Our Stories, Names M to Z
BOB MARKLE (Virginia)
*Registered for the 2018 All Class Reunion.
(Honorary member of the class of 1964)
My parents relocated me to Monroeville in 1957. What a shock to move from Edgewood School to a dilapidated pile in a class of around 40 kids. The teacher was also the principal, and so was out of the classroom much of the day. He kept order with the paddle - forget your homework and you get paddled in front of the class on the third offense, just one smack, but subsequent violations earned 2 strokes on #4, 3 on #5, etc. (Yes - girls, too.)
Got much better quality in Jr. High and High School and graduated in 1964 from Gateway and went on to Penn State. I have spent most of my professional life working on safety and environmental standards for commercial ships and recreational boats, first with the Coast Guard, and now running a organization that writes performance and testing standards. In addition to interesting work, I have had the opportunity to travel all over the world, most recently to China.
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*Registered for the 2018 All Class Reunion.
(Honorary member of the class of 1964)
My parents relocated me to Monroeville in 1957. What a shock to move from Edgewood School to a dilapidated pile in a class of around 40 kids. The teacher was also the principal, and so was out of the classroom much of the day. He kept order with the paddle - forget your homework and you get paddled in front of the class on the third offense, just one smack, but subsequent violations earned 2 strokes on #4, 3 on #5, etc. (Yes - girls, too.)
Got much better quality in Jr. High and High School and graduated in 1964 from Gateway and went on to Penn State. I have spent most of my professional life working on safety and environmental standards for commercial ships and recreational boats, first with the Coast Guard, and now running a organization that writes performance and testing standards. In addition to interesting work, I have had the opportunity to travel all over the world, most recently to China.
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WENDY McLAIN Channell (Nevada)
Wow! Where to begin and how to weed out the mundane and get to the grits of it all?!
I have 2 amazing grown sons with families of their own and they are married to their "best friends" for over 20 plus years, and between them I am blessed with 8 grandchildren and 4 great grandkids.
As for me, I am single and loving it. I have two 4-legged dogs to keep me busy: my rescue Shih Tzu and a Havense dog.
I am currently a REALTOR/BROKER in LAS VEGAS, NV and surrounding areas. I moved here in 1994 from Illinois (1990-94). Before that, it was St. Charles, MO (1978-1989) and I moved there from Pittsburgh in 1978 to start the MIDWEST to WEST adventures. I started real estate in Missouri, where I got licensed, and I obtained another license in Illinois, and I am now licensed in Las Vegas, NV for a total this year of 31 years and counting, making the AMERICAN DREAM A REALITY. I have been a mentor and a trainer and have several designations -- GRI, SFR, BROKER.
I am a breast cancer survivor for almost 5 yrs now and I AM FANTASTIC! I belong to several volunteer groups and the Humane Society and the groups associated with Real Estate, among them NAR and GLVAR.
Please catch up with me on my Facebook page. (Facebook page ) I would love to hear from you!
Wishing you all the best in health, love and laughter and happiness. -- Wendy
Wow! Where to begin and how to weed out the mundane and get to the grits of it all?!
I have 2 amazing grown sons with families of their own and they are married to their "best friends" for over 20 plus years, and between them I am blessed with 8 grandchildren and 4 great grandkids.
As for me, I am single and loving it. I have two 4-legged dogs to keep me busy: my rescue Shih Tzu and a Havense dog.
I am currently a REALTOR/BROKER in LAS VEGAS, NV and surrounding areas. I moved here in 1994 from Illinois (1990-94). Before that, it was St. Charles, MO (1978-1989) and I moved there from Pittsburgh in 1978 to start the MIDWEST to WEST adventures. I started real estate in Missouri, where I got licensed, and I obtained another license in Illinois, and I am now licensed in Las Vegas, NV for a total this year of 31 years and counting, making the AMERICAN DREAM A REALITY. I have been a mentor and a trainer and have several designations -- GRI, SFR, BROKER.
I am a breast cancer survivor for almost 5 yrs now and I AM FANTASTIC! I belong to several volunteer groups and the Humane Society and the groups associated with Real Estate, among them NAR and GLVAR.
Please catch up with me on my Facebook page. (Facebook page ) I would love to hear from you!
Wishing you all the best in health, love and laughter and happiness. -- Wendy
BOB MINSER (Pennsylvania)
After graduating from EHS in '64, went to Duquesne U. for a year but we parted ways after a year. I joined the U.S. Air Force in '65, serving for 4 years with 18 months in Vietnam (BSVM & AFCM). Left the service and joined the Pa. State Police as a Trooper and retired after 27 years of an enjoyable and rewarding career. Worked part time at Forest Hills Police as an emergency dispatcher for 6 years and completely retired in 2006. Currently live in Greensburg, Pa. and have a daughter from my first wife and a stepson from my present wife of 25 years. We have 4 grandchildren ranging in age from 9 months to 19 yrs. Life is good and I hope it is for everyone else. May not be able to make the reunion due to family obligations but working to change them. |
RITA MISTERKA Pirozzi
After EHS I became a flight attendant for US Air. Then a Realtor. Now retired, we travel with the RV whenever we can. Just recently returned from a 23 state tour. Facebook page |
BARBARA MOORE (Illinois)
*Registered for the 2018 All Class Reunion. Wheaton College. [Added 11/2017] After teaching at Wiesbrook School in Wheaton, Illinois, for 37 years....I retired in 05.... I still live in Wheaton, and I've traveled world wide with my sister Mollie (husband Gary Jewell of Falls Church, VA), and friends. I'm settling in to a life of retirement...playing bridge....local traveling in USA.... Barbara Sue Moore, 2092 Creekside Drive, Wheaton, Illinois 60189 [From 2015] I graduated from Univ of Iowa in education, and worked at Wiesbrook School in Wheaton, IL, for 37 years....teaching second, third and fifth grades. I am a widow and never had children of my own. Since retiring, I've done some world traveling including: Antarctica, the Amazon River, Nile River, Petra, Colorado River thru the Grand Canyon, the lower Danube River in southeast Europe. I still need to do Australia and Asia. Facebook page |
BARBARA (Binki) INGRID NAGIN (Pgh, Pennsylvania)
BFA, Parsons School of Design. BA, Graphic Design, University of the Arts. Graphic designer for Weisshouse. Maintain website. Design all print advertising and marketing promotions. Design and implement e-blasts. Facebook page. |
BOB OSTRANDER (Ohio)
Otterbein College, 1968. President at Centerpoint Stewardship & Life Planning Facebook page |
MARSHA OTTERMAN Hastings (Pgh, Pennsylvania)
*Registered for the 2018 All Class Reunion Chatham College 1968. Marsha taught at a learning center and a preschool and then did substitute teaching in the Mount Lebanon Schools. She is enjoying her grandson James, born to daughter Karen and her husband Jim in 2012. |
JIM PETROVIC (California)
*Registered for the 2018 All Class Reunion. (Why does completing this in time for the reunion remind me of the term paper for Mrs. Maitland that I waited for the last minute to write?) Let’s see, what has happened in my life since that warm early (2 am?) June morning when Margie Little and I filled two trash barrels with beer cans and bottles from the Slack’s front yard? The Edgewood Police came by. EPD: What are you kids doing? ML: Cleaning up this trash. EPD: Did you kids drink all that beer? ML: Oh, puleeze! EPD: (to me) Did you buy the beer? JP: No. EPD: Well then who did? JP: I don’t know. EPD: You must know who was drinking. JP: When I left several hours ago there were a bunch of guys standing around the Slack’s front yard that I didn’t recognize. EPD: Who were they? JP: I heard they were hooligans from, maybe, Fox Chapel and Aspinwall. EPD: Then why are you kids cleaning it up? ML: Our classmate’s parents were nice enough to throw us a party so the least we can do is clean up the mess in their front yard and their neighbor’s. Gary Lewis, Tim Flaherty and I spent the summer working for what was then the Pennsylvania Department of Highways, counting cars and reading Mickey Spillane, Ian Fleming and Leon Uris novels and getting minimum wage which, I think, was about $1/hour. Then it was off to California State college in, oh yes, California, Pennsylvania. It took the College and me almost two years to make a convincing argument that academia was not for me at that moment in my life. The final moment came while I was attempting to salvage my draft status. The computer gods spoke unequivocally by losing all of my academic records. I then spent time in the US Army helping defend the air space of western Europe from the Eastern Bloc‘s air sorties into Germany which would never last for more than 5 minutes. The East Bloc never allowed their pilots enough fuel to defect. The system my comrades in arms and I maintained was the HAWK Missile system, which would gain much notoriety 20 years later as one leg of the three legged stool that was the Iran-Contra Affair. After my discharge, I returned to Europe with a couple of partners to try our hands in the business world with some moderate success. Although we weren’t able to achieve our larger goal, I did learn some valuable lessons in high level graft in Franco’s Spain of the early ‘70’s. As our capital started to dwindle I returned to Pittsburgh to contemplate my next moves. In the process Loughran O’Connor, EHS Class of ’63, and I took up together and I became a Registered Electrical Contractor. Eventually we decided to move to Oakland on San Francisco bay to find a larger market for her art. Our relationship eventually ran its course and I decided return to school. I became very interested in archaeology and the civilizations of the native folks of northern California. We worked a dig in Marin County for 2 seasons that was a seasonal habitat of the Coast Miwok people. It was dated at about three thousand years old based on projectile points found at the base layer of the dig. That site is now a road and parking lot of an apartment complex in Novato. During a Holiday visit to family and friends in Pittsburgh I ran into Ted Scheuch at Lou’s in Shadyside. He told me he was co-director of a house for runaway teenagers with Carolyn Slack. He said that I would really enjoy meeting her again. I said I would put that on my agenda if he would give me her number. Ted said better than that he would get her to come over and meet us. He went to the pay phone (remember those?) and convinced her that she would really enjoy seeing me again, etc. Well sure enough she did come meet us and we did enjoy each other’s company so much that we closed the bar, spent another hour talking and then spent the night together. To make a longer story shorter, in the words of the Mel Tillis/ Elvin Bishop’s song of that era ‘We fooled around and fell in love.’ Carolyn took a long vacation to go on a camping trip with me back to Oakland, CA. About a year later she made the move permanently. We have two sons, Greg, a writer living and working with his significant other in Portland, OR and Chris, a philosopher, living with us as he attempts a career in baking. We have a nice house in nice section of Oakland and life is good. Along the way I developed a craft/profession as a Stationary Engineer that allowed me to combine my extensive background in electronics and electrical engineering with a lifelong interest in mechanical engineering. Stationary engineers are the folks that maintain the complex systems required for facilities such as hotels, office buildings, hospitals, manufacturing plants, etc. I’ve had employers and clients as diverse as the San Francisco Hilton Hotel, Clorox’s headquarters, EPA’s regional labs, CA Department of Justice’s DNA lab (yes, I know the inside dirt on OJ’s DNA testing), Applied Material’s demo labs to name a few. I also get to brag that I helped design and build two ice cream factories for Dreyer’s Ice Cream, know as Eddy’s Ice Cream east of the Mississippi. My last job was working for the City of Oakland maintaining their administrative complex that includes the antique City Hall that, when it was completed in 1914 was the tallest structure (320’) west of Chicago. It suffered major damage in the Loma Prieta earthquake but was rebuilt to the tune of $82 million! So I got the honor of paying back my City a little for what it’s provided me for the last 40 or so years. I also got to endure the nuttiness of Occupy Oakland, literally in my front yard at work for two months. Besides repairing/remodeling buildings I enjoy camping and fishing. I cook and bake, make beer and wine as well as other fermented products such as sauerkraut and kimchee. To one and all if you’re on the West Coast please give us a call. We’d love the company! |
JOHN RISLER (Florida) B.A. Medieval History, Kenyon College. Captain, US Air Force, 1968-1972 Retired Human Resources Manager in California at The Hertz Corporation. Volunteer activities in retirement: Medicare Counselor with SHINE; Ronald McDonald House; Elementary School Reading Coach. Married Susan Hutchinson, EHS '64. |
AL ROBERTSON (Vermont)
After graduating from Lafayette College with a BSEE, I took a position with IBM in Burlington, VT. Divorced, and remarried, I have two sons, two step-daughters and a new grand-daughter. Retired from IBM after 35 yrs, Donna and I currently live on one of the large islands in Lake Champlain in NW Vermont. |
SHERRY RUSSELL Stokes (Florida)
Graduated from Western Michigan U. in 1968. Worked in Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Pittsburgh again. Met and married Burt Stokes in 1977. Had two sons who are now both married and each has a son. Moved from Pittsburgh to NJ, Toledo, OH and Rochester, NY. Retired now in Ft. Myers, FL. Play lots of tennis, golf and swim. Have a great Yellow Lab. I walk 4 miles a day. Lots of volunteering at church. Stop and see us sometime or let me know if others are in this area, too. Facebook page |
SARA SACHS (Pgh, Pennsylvania)
If there's a song to sum up what life has been like since high school, it would be Truckin' by the Grateful Dead, especially the line, "What a long strange trip it's been! " After graduating with a drama degree from Syracuse University, I lived in the NYC metro area until 1985. I worked in publishing, doing graphic artwork for McCall's craft magazine and a science publishing house. I got married and moved to California. At that time I did photography and got some of it published. When the marriage broke up, I made a visit to Seattle for the Christmas holidays and ended up staying there for 11 years! I actually did some acting there, and got a small part in a film! I continued doing photography and working as a banquet server to support myself. In 1988, I became acquainted with Bill W, and have been sober ever since! On a visit back to Pittsburgh in 1998, I was sitting in the vortex of where the three rivers meet on a beautiful July afternoon. I knew that I had to come back. I wasn't sure why, but I did return to my hometown the following year. At a stay in the Spiritualist Community of Lily Dale, NY in the Chautauqua area, I realized why. It's there that I saw what had been what has always been in front of me, but couldn't see until then, mediumship! I developed this ability and it has become my profession. I do private readings and public messages. The training I received in drama and speech has been invaluable for the latter. This has been a great part of my life. I travel to do fairs and public mediumship work. I have gotten to know some wonderful people as clients and colleagues. Thanks to social media, I've found some of you from the Edgewood days, Syracuse, NYC, and Seattle. I look forward to seeing everyone for some memories (but not to live in the past), and more importantly to see what we're up to today! My website: Sara Sachs: Psychic Medium. |
TED SCHEUCH (1946-2001)
Ted Scheuch was a man of two passions -- the theater and people at risk. Before he died of cancer at his Edgewood home Sunday, he was working on a project to combine both interests for a community organization in Manchester. Born in Pittsburgh on May 29, 1946, Theodore H.W. Scheuch was the son of a well-known Pittsburgh artist, Harry Scheuch. His mother, Helen, was active in causes of the elderly. After leaving Kent State University in 1966, one of his first jobs was director of The Place, one of the city's first "drop-in" coffeehouses for teen-agers. He also managed the Loaves and Fishes coffeehouse in Shadyside from 1969 to1971. He was working in crisis intervention at the Neighborhood Centers Association when he proposed a youth program last year at the organization's Manchester community center, said Carol Washington, the group's human resources director. The program was designed to involve young people in both visual arts and theater, she said. "It was such a shock when he became sick in the fall and had to leave," Washington said. "He was a very passionate man -- passionate about the arts and about changing lives. Some people are born to do social work, and some aren't. Mr. Scheuch was born to the job. "He wasn't in it for the money, but for the simple satisfaction of it. It was a joy to know him." While Mr. Scheuch's career in social work included stints with the YMCA, Whale's Tale, Wilkinsburg Community Ministry and Oakmont Borough, he was best known as an actor for numerous community theater groups. He also performed as an extra in such films as "Silence of the Lambs" and "Hoffa." He founded Theater in the Square in Regent Square, not far from his home on Lincoln Avenue in Edgewood, in 1983, and ran it for five years. Mr. Scheuch performed in "A Visit With Mark Twain," on and off for about 25 years at libraries, schools and community groups, said Michael Pope, a longtime friend. "He assembled the play himself from Twain's books and writings," said Pope, who added Mr. Scheuch's work was not drawn from Hal Holbrook's "Mark Twain Tonight" one-man show. |
BETTY SCHWARZBACH Scott (Ohio)
I graduated from Slippery Rock in 1968 and married my high school sweetheart, Doug, in 1969. I taught for five years in three different states before we started our family. We have three children – Becky, David, and Steven. We moved to Chillicothe, OH, in 1982. I taught preschool part time for eight years and then took a full time job in the Chillicothe City Schools. Through the next seventeen years I taught a variety of programs: Title I Extended Day Kindergarten, Title I Reading Intervention, Reading Recovery, and second grade. I retired in 2008. I love retirement! I volunteer one morning a week at the local food pantry. I am also active in our church food ministry and serve on the board of our United Methodist Women’s Association. Doug and I have volunteered with Habitat for Humanity since our local affiliate began in 1993. I serve on the family selection and family nurture committees. We have been support partners for five families through the years. My other interests include reading, quilting, and playing bridge. Doug and I celebrated our 46th wedding anniversary in June. In addition to our kids we have added a daughter-in-law, son-in-law, and four grandchildren to our family. We are blessed! Facebook page |
DOUG SCOTT (Ohio)
I graduated from VA Tech with a BS in Chemical Engineering with a Co-op certificate. I married my Edgewood sweetheart Betty Schwarzbach in 1969 and spent that year in Blacksburg VA while I finished my degree. I hired into Goodyear Tire and Rubber in Akron in Quality Control in the Vinyl Packaging and Flooring division upon graduation in 1970. In 1976 I transferred to Goodyear Atomic and moved to Oak Ridge, TN working in Quality Assurance for a Gas Centrifuge Uranium Plant to be built in Piketon, OH. In 1982 I transferred to the Corporate Quality Assurance Department at plant site and moved to Chillicothe, OH. I worked in Quality Assurance and Environmental Management on the operations side of the plant until taking an early retirement during a contract change in 1999. In 2001 I hired on to a support contractor at the plant in Quality Assurance for the environmental cleanup and restoration of the plant site for the US Government. I fully retired in 2013 and now have more time to enjoy my family and pastimes. Betty and I have 3 children and 4 grandchildren. I am active in the American Society for Quality, Trinity United Methodist Church, the Walk to EMMAUS, a Habitat for Humanity affiliate, the local food pantry. I enjoy golf both playing and 8 years as a marshal at the Memorial Tournament in Columbus, OH and the Presidents Cup when it was held in Columbus last year. I enjoy bridge, gardening and travel. Facebook page |
SALLY SHANK Doyle (California)
I met my husband in Samoa where we were both teaching and we raised 3 children in eastern Connecticut. I have retired after 33 years as a special education teacher, which suited me since I never learned in a traditional way and spoke the same language as some of my students. They taught me so much about life. 3 years ago we moved to the San Francisco area where 2 of our children live and love it. I have fallen in love with art for the first time and take classes at the local college, creating weird and wild projects of many different materials. Would love to hear from former classmates. I don't think I can make the reunion but will try to see if there might be any cheap flights (?!) Facebook page. |
CAROLYN SLACK Petrovic (California)
*Registered for the 2018 All Class Reunion. Ok – one day to go. I’d better put in a bio & catch up with the rest of you! It’s been quite an adventure since leaving Edgewood H.S. and graduating from The College of Wooster with an all-purpose English degree. I spent the following year teaching English, Speech & Drama at Rittman H.S. – located quite literally in the middle of the Ohio cow fields - where they locked kids in a bathroom stall for a day or three for punishment, and where they would corner teachers in the teacher lounge and threaten them for having failed (and disqualified) the Captain of the football team … Gad! So, I moved back to Pittsburgh, walked around looking for a job, and lucked into an apprentice situation as an Interior Designer with Don Black – the Edgewood train station-turned-design studio - and worked with him for three very interesting years. Much as I liked Interior Design, it was a slow route to paying the bills, so I took a turn as a Media Director for Westhead & Associates Advertising – not my bailiwick - volunteered for a suicide hotline, only to find out it was doubling as an underground railroad for the Weathermen (no kidding!), and got a call from our classmate Ted Scheuch, inviting me to work at Amicus House - his runaway home for teenagers, where I did counseling, became co-director, and migrated back to counseling. About that time, I reconnected with Jim Petrovic, who was living in Oakland, California & visiting his folks. Jim has caught you all up with our romance – thanks, Jim! I eventually drove out to California with my cat and weaving loom, and the rest is history. Apprenticed as a florist - loved it - and bought my own shop three years later. I was a florist for 20 years – built the shop, sold it, studied Ikebana and taught design at Adult School and Junior College while Jim and I raised our two sons. Eventually, things settled down. I figured it was time to look around for a new career, and hit upon Technical Recruiting. Many stories from that 3-year stint – the bull-pit call rooms that I finally got enough clout to leave; the boss from hell with the flickering eyelid that signaled yet another screaming tirade toward some hapless soul in her domain. I came out of it figuring that Real Estate couldn’t possibly be as crazy, so I got my license. I’m with Bay Sotheby’s International Realty now – having survived the crash, the short sales, the Bank-owned properties with broken-in doors, grow rooms built inside and prostitutes practicing their trade in the basement, and the really inhumane government & lender policies toward owners in distress - another story. Now we’re into skyrocketing prices, 15-30 offers on a property and those former grow houses have become the new chic Uptown places to live for all the San Francisco techie transplants. How times change! We’ll see what the next adventure is ... Jim and I spent some time in Alaska last year, and are cooking up a plan to renovate an old Airstream and take off for parts unknown. I figure we have a good 25-30 years left … ok, maybe a good 20 hauling the Airstream! Facebook page |
LINDA SNYDER Hazinski (Georgia)
B.A., Davis & Elkins College; Ph.D. Special Education and Teaching, U. of Pittsburgh. Retired Director of Developmental Disabilities Services, Advantage Behavioral Health Systems. Married to David Hazinski, former journalist and New Media Professor at the University of Georgia. No children. Facebook page |
NINA SOWISKI (Pgh, Pennsylvania)
After Edgewood I went to Michigan State Univ, studied in Paris for a year, and finally graduated from Boston Univ with a (useless except when I have been able to travel in France) degree in French. Worked at various jobs in Boston and finally went back to Boston U for nursing, my goal being to become a nurse practitioner. Moved to the mountains in Eastern Ky, worked and studied at the Frontier Nursing Service, and became a Family Nurse Practitioner and a Certified Nurse Midwife. Interned and worked in Philadelphia one year, then back to Ky to work, ending up teaching midwifery there for 2 years. Moved to Portland Oregon with a partner and worked in women’s health care for 8 years. I returned to Pittsburgh to help to care for my father who was dying of cancer, stayed to help my mother adjust, and have been here since. I was hired by Magee to set up 2 outreach clinics, one on the Hill and one in Clairton, to provide prenatal care in underserved areas. I ended up working full-time at the clinic in Clairton, retiring from there after 20+ years. I live in Forest Hills with Carolyn, my partner of 20 years, also retired. Last year I was elected to the Forest Hills Borough Council, am the chair of the Public Works Committee and have been learning everything I can about storm water management and sewers. After retiring I began to work seriously with my photography, taking some classes at the Pgh Center for the Arts. I was accepted into the Pgh Society of Artists and the Associated Artists of Pgh. I have been showing and selling my work, have shown in group and individual shows, and have won several awards. I haven’t had my website updated in years, so it has only old work. For years I have been saying that it will be updated soon, and maybe this is the year that will be true. [There is an exhibition of photographs by Nina Sowiski at Make Your Mark Artspace and Coffeehouse in Point Breeze in July - Aug. 2015. ] |
GEORGE SPENCER (Pgh, Pennsylvania)
*Registered for the 2018 All Class Reunion. Director of Music, Zion Lutheran Church, Penn Hills. I have been active in Church music all of my life. I sing in some of the community choruses here in the 'Burg, such as the Mendelssohn Choir Professional Core. I also present musical programs at senior residences/ nursing homes. I am married and have a daughter, Georgette, serving in the Army in Monterey, California. I am now running and training with the Steel City Road Runners to improve my 7:51 mile pace. Next week is going to be fun, as I am singing the National Anthem for the Washington Wild Things Baseball team at Consol Energy Field in Little Washington. It would be so cool to sing for the Pirates or Penguins. I guess after next year, that is, age 70, we can no longer claim to be "middle-aged." I still dream that I am living at 1033 S. Trenton Avenue in Edgewood. instead of Penn Hills. I am looking forward to seeing you next month. Facebook page |
MEREDITH (STEINKIRCHNER) SHAY (California)
My passions are people, travel and laughter. I am living in Palm Desert, California. I have lived in Venice, California, Kauai, Maine, and Sedona. I worked for TWA for 22 years, and I am still filled with wanderlust. If you pass thru the desert my Mom, Jan and I would love a visit. Be well, enjoy everyday. Keep smiling Facebook page |
WAYNE STRUBLE (Florida)
*Registered for the 2018 All Class Reunion. Graduated EHS June 1964 and entered Penn State main campus 4 days later. I was not a good student even with Joe Paterno as my adviser for the summer first term. Left Penn State following fall term 1967. I started work for the City of Winter Park with the late Bob Fleming as my boss. I also got married to the former Mary Louise McVeigh in August of 1968. I began taking classes at Rollins College in the spring under a cooperative program with the City of Winter Park. I finished with a Bachelors Degree making the Dean's List each semester. Funny how a little time can make such a big difference. Next stop was the City of Ormond Beach for 3 years. I then moved to the City of Winter Garden for a chance to become a department head. Following stints at City of South Daytona, Sunrise Olds and United Trophy Mfg. I ended up in the City of DeLand, where I spent the next 27 years until retiring. Over this time period, Mary Lou and I had three children, 2 boys and a girl and now have 4 grandsons. During my stay in DeLand, I managed a Sr. Center, 7 tennis courts, 3 soccer/football fields, 2 full sized baseball fields, 3 youth baseball fields, 1 community center, 64 softball teams in 4 programs, a swimming pool, 2 gyms, 8 basketball leagues and 6 playgrounds in the summer. I was also the city Stadium announcer for 3 levels of high school football and soccer for twenty years. I did internet broadcasts of Stetson University Fast Pitch Softball and American Legion Baseball for 8 years, before doing American Legion on State level for 4 years on a local radio station. With the exception of Chuck and Janet Waugaman, I have not seen any of you for 50 years. I am filled with emotion at the prospect of seeing many of you again. Facebook page |
SHARON TEBBETS Pedrotti (Pennsylvania)
After EHS, I attended and graduated from Grove City College with a BS in Mathematics. And, as I always planned to do since fifth grade, I started teaching math first at Penn Hills High School and later retiring from Woodland Hills High School in 2008, after teaching in five decades. For me, marrying my high school sweetheart was not a " happily ever after" story but I was blessed with two children and now four grandchildren and counting. Being a grandmother is the best!! Retirement has allowed me to give back by volunteering for a variety of organizations and charities. Retirement has also given me the freedom to travel.... North to Alaska, South to Mexico, East to Ireland and West to Hawaii were some of my destinations with more to follow! Facebook page |
JERI TOOLIN Cohn (New Jersey)
I retired from teaching high school social studies in New Jersey which I loved. I now spend my time between New York City as we live just outside of it, Maine, where we have a cabin and Rochester, NY where my daughter and her husband and two granddaughters live. My passions are traveling, hiking, kayaking, volunteering, yoga, art and theater and it is great now having the time to enjoy these activities. Facebook page |
ALAN WHITNEY (Oregon)
*Registered for the 2015 All Class Reunion. After Edgewood I spent one year at Slippery Rock playing soccer and swimming. I then transferred to U of Wisconsin where I rowed Crew and got a BS in Zoology. Next was U of Maryland for med school taking one year out to train and go to 1972 Munich Olympics in 2man kayak. Next was U of Pittsburgh for Surgical internship and Orthopedic residency. I did general Orthopedics until end of 2014 when government and insurance interference got me to retire. I now have a small tree farm and enjoy woodworking. |
SUSAN WILLIAMS Haynes (Arizona)
I recently moved from Portland, OR to Tucson, AZ, drawn here by a close friend, my eldest son Michael and his wife Sarah, and holistic education colleagues. My youngest son Matt remains in Portland and my son Adam and family live in LA. After raising three boys it is delightful to have 2 granddaughters! In Bar Harbor my ex -husband was an internist, and I was a special needs teacher (masters degrees in special education and literacy). Throughout my teaching career, the universe has sent me a large percentage of highly creative learners. I have written about my experiences with them in Creative Mavericks: Beacons of Authentic Learning. I am currently setting up a private tutoring/consulting practice here in Tucson and working on a second book about authentic teaching and learning. [rev. 11/2017] |
MARTHA WISE Witkowsky (Florida)
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CAROLE WOODS (Washington, DC)
Westminster College, 1968. Married to George Cleland. Celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in June 2017. Retired Chief Librarian, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Library. Facebook page |