Profiles - Page 3

After graduation I worked in a nursing home; took care of children and then began a career as follows:
Became a youth worker at the Salvation Army in Oswego and later attended the Salvation Army training School in New York City. Returned to Fulton due to my mom's health problems and began working at the Fulton Salvation Army as Youth Director. I returned to the Salvation Army Training School in New York City in 1969 and in 1970 was commissioned and ordained as a Lieutenant in the Salvation Army. Served in Leominster, Mass. and later in Beverly, Mass.

But then in 1973 I left the Salvation Army, returned to Fulton and worked in odd jobs such as Fulton Instrument Plant. Opened the Home for Mentally Retarded Young Adults on So. 3rd St., and then in June, 1976 became a United Methodist minister serving 4 churches in Cold Brook, NY; Ohio, NY; Gray, NY, and Moorehouse, NY with Rev. Doris J. Sparling. Was a pastor in Turin, Constableville, Greig, Glenfield, Mount Pleasant and North Volney until 1996 when Rev. Sparling died and I served alone in Mount Pleasant and North Volney. In 1998 I married Erwin James Wendt at the Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church and continued as pastor. After that I was transferred to Mannsville and Lorraine, NY. Just retired in July of this year, left for Florida where we now reside.

I did attend our 40th reunion and was very happy to do the prayer for our classmates who had died. I am enjoying my retirement after 27 years with the United Methodist Church and look forward to seeing my classmates again at another reunion.

After college graduation became a Navy pilot. Got married at the end of my first tour of duty and returned to civilian life. Then worked as a QC Engr. in nuclear submarine construction for General Dynamics. Later worked for Public Service Electric and Gas Co. as a Senior Staff Engr. in Nuclear Operations and then as a Total Quality Management Consultant. Got divorced (after 24 yrs) and downsized about 2 years later. Then took to the open road in an 18 wheeler; have seen 48 states and parts of Canada in the last 4 yrs.. In excellent heath and definitely on a roll. Always have an eye opened for my next great adventure.

After FHS graduation, I attended SUNY Buffalo but Fulton followed me. During high school, I had amassed a huge portfolio of essays written (usually under duress) in Rosemary O�Connor�s classes. During the first 2 years of college, I unashamedly made use of said essays in grand style, and basically didn�t have to write any papers at all. A little judicious editing always did the trick, and I bless Mrs. O�C.---and her memory--- to this day.

After graduating college with a degree in Early Childhood Education in 1964, I taught a summer of Head Start, and then began teaching kindergarten in the East Islip School District on the south shore of Long Island . It was here that I met and married my husband, David, in 1965. Four years later, in 1969, we were blessed with our daughter, Kelly; in 1971, our son, Andrew came along. I became a stay-at-home mom until Andy went to kindergarten.

Everything appeared to be going along just fine, but there was a wolf at the door. One day, when Kelly was an infant, David began to exhibit some strange symptoms, such as lack of mobility, on the right side of his body. To me, it looked like Parkinson�s Disease, but, because David was so young, doctors negated that diagnosis for the next 25 years, even though they treated him with Parkinson�s meds. Finally, he was diagnosed with Parkinson�s just 9 years ago�big surprise there�calling it �Early-Onset� Parkinson�s Disease. Well, duh.

Meanwhile, when I wanted to return to teaching after maternity leave, there were no jobs to be had in the public sector. I finally began teaching kindergarten in a private school in 1975. This job became the most wonderful professional experience of my life. In this school, I had complete autonomy, something most teachers can only dream of, especially in these days of high accountability. It�s amazing what can be done in a class of 12 rather than 26. Plus, there�s little that can�t be taught to a 5-year-old as long as the subjects are brought down to their levels. One rediscovers the world daily through these children�s eyes. I had some extraordinary experiences (Some of you may still remember the list of synonyms Rosie gave us titled, �Don�t call it interesting.�) that I would love to relate when/if we�re able to get together.

In 1980, at the urging of a fellow colleague, I received my MS in Special Education. Five years later, the Huntington School District offered me a Special Ed. Position teaching grades 4/5/6 . After teaching in the private school for 10 years at a nominal salary, the school district position (and salary) came at a most welcome time because David could no longer work. His disease was causing a slow, progressive, insidious decline in mobility and cognition. I taught in Huntington for 19 years, but had to retire in January, 2003 because David now needs much daily care and attention.

On the up-side of our lives, both of our children are happily married and have children of their own. Kelly graduated from SUNY Albany with her MBA and married Nicholas Cicchinelli in 1996. They have two beautiful little girls: Gabriella, age 3; and, Grace, age 1. They all live on 174 acres NW of Lake Placid, with a 5-acre pond in the backyard! It�s a wonderfully peaceful place to live and visit. Andy graduated from Wharton at UPenn, got his MBA at Loyola while working in Baltimore , and married his college sweetheart, Allison Gardner, in 1995. They presently live in Denver , CO and have sweet little Derek, age 2; they are expecting another baby mid-June, 2004. Our children and grandchildren give us much joy, and are blessings in our lives.

If any of you have bothered to get so far in this epistle, I congratulate you on your endurance. John has put together an absolutely awesome website, and has been quite patient in waiting for this narrative to be completed. So here�s back at you, John:

Ode to John

John said I was lost,
But now I�m found.
You know, I looked and looked
But always thought I was around.

John, our esteemed computer wizard
And poet extraordinaire,
Asked me to write a profile
Sweetly putting pressure to bear.

But we have him to thank
For this brilliant website,
Allowing wonderful memories
To shine in the light.

Now the narrative
Is done, completed, finis;
Know what? I�m pooped.
Poor, poor me.

Yet, while re-reading my story---
Which seems so long-winded and dry---
It appears to me that my original outline
Would have been much easier on the eye!

With love and admiration,
Bev Hall Bashe

Ode Back to Beverly

Beverly, it�s great to see

An ode to me this time,

Since I�ve unloaded, those I�ve oded

With unrequited rhyme.

When I read, the things you said

I found our yearbook then,

And turned to straight, page 38

To picture you again.

To my despair, your image there

Was gone without a trace.

I found instead, a message spread

Across your pretty face.

It said, �Dear John, I can�t go on.

Our parting is so cruel.

But I�ll be true, and write to you

When we�re away at school.�

Well, Beverly, it�s plain to see

Your promise wasn�t tight.

Since now it�s clear, it took you, dear,

Forty years to write!

With love and devotion
John Anderson

Update June 14, 2010:

My husband, David, passed away on July 23, 2009 after an extraordinarily long bout with Parkinson's disease. Since then, I've been continuing to live in Delray Beach, Florida. Fortunately, I have many friends and some family, so I'm only alone as much as I want to be. As with the past 5 or 6 years, I'll again be spending the summer and fall in Potsdam, NY, (northeast of Syracuse) near my daughter, Kelly.

Kelly now has 3 little girls: Gabriella, age 9; Grace, age 7; and Sophia, age 4. My son, Andrew, still lives in Denver, and has 2 children: Derek, age 8; and, Rachel, age 5. These children are the joys of my life.

Parkinson's, a progressive neuro-muscular disease, robs not only the patient, but also the entire family of quality of life. We've all lived David's life, attending to everything he needed. Now that he's gone, I'm beginning to devote some time to figuring out who I am, what I like, etc. I used to say, "The adventure continues," referring to David's ongoing battle with PD. Now, my mantra is, "I'm writing a new book." Chapter one is the beginning of a new life.

See you all in July. I'm so looking forward to our reunion, but I have no idea how we got to #50!!!

Well, here I am. The delinquent Class of �60 member! I�ve been carrying around a pad of paper and your address for maybe 2 years now while tracking the reunions and Florida mini-reunions through Marietta and Leigh. My intentions were good but the �letter� never got to the top of my to-do list.

First, John, hank you for your hard work and dedicated effort to track us all down. Your success rate has been impressive. I�m sorry I haven�t been able to get back to Fulton for the reunions.

� Ended up teaching jr. high science much to my surprise in Newton, Mass (must be Rosemary O�C�s good influence!)

� Married in 1968. Jim called me by my middle name, Elizabeth, so I�ve been Elizabeth Tenney since since we were married.

� Moved west in 1970. Jim was brought up in New England but his parents�both teachers�had started a small boarding school in west Texas when he was in his teens. That plus working at White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico drew Jim to the west again. He looked at jobs from Anchorage to Albuquerque and ended up at a hospital lab in Reno, then a small city of 50,000. I remember getting off the plane in Reno for his interview on a crisp April day with brilliant blue sky and the snow-covered Sierra Nevada and I was hooked. Maybe it�s because I�m so tall (!), but mountains are essential to my happiness now. We had no trouble leaving Washington behind. Incidentally, I was overdressed for every event we went to that 1^st year.

� Lived in Reno until 1981. I taught school. We adopted two children (a girl in 1970 and a boy in 1972) as infants. Those were the days when adoption was a simple matter. I worked on several environmental efforts then, too.

� Moved to Bishop, CA, a small town in California 3 � hours south of Reno at the base of the Sierra. Jim wanted to work � time and do research half time, so sharing a practice with another pathologist who wanted to raise Arabians on her ranch half-time was a perfect match. Jim was at the hospital in Bishop alternate months and doing his work in paleopathology at UC Berkeley the other months. I served on the school board in Bishop for five years (the most thankless public service there is, that�s for sure!) and then I taught school for five years�jr. high math and science.

� In 1995, we lost my sister, Barbara, to glioblastoma (insidious brain tumor) at age 49. She lived long enough after the initial surgery to see her first grand child born and her son receive his MBA from Rutgers. Losing Barbara was devastating to my parents, especially my mother. They were so close.

� My parents retired to Florida in 1978 after my father had a heart attack and took early retirement on Social Security disability. He died March at 2004 at 88. My mother lives in Lakeland.

� In the early 90�s we bought a historic (1916 in California, that�s historic) log cabin in Mammoth Lakes and fixed it up as a convenient weekend place since Mammoth is only 40 miles north but 4000 feet up from Bishop, a hot spot in summer. Jim was about to retire and the cabin and community were so appealing, we decided to downsize and move there permanently. Great decision. The town of 7000 is a resort community (BIG ski mountain that considers Vail its major competition) undergoing significant development. The community is a group of surprisingly sophisticated rugged individuals who have chosen to live �in the middle of nowhere� and aren�t about to see the spectacular scenery and recreation spoiled in any way. Mammoth is a four square mile �island� surrounded by public land. With its strict urban limits policy, the competition for how it develops is intense. I�ve been serving on the Planning Commission there since 2001 and it�s some of the most challenging and creative work I�ve done. I have learned so much.

� Jim only retired for about six weeks because he missed his work too much. He practices part-time at the Mammoth Hospital, continues with his research in Berkeley and plays his beloved cello�the �other woman� in our lives.

� Since we moved to Mammoth, I�ve been involved in a number of environmental efforts including starting a grassroots non-profit to combat plans for an Indian casino in a prime scenic area and an open pit/cyanide heap leach gold mine in a world-class fishing spot just outside Mammoth. Now I�m Co-Chair of a renewable energy non-profit that has big plans for putting Mammoth on the map as a model community for energy conservation and use of renewable energy (solar, geothermal, wind, etc.). See www.highsierraenergy.org. Great working group on this.

I�m reminded of an interview I saw with Stan Freberg when he turned 75. Remember him? He was an adman/humorist and did a number of satirical records that were on the radio all the time when we were in jr. high. Anyway, the interviewer asked, �Now that you�re 75, Mr. Freberg, don�t you want to slow down?� �Slow down?! I want to speed up!� he replied. I feel the same way. As long as I can keep my health, I will. Can�t sit still!

We go to L.A. two or three times a year and always have a good visit with Marietta and Leigh. Other than the Colitres, I�ve lost touch with the FHS Class of �60, but whose fault is that? Mine!!!

Thanks again for all your efforts keeping the class together and finding the lost souls. I�ve so enjoyed the photos and reunion stories when we�ve visited the Colitres. Hello to all from better-late-than-never. Carol Gaydos Tenney

High_School_Last_Name: Carvey Donna passed away February 25, 2012 at the age of 69 See her obituary here.
Married_Name: Hale
Spouses_First_Name: N/A
Street_Address: P.O. Box 342
City: Hannibal
State: New York
Zip: 13074
Home_Phone: 315-626-6117
Business_Phone: 315-479-1393
Email_Address: dhale@use.salvationarmy.org
Date: 02/11/2005

I have five children, two daughters and three sons and eight grandchildren. The youngest granddaughter is only six weeks old and the oldest granddaughter is out of college and works as a health inspector in Atlantic City. I also have a granddaughter that graduated last May from Virginia Military Institute and is a commissioned Lt. in the Air Force, now stationed in England (I plan on visiting). Of the other grandchildren, three are in high school and two in grade school. Two of my sons are chefs and work in the area. My other son is in the Air Force, stationed here at Hancock Field in Syracuse, and has spent time in the Mid East, much to my dismay - and may be returning. My oldest daughter lives in Colorado and my other daughter lives in Fulton. I work for The Salvation Army as an executive assistant. I work in the field known as social work. We have various programs here in the Family Services department, to numerous to go into. I enjoy my work very much, which is a rarity these days. John Anderson sent a letter to my brother in Michigan telling him that you were trying to locate me. I attended the last reunion and still live at the same address, so I am wondering why no one could locate me. Oh well. I was very glad to know that there will be a gathering this year and I look forward to seeing everyone. Thanks.

Updated profile - I have five children. Three sons and two daughters. My oldest daughter Kim lives in Tenesee, she has three children - Jamie, Amanda and Andrew. Jamie has graduated from a state college in New Jersey. She is a health inspector in the Atlantic City Area. Amanda is a graduate of Virginia Military Institute and a commissioned Lt. in the Air Force. She opted out of the A/F to marry her superior. Her husband is a Col. They are now stationed in Dayton, Ohio. Andrew lives in Colorado.
My daughter Cindy lives in Fulton still. She has two children - Edward and Amber. Edward will be graduating this December with his Bachelor's in computer programming. Amber is a military wife - her husband is in the Army and currently in Iraq. They are expecting their first child in November. That means I go from being a grandmother to putting the great in front of it. Gads!!!!
My son Matthew lives in Oswego and is married with three children - Justin, Jasmine and Jessica. Justin just entered 7th grade, Jasmine is in 5th grade and Jessica is in pre-school. Matthew has a full time job and is also in the Air National Guard with the 174th at Hancock Field. He has been in the Mideast twice already and is due to go again at the end of January or beginning of February.

My son Jason also lives in Fulton. He is still single and is a chef at Blue Moon in Fulton.

My youngest son Jonathan lives in Marcellus. He also is still single and is a chef at a resturant in Camillus.
I am still gainfully employed at The Salvation Army in Syracuse. I am the executive assistant. I work for the executive director and all other directors on staff and also do Human Resources. I plan on another year of employment and then take retirement. I like my job.

After hibernating for some time due to a divorce, I decided I would reach out and try the internet. I am one of the rejects on E-Harmony! They said I was to "family oriented". I then went to Match.com I met a wonderful gentleman two years ago. Believe it or not we were in school together. He was in the class of 1961. His name is Leo Norton. I now live in the Hannibal area.
Thanks John for doing such a wonderful job on the website and keeping us all informed.

I have volunteered to work on the committee for the reunion and look forward to seeing everyone.