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Update June 14, 2010: I sold my practice as a rheumatologist two years ago and planned to retire, but somehow I feel I have more to give in the field of rheumatology at least at 25 %. I accepted an offer to work as a mentor for young doctors in their education to become specialists of rheumatology. Meeting young doctors giving them support and advice keeps me young! My husband Rolf has left his everyday work at a bank and is now engaged as a consultant in trusts and student unions of the University of Lund. His deep interest in music has focused his ambition in a Chamber Music Society and a Jazz Club in Lund. We are happy to be able to spend more time in our house in the country. It's an old farm house from the 19th century so it needs lots of care. Finally we love being with our grandchildren. We have seven - from 2 months to 10 years old. Our three boys and their wives are all very busy in their jobs and we feel privileged to be back up for them. As most of you know, children are the hope of our future and the more we give to them the more we get back! See you in Fulton in July!
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High_School_Last_Name: KERR First_Name: Kay Married_Name: Hopman Street_Address: 451 N.6th ST. City: Fulton State: N.Y. Zip: 13069 Home_Phone: 315-593-8555 Email_Address: Kkhopman@aol.com Date: 09/28/2001 Married to the same guy 41 years now!! Our son married a local girl and they have 3 sons, and live nearby in Hannibal, so we have the good fortune to see them all the time and enjoy every minute. I recently retired this past July from Lee Memorial Hosp. emergency room. Doing some per diem yet occasionally. We enjoy traveling in our RV and are looking forward to going south for the winters, may even relocate in Fla, but will update everybody on that!! Would enjoy hearing for all of you. Great idea you have John.. am looking forward to checking back weekly to keep in touch!! |
High_School_Last_Name: Anderson First_Name: John Spouse's_First_Name: Grace Street_Address: 21 Forest Glen Dr. City: Pittsburgh State: PA Zip: 15228 Home_Phone: 412-563-6952 Business_Phone: 412-261-8208 Email_Address: johnorgrace@yahoo.com Date: 09/28/2001 and 11/21/02  After high school I went to St. Bonaventure University and then to graduate school at Penn State. Met my wife, Grace, there. She was from Pittsburgh and that's how I eventually ended up here. Because of my college ROTC commitment, I went into the Army (Artillery) and spent time at Fort Sill Oklahoma, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and, unfortunately, Viet Nam. Survived that and came back to Pittsburgh where I began a banking career with Mellon Bank. Have been with Dollar Bank for the last 20 years. I run our Corporate Banking and Leasing divisions. We have two children: John went to Cornell. He met his wife there. She is from Seattle and that's where they live now. He works for a Amazon.com, and she is in her 3rd year of pediatric residency at Children's Hospital.. My daughter, Katie, went to University of Michigan and now works for America On Line in Chicago. My wife, Grace, is the coordinator of the gifted students for our local middle schools. Update 5/9/10: My wife and I retired in 2006. I still teach some credit analysis courses in the summer. We bought a place in Naples, but Pittsburgh will still be our home. My son, John, works for Amazon in Seattle. His wife, Whitney, is a pediatrician. They have three boys: Mason (7), Mack (5) and John "Gus" August (2). My daughter, Katie, is married, and living in Seattle, too. She is expecting her first child (a girl) in July. She works for Microsoft in their MSN division. Her husband, whom she met at the University of Michigan, is a graphic artist and is the art director for a Seattle advertizing firm.
Read Janet's obituary here.
Date: 09/28/2001
Update 8/9/06: In June I quit my job at Laboratory Alliance in Liverpool
after working there two years and retired. I am in the process of
hauling out and throwing away after living in my home
for 29 years and am moving to Coats,
NC with my daughter Julie and her family.
My oldest son Mark & his wife just moved
to Wilson, NC a month ago. My
daughter Amy & her husband are also moving
to NC in Sept. My youngest son, Tim
(33)married in March and he and his wife just bought a home in Lawrenceville, GA. My oldest daughter, Laurie and
her family are also in GA at the moment but will be moving elsewhere soon. They have a 5th wheel and are traveling
around the east coast before the kids leave home. My son
Phil and his family will be staying
in Oswego for the time being. Update 8/8/07: I have
relocated to Coats, NC about an hour south of Raleigh off Rt. 95.
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Dick passed away May 28, 2012 at the age of 69First_Name: Dick See his obituary here Spouses_First_Name: Mary Street_Address: 1310 Cherokee Mountain Trail City: Murphy State: NC Zip: 28906
Update 07/07/2010:
I'm still living in the North Carolina mountains and enjoying
the outdoors. Wildlife is abundant here with deer, bears,
coyotes, bobcats, etc. always around the property. Since about
60% of the land in this county is either Forest
Service or National Park land, 4wheeling trails are everywhere.
If you were to ask my wife Mary how I spend my time she would
probably say "hanging out with the locals and drinking
moonshine." She fails to point out that she has 11 horses on 2
farms and I'm the resident "stable boy." She still rides the
trails but I don't. If I break bones, my stable boy career may
be over - hmmm.
I look forward to seeing old friends and maybe making new ones
at the reunion. Thanks for all your work on the web site and
the committee's work on the reunion.
I am still employed by Oswego County Department of Social Services as a social Welfare Examiner. My husband is semi-retired and is, of course, a photographer like my father was. I have 3 children. Jim, who is 1st meat cutter for TOPS Market, Carol, who is a Secretary at Oswego Hospital Mental Health Division, and Kevin who is employed by DAL Tile in Londonderry, New Hampshire. I have 5 grandchildren aged 17, 15, 11, 5 and 3 years of age. My 15 year old grandson drives a micro-sprint race car and has been driving race cars since he was 4 years of age. He started racing in 1/4 midget cars just like Jeff Gordon did. Racing is a big part of our life now because my husband has gone from car owner to race photographer to car owner again with our grandson. I currently enjoy doing counted cross stitching and have won several blue ribbons at the Fair for my work. I expect to continue working because I enjoy the job I currently hold. I have worked for Oswego County since 1972. I t was good to hear from John [Anderson], since we seemed to always be in the same home room since he was A and I was B. [Editor's Note: Lora is retiring as of 1/31/02. She looks forward to doing some traveling now that she has the extra time.] Update 11/13/02: My update is that I am back working part time with the Fulton School District Food Service . It's a perfect part time job with no night work weekends and holidays off and of course summers off too. It is not stressful and I am out of the house seeing what the next generation is up to and I am enjoying it.
Update 9/21/06:
I'm no longer working at school and have fully retired. My
husband is now employed part time at Seneca Hill Manor Nursing Home.
He just wants to keep going like the energizer bunny. We have
another dog, Frannie, that isn't in the picture (see below).
She is a basset also.
Update 5/14/08: I have come out of retirement to work part time as a cashier at the Wal-Mart SuperCenter in Fulton (Granby). It gets me out of the house and opportunity to see some old friends as well as making new friends. Also I became a great-grandmother on March 20th of this year Ariel Marie weighed in at 7 pounds 12 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long. She resides with her parents, my grandson Brian and his girl friend Samantha in Bedford, New Hampshire. Also we have a new 4 legged baby added to our household. He is a Shih Tsu and his name is Elvis, He joined Lucy and Frannie, both basset hounds about 6 months ago.
P.S. In the 40th reunion picture I'm the {blonde} in the back row.
Update 06/05/10:
Now to start I have 6 children and one stepson. Here goes: Judy is a beer distributor in Oswego; Sue graduated from Auburn and is the manager of Walmart in Oswego. She worked her way up; Missy and her husband own a construction company in Sterling, NY; Christine is graduate of Oswego State and works at Pathfinder Bank in Oswego. She's working on her Masters to teach college English. Now my boys: John graduated from Canton (takes after his old man) and is an electrician at Alcon in Oswego. Then our youngest graduated from Oswego State and is a social worker of the County of Oswego with a Criminal Justice degree. In 1996 I divorced my wife. Honey Churchill Parkhurst's husband, Bob, was in management at Morrill Press in Fulton (dick Hopman, Kay's husband worked with him). In the bad storm of 1993 Bob fainted and fell off the roof. He could only talk from then on. Honey kept him home doing all his care. It was in all our papers. I sent cards and encouragement to them both, besides praying for them. We were friends in high school; Bob the class of 1959, me the class of 1960 and Honey the class of 1961. Because of my large family I worked 18 years on Saturday night security at the Owego Speedway. Well some race times Honey's son brought Bob in a a van in his wheel chair as racing was his love and no one knew how much time he had left. I went over every week to talk over our FHS times. Football was both of our loves and, of course, racing. Then help Honey and her son load him in the van for home. Three years we met like that every Saturday night. Bob passed away in October of 1995. Honey and I kept in touch. Then in 1999 Honey had a very serious type of cancer in both breasts. She lost her breast; plus every 3 weekends for one year she went for 5 hour chemo. I went with her mother through them all. In 1998 we married. Chemo was every hard, and the side effects have been awful. Cartilage in spine is gone. Had to have both knee replaced, then broke her femur. All in a year and a half. She uses a walker and cane. Wears pain patches. Just found out 3 spots on liver and 2 in the pelvis. Going for more tests to keep an eye on these. The pelvis one is pre-cancerous. Honey and Bob had two boys. Rob Parkhurst, Jr. was on the Fulton Police Dept. and a drunk driver killed him at 20 years old. Mike, my stepson, is Northeaster manager of E-Z-Go (Textron). He sells and leases golf carts to State and private golf courses. He just recently moved back to Fulton to spend quality time with his mom and me. We have 10 grandchildren...the two youngest are 6 months and one year old. Honey and I are in our glory. We love children. My parents still live in our homestead on Old Rt. 57. My only sibling, my sister Ginny Faucett, died last year of a massive heart attack at 56. She and Honey were great friends. They both graduated together in 1961. I was lucky to find a wife the second time around that loves the same hobbies as I do: auto races and, of course, pro and college football. We don't leave our chairs on Sunday. We are both Christians and pray to God to give Honey many years to be with me. She is my rock. Oh, Honey says to tell you I took over her cellar with all my weight machines. Yes, I still lift 3 times a week and still even have my college set. They are still in great shape. That's my passion ...lifting. Well now old classmates, now you know what's happened to your classmate, Tom Bugow. High_School_Last_Name: Heath
Can't see retirement on the horizon..having way too much fun. Play an inordinate amount of golf and ride my horse as often as I can. Update July 5, 2010:
After completing military service in the Air Force, I got married and worked for Niagara Mohawk and retired in 1994. After that I went to a new job at Syracuse University where I worked as a millwright. I have five children, all grown and out on their own. I am an avid hunter and fisherman and love the outdoors.
Tom had emergency by-pass surgery last July and went back to work
full time. He plans to retire this year. I'm working per-diem for
Oswego Health as a
Family Nurse Practitioner 15-20 hrs. a week for 8 months and
then spend winters at our villa in Sarasota Fl. With my arthritis I
turn to stone in Fulton's winters. (It was cold in Fl this past
winter, but not as cold or snowy as here.) For the past 25 years I
have served as the
Oswego County representative on the NY State Board of
Visitors, at Hutchings Psychiatric Center in Syracuse. We are
appointed by the Governor to do over site and advocacy for persons
in the system with mental health needs.
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Update: 07/30/03: Have sold our home in Texas and summering in Fulton, winters we do not know yet. We also have nine grandchildren now. Also John I think you are doing a great job on this site. Update: 12/15/04: Just a little update. We had two more grandchildren this year. We now have eleven little ones. Linda and I are building a new home on a 100 acre pond in West Monroe called North Pond. When any of you are in town call and come visit us. It is a beautiful place; not in the winter...we will be where it is warm.
If was great to go
through the info and see some �familiar
faces��I was especially glad to see Dick
Maeder�s picture.
His sister, Kathy, was married to my
brother, Bob, who passed away in �80 at
the age of 47. It�s been so long and
I�m trying to avoid making this sound like
an Xmas letter, but will fill you in a
little (I mean, 42 years is a damn long
time!).
It�s not that I didn�t think
about going back to reunions, but 3,000
miles is a long trip and we usually make it
in the fall.
We never regretted moving to
California from South Bend, Indiana in 1969
(the Central Coast is paradise), but miss
the fall; so it satisfies us to �leaf
peep� in Sept/Oct�.visit my 88 year old
mom, still on Fay St. and trek up to Lake
Placid for a few days. I lost contact with
�the group� after the first few years of
Xmas cards; however, have had recent Xmas
letters from Phyllis Kesterke and had dinner
with Sandy Menter 3 years ago in Lakewood
Colorado while visiting brother Sami.
It was great.
She looked wonderful. Sami lost his wife to a brain tumor 5
years ago and has since moved to Dillon,
Colorado. Here are the Ahern
family stats: Chuck and I have been married 38
years�yikes!
And they said it wouldn�t last.
Two daughters, Mary Beth (left in
picture), 34, and husband, Joe, married 8
years (no children).
Son-in-law Joe St. Amand's dad grew up
in Oswego, 12 years and two blocks apart
from Chuck�small world.
Joe and Mary Beth are Cal. Poly
grads. He, Industrial Engineering�she, in
Biology.
Mary Beth�s a tech for Cal. Dept of
Agriculture.
Lee (far right), my other daughter,
is 30�graduated from Cal. Poly two years
ago with a degree in Human Development and
teaches special ed. I work very part time
in a clothing boutique in Morro Bay, a small
central coast town.
Very popular with tourists.
Chuck is retired and in the �social
security club.�
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It was 1959. I was 16 years old. I can't believe my parents dared to send me so far away. And since I have been the mother of three boys growing up I understand
it even less. How much did you know about me then, who was I then?
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What a delightful surprise to get John's letter telling me about this site. I've noticed a smile spread across my face for a half hour now. I believe I can pick out Gail Anthony and Marietta Loomis in the picture. And of course I can pick out
Howie. I've been married 35 years to Melford Wilson who serves as Academic Vice President of Winthrop University. We have three children, all married, with one grandchild. Our daughter is in NYC; our youngest son is in New Orleans; and our oldest son is in Waynesville, NC. We are healthy and overweight (Melford and I are) I teach school - elementary level, gifted and talented program. I'm feeling tired of doing it for the first time and am buying in years for retirement. Maybe in two more years, I can swing it.
Glad to be part of this site. Hope all is well. Janet
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After FHS I attended SUNY Oswego and got an undergraduate degree in education and a Master's degree in school counseling. After working as a teacher and
later as a school counselor in Oneida, in 1969 I moved to Florida and received a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Florida State University in 1971. I took a
faculty position at Florida Atlantic University, a medium sized (25,000 students) state university in Boca Raton, Florida and have been there ever since. In those 30
years, I have been a faculty member, a department chairperson, and an associate dean of the College of Education. I have been able to keep my hands dirty by also
operating a landscape nursery and palm tree farm for the past 16 years. 
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You�ve done a great job on the website, John. I�ve been away from Fulton for quite a number of years and it�s interesting to know what
some of our classmates have done since graduating from high school. It was fun to get out the yearbook and look at how everyone looked
back in 1960. I attended SUNY Oswego and after graduation, taught in Webster, New York for 9 years. I met
my husband, who is Canadian, while skiing in Vermont. We married in 1973 and moved to Woodstock, Ontario. After teaching full time there for a couple of
years, I took some time off when our children were born. When our children started school, I went back to teaching part time�preschool
then substituting. My husband Dave and I have been married for 28 years and have two daughters. Deb is 26 and, like her dad, graduated in
engineering. She is currently working in Toronto as a product manager for a software company based out of California. Jennifer is 24. She
did her undergraduate degree in kinesiology and then, following in her mother�s footsteps, went on to get a degree in education. She decided
to experience a different culture, and is teaching in a private school in Monterrey, Mexico for the year. Both Dave and I are officially retired.
Our current project is renovating our house and, since both daughters have now graduated, we hope to do some more traveling. I enjoy
crafting and am currently trying to do some work on family history. The internet genealogy sites have been a great help. Hopefully, more
people will take this opportunity to tell their fellow classmates what they�re now doing with their lives. Thanks John for taking the time to set
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After high school I attended Ottawa Univ. in
Kansas City. Ted Woehr also was
there. I stayed a year and 1/2 playing
football, the I broke some finers and had
surgery. Went home to Fulton, then
decided to play ball for Ithaca
College. One of the first persons on
the team I saw, John Churchill, was Honey's
(my wife's) brother. After Ithaca I
ended up at nestle. That is where I
met my first wife who lived in Oswego.
Got married and moved to Oswego and started
at Hammermill. It is now International
Paper Co. I took a 5 year course and
became an electrician. By the way, I
love my field and my job. I am foreman
of the electric shop (got to brag a
bit). International Paper is the
largest paper company in the U.S.; right now
my electric shop is first in the U.S. with a
few more months to go---wish me luck.
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Update June 15, 2010: We are both still
working! Some people just can't retire.
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I really wanted to get this out to you
sooner, but in the aftermath of 9/11,
watching, listening and reading has taken a
high priority.
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