Rick Geiger . .
.
After
graduation, I continued working at Safeway, staying with them for
fourteen years. During my time with Safeway, and for the
remainder of my working career until 1986, I worked primarily in
retail management. In 1986 I began working in the title
insurance industry (I even worked for Marty Thomas for a
while). Eventually this led to a career in network
administration. In
October of 2001, I moved from Tucson to Phoenix, where I now work as
the IT Manager for the Maricopa County operation of Chicago Title.
Mary Lynn, my
wife of eighteen years, is the joy of my life. When we met, I
was raising three teenagers on my own. She took pity on me and
eventually married me. You have to know she's a wonderful
woman as she has kept me for so many years. Did I mention
pity? We have three grandchildren, with our youngest of
nineteen months living near us in Phoenix, and our oldest of
nineteen years living in Mesa. My real passion (in addition to
my wife) is reading mostly romance, although it is not unusual
for a science fiction novel to find it's way into my hands.
Janice (Jan)
Gibson Davenport . . .
Living in Tucson,
Arizona
Home economics
teacher, bank commercial loan officer, business office manager
(Tucson Limb and Brace)
Married to
James L. Davenport Sr. three children and two grandchildren
Hobbies and interests: gardening, cooking
and entertaining, reading,
sewing, traveling
Advisory Board
Chair Arizona Cancer Center, mentor elementary students reading
through Rotary, Christmas Concert Committee for San Xavier,
volunteer at church
Robert Goetz . . .
Living in Oregon
Career in
Engineering
Married to Martha
Thompson one child
Hobbies and Interests: hiking, river rafting, Boy Scouts of America
Sharon Goff
Truelson . . .
Living in
Kenedy, Texas
Career in
Clergy (M. Divinity in 1996) currently at Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church
Married to Ed
(retired USAF after twenty-two years active duty) four
children ten grandchildren
Hobbies and Interests: grandchildren, reading, gardening, crafts
Rotary,
Community building volunteer work, Chamber of Commerce
Carl Gruey . .
.
I was born in
Conneaut Ohio, not far from where I am now living, on June 23,
1945 a LONG, LONG time ago.
I originally
moved to Tucson in 1954, for my mother's heath. Moved to
Pennsylvania shortly after she remarried a man she had known for a
number of years. Moved back to Tucson in 1957, and went to Jr.
high and high school where I thankfully graduated in 1963.
I think it was a mercy diploma.
Worked for
Roy's Rugs from 1963 to 1965 when I joined, yep, JOINED the
Marines. I was in Viet Nam for nineteen months and nineteen days.
I got back to the states, discharged in August of 1968
Honorable I might add. From there I moved back to my birth state
of Ohio. I lived here from 1968 to 1969 a bachelors life
(sigh) then married Diane, whom I met in Phoenix, where my
mother moved to after I left for the Marines. Diane and her mother
lived next door to my mother. I met Diane when on leave from
boot camp.
We married in
Phoenix in 1969, December the 20th. We moved back to Ohio, where I
was living at the time. I was then employed with Cabot Corp.,
later to be bought by many companies, and is now known as
Millennium Chemicals. We had our first baby, Michael, on the 19th
of February 1971. This was a surprise as Diane was told by the
doctors that she would
never be able to get pregnant. She also
had two other pregnancies, a boy and a girl. In the mean time,
since we were not pleased with only one child, we adopted my
oldest girl Gina. We adopted one other, Sandy, in 1997, who
was then a fourteen year old girl. Michael, thirty-one,
lives in Scottsdale and is an engineer for a construction group.
My oldest daughter, Gina, is twenty-seven and is an RN
at an assisted living complex near here. Gina is also the mother
to my ADORABLE and only granddaughter, Kylie. My other daughters,
Ginger twenty-two and Sandy eighteen, are at home, as is my
youngest son, Stewart twelve.
I am still
employed at Millennium Chemicals, at the same location, for the past thirty-four years in
Ashtabula, Ohio, which is thirteen miles from here. Our end product is Titanium
Dioxide, and I am a relief
operator/relief supervisor.
I live in the
country on only five and a half acres; however, there is not a
house near here. Lots of wild life, which I love. I like to hunt,
fish, garden. Most of any TV that I watch is Discovery, animals or
anything nature. The picture is from my kitchen window on the 18th
of July of this year.
My best of love
and life to all my friends from our class. Prayers for all the
deceased members of our class. I know that they are in our hearts
and thoughts.
Carol Halbohn Harkias
. . .
Living in Eagle,
Colorado
Real Estate Broker
Married to Kenneth,
a Custom Home Builder two children and two grandchildren
We live on a small
ranch in Eagle, Colorado with our two horses and two Golden Retrievers
Hobbies and interests: horseback riding, gardening, travel
Past President and
currently Assistant Governor of Western Eagle Valley Rotary Club
Magdalene (Maggie)
Han Dunbar . . .
Living in Tucson,
Arizona
Real Estate
Agent
Formerly married
to Dick Dunbar class of 1963 and still friends. We share
two grown children, Stephanie and Chris, and our five year old
granddaughter, Kaylee Ann
My mother,
brother (Larry), sister (Margaret) and daughter (Stephanie) are alive
and well and happily among the Phoenicians. My son Chris is in
Tucson.
Hobbies and Interests: travel, watercolor, theater, family and
friends, Pima County Republican Women, The Health Education Project,
Habitat and Professional Organizations.
Patricia Hand
Frannea . . .
Graduated from
the U of A in Textiles and took a job in San Francisco. Joe lured me
to Midland, Texas, with a marriage proposal in 1968, and we started
out on a life of moving with his career, raising kids and restoring
and renovating our homes. We were fortunate to get to live so many
places and meet so many different people over the years. In Oklahoma
City
our three boys were born, and I did free-lance textile and pottery
design. When we moved to Denver I put those things on hold to
concentrate on volunteering in the boys schools and working on
neighborhood issues. It was there that we really cemented our love for
old houses, inner city neighborhoods and their diverse public schools.
In New Orleans and Dallas our commitment to those issues continued.
When my mother became ill in the 90's, we turned our attention to
Tucson again, and were able to come back home in 1996 to care for her
and start a new phase of our lives. We came home with the awe of
newcomers for the unique beauty of the Sonoran Desert. My interests
and passions now focus on environmental and community issues,
architecture, historic preservation . . .. I love being
with family, farmers markets, cooking for crowds, gardening, the
arts and designing almost anything Joe is willing to indulge.
For those of you
with a family history at Amphi, perhaps youd like to know that my
older brother Johnny (Amphi 1952) is a rancher in New Mexico, my
sister Nita (Amphi 1955) and her husband retired near San Francisco
from a life of raising and training race horses in California, and my
little brother Mike (Amphi 1973) is in Washington, DC with the USDA
Crop Insurance Program.
Anita Hanson
Cadwallader . . .
Living in Tucson,
Arizona
Homemaker, Team
Leader at Sears
Widow (married to
Jim for thirty-seven years) two children and three
grandchildren
Hobbies and Interests: sewing, hiking, Bible studies, grandkids,
TULC,
Caregiver
Mary Harrell Carter
. . .
Living in
Indianapolis, Indiana
Following
graduation from Amphi, I worked for the University of Arizona in
several offices around campus for over fifteen years. I then
moved to Pinetop-Lakeside and was a middle school secretary for three
years. I lived in Minneapolis, MN where I was secretary to the
Vice Principle of a large Catholic high school for four years. I
left Minnesota, and a marriage, to move to southern California, where
I worked for a large publishing company for five years.
Because of the
wake-up call of the Northridge earthquake in 1994, I now live in
Indianapolis, Indiana, where I share a home with my sister (Peggy
Harrell Wild Amphi class of 1964). I do freelance conference
planning and meeting registrations, etc., from my home office.
Peggy and I share joint ownership of three large cats (only children
either of us have!!)
Looking forward
to the reunion.
Neal Harris . .
.
living in
Sahuarita, Arizona
Retired Ironworker
Married to
Karen two children and five grandchildren
Hobbies & Interests: Photography, gardening,
church Activities, community water projects
Rick Harris . . .
After high
school, I did volunteer work with VISTA and Peace Corps programs,
married Myrna Parent (Amphi 1964), graduated from the U of A in
1968 with a BA in secondary education and in 1974 with an MA in
geography. I taught school for thirty-three years in Arizona,
Chile, Mexico and and for the last seventeen years, in Alaska.
Divorced in 1978, and married Karen Stapf (ASU) in Scottsdale in
1986. Together we now have four children and six grandchildren .
Always liked sports but couldn't play very well (just ask Coach
Genung , Fritz and Steve Campbell), but did get into refereeing HS
sports for fifteen years in Arizona, and coaching basketball on
the HS level in Alaska for many years. Wound up teaching social
studies, PE and Spanish as well (Mr. Lomaglio and Sra. Manzo would
be quite surprised at that!).
Karen and I love teaching, traveling , reading, going to movies,
camping , fishing, remodeling homes and playing on our farm in
Lewis, Colorado (we're both now retired). Over the years our
travels have taken us to five continents and many countries, most
recently to China as part of an educational delegation to visit
schools and meet with Chinese educators. Our current endeavors are
serving as volunteers with the Colorado Special Olympics programs
and learning how to keep cows in our pasture.
Kit Henry . . .
4 years at NAU
degree in psychology
3 states of residence
California, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire
2 husbands (not at the same time!)
1 wonderful daughter
29 years in New Hampshire
like Arizona, it
is ...
1 beautiful state with clean air, clean water and more trees than
people!
= 40 years since high school
IMPOSSIBLE!
[4+3+2+1+29+1=40
isn't Kit cute!]
My husband Henry and I live in the country near Hancock, NH in a funky old summerhouse. We heat with wood, which keeps Henry pretty busy.
Fortunately we both love winter (see photo taken in our driveway) and all of the outdoor activities that go along with
it. Unfortunately we like playing too much in the summer and neglect the
house. We wish we were more like the Franneas. We buy old houses but don't fix them up!
My job history reads like the Department of Labor catalogue of occupations. I've done everything from social work to farm work
and lots in between. This spring I coached the high school boy's tennis team for
the second year. Hanging out with them certainly puts me in an Amphi state of mind! In the fall and winter I work
for Staff Development for Educators, traveling to seminars working as an onsite coordinator. I
mostly choose to travel to the Midwest so I can tack on visits with my parents, who now live in Missouri.
They can still run circles around me! All in all, I've chosen freedom over a career and have tried to take
a Zen approach to work as best described in an old rock and roll
song "It ain't what
you do, it's the way how you do it; it ain't what you eat, it's the way how you chew it."
It's been such fun reading the biographies of our classmates and learning about the different paths we have taken since 1963.
Kudos to everyone on the committee for the hard work planning this reunion. It
will be great!
Jonalie Herman
Bachmann . . .
Living in Tucson,
Arizona
Thirty plus years with
Mountain Bell, US West, Quest
Married to David on
November 5, 1964 have two children
Hobbies and
interests: crocheting, reading, crafts
Ernie Hoffman .
. .
Living in Poway,
California
In the
construction business Concrete Contractor Engineers
Military
service in the Army. Served in Vietnam Honorable
Discharge
Married to
Liz
two children
and two grandchildren
Hobbies and Interests: golf, scuba diving, travel, gym
Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, Stoneridge Country Club
Dennis Ison . . .
Living in Tucson,
Arizona
Auto Technician
U.S. Army 1967 - 1969
in Vietnam
Hobbies and Interests:
motorsports, NHRA
Attended Amphi from
2nd - 11th grades and graduated from high school in Williams, Arizona
Celia Jarrett
Halstead . . .
Living in
Tucson, Arizona
Worked as a
hospital Social Worker for nineteen years, now works for SAMHC
Married for
thirty-five years to Dale Halstead, who is a counseling
psychologist with the VA daughter Anne is a Juvenile
Probation Officer, grandson Josh is two
Hobbies and
interests: aerobics, gardening, tennis, bridge, travel,
reading
Pamela Kaufman
Morris Johnson . . .
After graduation, moved to
Oklahoma and attended OSU. Married to a jockey for six years, moving twenty
times in the Northwestern and Southwestern states. Divorced in 1970, and left
Texas behind. Lived in Cypress and Irvine, California, worked for a Canadian company, then
eleven years for an SE/Corp. attorney. Later became an office administrator,
and eventually a marketing administrator, for an international environmental
firm.
My father stayed in the horse industry, and had several horses go to the Triple Crown Races. My older sister was married to D. Wayne Lucas.
I raised my two kids alone. Lisa, thirty-eight, lives close to Prescott, and is married with
two girls. She just completed her 2nd year of college and made the National Dean's List. Brett,
thirty-four, lives in Glendale, and is in law enforcement. He has one girl.
In 1985, on a blind date I met my sole mate. We're working on eighteen years, but it took
fourteen years to "get to the alter!" When John retired from the auto business in
1995, I retired too. John and I have taken three world cruises and have seen the French and Italian Rivieras, Monte Carlo and the races. We were invited to
the Monte Carlo Sporting Club with Prince Rainier
in attendance. The ceiling opened over the entire ballroom and fireworks
exploded into the sky! We've been to Japan, Singapore, Sumatra, many islands
and Bali. We flew the Concord to Nice and Paris. (After three returns from
the runway in Paris, we wondered about life.) The return trip to New York
was 2-3/4 hours and went ok. We've taken trips to Cabo San Lucas, Baja and
nine years of RVing. My travels since birth in Montana covered the entire
USA and portions of Canada and Mexico. We average 18,000 miles each summer
and fall, plus a few trips from home in the winter. It has been a live long
exciting trip so far!
I enjoy horseback riding, some sewing, golf, tennis, hiking (all over the
mountains around Palm Springs), off-roading, hunting and 49' gold chain
panning. We both love deep sea fishing.
I always wanted to paint, and started under help of professional artist
fifteen months ago. I will finish my 4th oil in November when we return
home. I love painting. And love the fact that I too was a PANTHER. Let's
renew all our young friendships.
