S'62 Phaetons

JOHN HELLER

Then

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

From JOHN:

1962 was a long time ago, many have passed. I feel fortunate to have lived this long. Many do not have that privilege. Bless all of you that can read this.

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Paul Curtis

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Occupation:Retired City Planner; now Retired from Southwest Airlines Marital Status:Widowed No. of Children:2

From Paul:Some of life's changes bring happiness ... children born, graduations, marriages, grandchildren, etc. But the hardest is when we lose the love of our life. My Lisa met Jesus on April 10, 2019 following a diagnosis of a very rare and very aggressive cancer. From an upset stomach to her death in 5 weeks, 0ur 52+ years of marriage ended. My life now is to honor her memory and be the man she would want me to be.

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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 as of 2019 includes 24 grandchildren and 10 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. Travel is creeping back into my life. Foreign trips taken the past two include Newfoundland and Italy. And I'm happy to report I am still in my own home thanks to help from a teenager in our neighborhood who helps with yardwork and friends who take care of shoveling my walks and driveway.

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Elizabeth Allison (Bjornen)

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Occupation:Teacher (Retired) Marital Status:Divorced Graduation Year:1962

From Elizabeth:I still live in Highland Park. I taught Social Studies at Roosevelt High in East LA. I recently retired both as a teacher and as a police officer with the LAPD. . I am good friends with Mae Woods (W62) and we both occasionally make a trip to Santa Barbara to see Mrs. Jeter our old teacher. I have done a lot of traveling since our 50th reunion I have vacationed in Southern Arizona, I especially love Bisbee and Tombstone. My love of the desert allowed me to go to Egypt last year. Hope to see some of you at the Santa Anita fundraiser in April.

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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:My wife Dedra and I spend the majority of our time in Goleta with her 97 year old mother rather than at our new home in Ventura (I finally left Highland Park!).

I was volunteering at a outdoor wilderness program with kids but it wore me out physically so I gave it up (a concession to age). Nowadays being a docent at the Santa Barbara Natural History is more my style—I’m one of their specialist in Chumas culture and history.

We still walk everyday and I hit the gym once or twice a week.

I am updating the website right now (January 2, 2019) and will getting in touch with all of you in a group letter soon.

Life remains good

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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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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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Vic Kostrukoff

Then

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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