have switched from streaming Netflix to streaming FilmStruck for the classic movies. We still hike or walk everyday, although mostly just walk nowadays.

Life remains good.

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Jack Heller

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Birthday:December 10, 1943 Occupation:retired Marital Status:Single Again No. of Children:3 Graduation Year:1962

From Jack:

It is now 2018 and I will soon be 75 years old. Now that I am fat and ugly, at least I don't have to look at someone else that's fat and ugly. I am still living alone and fighting with all the things old people go through. Counting and trading prescrition pills with friends and neighbors. Colonoscopy tests in the furture where Dr. Holecheck wants to look up my name and address. CT scans and radiation left a scar on my lung. I guess everything hurts.

I am very happy everyday and enjoying life with my best friend, my dog. Tub is his name. He takes me for walks everyday and is great comany. I thik I'll go out and run a 100 yard dash and see if I can do it in under 15 minutes.

I'll try to keep you all informed of the latest Dr. tests and results. It's great to get old, isn't it?

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manuel wayne (Ruiz)

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Birthday:February 20, 1945 Occupation:Retired Aerospace Mfg. Engineer Marital Status:Married No. of Children:4

From manuel:Hello classmates,

My life has changed for the good since I last saw you all.
I was married on November 26, 2016 to Belinda, the most wonderfull woman who has brought joy to my life. I never thought I would find true love again.

Now we are enjoying life traveling, seeing loved ones, listening and dancing to the music we love. Retirement is great!

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Paul Curtis

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Birthday:December 20, 1944 Occupation:Retired City Planner; now Retired from Southwest Airlines Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

From Paul:Had a great time at our 50th reunion reconnecting with friends. Stories told, some remembered, some almost forgotten. Have been married to Liz Poulson (S'64) for 48 years; Spent 2 years in US Army as an MP 1965-67; Worked as a city planner in cities throughout California, Virginia and Kansas; Retired in 2000 from CA then again in 2003 from Kansas. Worked for Southwest Airlines for over 10 years just having fun kickin' around the country. Retired for the 3rd time in March. Son Christopher is a former police officer and now a firefighter in Olathe, KS with 3 sons; daughter Catharine is a Resident Director at her college alma mater in San Diego where she played basketball with 2 daughters; 5 grandchildren if I've added correctly.

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Vic Kostrukoff

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Birthday:August 13, 1944 Occupation:Electronics Engineer Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2 Graduation Year:1962

From Vic:I managed to stay single until 1999, traveling the world while all my friends got divorced. Got married with my exotic dream girl from Thailand, and now we're raising my son and daughter. Fatherhood and geezerhood all at the same time!

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Sharon Johnson (Anderson)

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Birthday:October 11, 1944 Occupation:Retired Website:jimanadsharonanderson.blogspot.com Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2 Graduation Year:1962

From Sharon:

Received an AA degree from Los Angeles City College and married my high school sweetheart Jim Anderson (S’60) in 1965. We raised our 2 children in Southern California but moved to Morgan Hill in 1991 with a job change for Jim until we moved again to Cameron Park in 2006. Love the area. We now have 4 grandsons and 1 granddaughter and one more granddaughter due Dec. 13th.

We have returned from our LDS mission in Washington DC and enjoying our growing family.

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Suzanne Lindelef (DiJulio)

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Birthday:February 26, 1944 Occupation:Retired Educator Marital Status:Divorced Graduation Year:1962

From Suzanne:WOW - 50 years sure went by fast! After graduating from UCLA, I taught elementary school in Los Angeles before becoming a consultant in Special Education for the district. My last assignment was as an elementary school principal. In June 2006, after 30 + years in education, I joyfully retired. Since then, I have been having an exciting time traveling the world, visiting friends, volunteering, and enjoying life in general! It was great seeing everyone at the 50th Reunion activities, and hearing about what people are up to now. I found it quite interesting touring Franklin and seeing how the campus has changed. I'm still serving on the Reunion Committee, and we are planning on a reunion picnic on October 4, 2014 to celebrate our 52nd year out. Hope you will join us! Sue

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