Regina Lane
Seaman . . .
Living in Tucson,
Arizona
I got
married shortly after graduation and had two children from that
marriage. I was a stay at home housewife and Mom for twenty
years. My daughter, Terri has two children, Zachary, age twelve
and Breann, age ten. My son Jeff, has one child, Shyann, age
four.
I then divorced and went back to school for some much needed
training to get into the work force. I worked for an
investment firm as an administrative secretary for the next twelve
years. After the company downsized, I stayed at home for a
while and enjoyed doing nothing. For the past five years I have
been a secretary for a CPA firm.
Hobbies and interests: gardening, cooking and
"shopping"
Claudia Lantry
. . .
Living in California
Divorced; have
two children and five grandchildren
Organizations: Kiwanis
I would have loved to attend this reunion. Although I did not graduate from Amphi, I have never forgotten the friends and fun I had there. I have lived in Westminster, California for the past forty years. I have retired from a wonderful career in publishing and travel as often as I can. Hawaii is a favorite place, any and all of the islands. I would love to hear from anyone who remembers me. (714-893-7081).
Winnie Larsen
Hogoboom . . .
Education and career: After high school, I graduated from
the U of A with a BA in elementary education, and then went to
Redlands, California, as a 4th grade teacher. After three
years there, my husband and I moved to the small town of
Guerneville, set in the redwood trees along the Russian River, about
seventy-five miles north of San Francisco. I taught in the
neighboring city of Santa Rosa for seven years, and then moved to a
district office job as a project manager and curriculum resource
specialist. Along the way, I went back to school for an
academic major (in English) which California requires, and later for
an MA with emphasis in school administration. I graduated with
the MA the same year my daughter graduated from high school. Three
years ago, I became the principal of a 550-student, grade K-6,
elementary school in Santa Rosa. It's a challenging job that I
actually never thought I wanted, but which I actually like doing.
Family: My husband and I were married for twenty-seven years
before his death in 1995. We met in Tucson while I worked in
the public library during college, and married the year after I
graduated. We have one daughter, Stephanie, who is twenty-five
years old. She is married to a Norwegian cartoonist whom she
met while studying in Norway. She is doing graduate work in
theoretical linguistics at UC Santa Cruz. My mother and sister
moved here when my daughter was born, so I have been fortunate to
have my small family close-by. My sister and her husband and
son live in Santa Rosa; my mother died a couple of years ago.
Personal: I have just moved out of Guerneville after
thirty-two years, to a senior citizen condo community in Santa Rosa.
Since all but a few of my neighbors are retired, and most are
considerably older than I, I feel quite young here. I am an
ex-school board member of nine years, a current Community
Concert board member, and I have been very active in my UCC church
in Guerneville (I'm now transitioning to a Methodist church in Santa
Rosa). I enjoy attending concerts and community theater
productions, reading, walking, and the company of friends and a
couple of cats.
I didn't go to any of the previous reunions, but I expect to attend
this one. I'm looking forward to it.
Kenneth D. Little . .
.
Living in Tucson,
Arizona
Retired after thirty
years (1997) as Head Registrar at U of A Museum of Art, and President
of Ken Little Fine Arts Service for thirty-five years
Professional artist
represented in collections all across USA and Canada
Married to Colette
(Flowing Wells 1967) — two children and two grandchildren
Hobbies and interests: love traveling, beach, restaurants, movies, just having
a good time
Linda Lohman Schowalter . .
.
Living in Hickory, North Carolina
Married to Paul, they have children and grandchildren to enjoy
Kathleen Lutich
Roybal . . .
Living in
Lakeside, Arizona
Retired
Military service
in USWAC
Divorced with one
child
Hobbies and
Interests: crafts
Barbara Mann Cade . .
.
Living in Lindale,
Texas
I moved from
Tucson to Tyler, Texas, in 1970. Married Joe in
1976. Joe had two daughters, Julie and Jenny, and I had one
daughter, Julie. It was pretty confusing around house with
two Julies.
We live in a log house in the country on a few acres and have a
few
cows. Both Joe and I work in the oil and gas business.
We have three grandchildren. I love to travel, sew and spend
time with the grandchildren.
Looking forward to seeing everyone next April.
Pepper (Barbara)
Marich Sprague . . .
Living in Tucson,
Arizona
Remedial reading
teacher (Title 1) K-5 at Canyon View Elementary — Catalina Foothills
District — Tucson — fourteen years
Married to Bill —
two children
Hobbies and
interests: travel, gardening, quilting, reading, fly-fishing,
spending time with family
Carole Martin
Mohr . . .
Living in
Palo Alto, California
Financial
Analyst for thirty-one years with Lockheed-Martin, retired
Divorced —
one daughter who lives in the Dallas, Texas, area and one
grandpuppy
Hobbies and
interests: History and travel, golf and sports, music,
dancing, wine tasting, volunteer work
Menlo Park
Presbyterian Church, President of Lockheed-Martin Golf Club in San
Jose, Volunteer "Pink Lady" at Stanford University
Hospital
Gary Mitchell . .
.
Living in Scottsdale,
Arizona
Twenty-five
years in computer sales (retired), nine years in real estate sales
Married to
Debora Mitchell
Hobbies and interests: golf, anything in the outdoors
Karen Monrad Groseclose
. . .
Following
graduation from Amphi in 1963, I began work at Southern Arizona Bank
and worked there full-time for a year and then part-time while I
attended the U of A. I met my husband, David, on a blind date
in April of 1967 and we were married in December, on
Beethoven’s birthday. We will celebrate our
thirty-fifth anniversary this year. I was a few credits short of
graduation when he finished law school in June of 1968 and never
finished my degree . . . maybe this year?
David began his
first job as the law clerk to Chief Justice Lorna Lockwood in the
Arizona Supreme Court in Phoenix, and I continued my IT banking
career by joining Valley National Bank. David went into
private practice with lifelong friends a year later and I had three babies in
three years. Ben (thirty-two), John (thirty-one) and Susan
(thirty) kept us
very busy in scouting, hiking, skiing, scuba diving and being among
the first families using computers at home. I continued
my career as a programmer, lead analyst, unit manager and project
manager and I loved my work. I had help at home,
but I wanted more time with my family. I did not want to look
back and say I missed anything. So . . ..
When Susan
started kindergarten in 1977, I left the bank to consult. For
sixteen years I ran Systems Interface as President, CEO and Treasurer;
David was Vice-President and Secretary. That way I could bill
anywhere from twenty hours per month up to twenty hours per week on
contracts and have the same income and benefits as a full-time
employee, yet have the time I wanted with David and the kids.
I consulted with Valley National Bank, Arizona Clearing House
Association, Great Western Savings, BCBS AZ, and Bank One, as well
as small business clients. During that time I also served as a
Cub Scout den mother, Soccer Club Registrar, Treasurer of the
PTA-PTO and active volunteer to the arts. I may have limited
my total income, but I was happy being an “integrator” and not
feeling guilty about not having time to be involved with my
children.
Supporting
David’s spare time interest in James Michener, I assisted in the
creation of “James A. Michener: A
Bibliography” (State House Press, 1996) and had the opportunity to
meet with Mr. Michener several times in the ears before his death
in October of 1997. The Groseclose Collection of material
became the nucleus of the James A. Michener Special Collection at
the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.
I created the Web site content from the bibliography manuscript and
serve as the Secretary/Treasurer of the James A. Michener
Society.
After all three
children left home, I returned to Valley Bank (now Bank One) as an
employee and took early retirement in 2001. As an independent
consultant and Project Manager again, I have spent the last two
years on eCommerce, Web, Client Server, Interactive Voice Response
and Human Resources related initiatives for several Phoenix based
corporations. I have spent the last eleven months at Pinnacle West
Capital Corporation, and am currently sending out resumes to find my
next project.
I don’t feel
fifty-six, and plan to continue my career for at least a few more years.
We love to travel to visit our only grandchild, Haley Anne, in
GulfPort, Mississippi every chance we get. At two and a half, she is a
joy — and we require no additional entertainment.
The Class of
1963 enjoyed the height of optimism in America with great teachers,
standards to live by, and a respect for our elders, property, and
our country. That optimism stayed with
me . . . Life has been good . . ..
We look forward
to seeing all of you next year and hearing stories about your
families.
Gail Neal Richards .
. .
Living in southern
California
Teacher for
thirty-three years (K-9 all subjects, 9-12 Art Education)
Married to Walter —
three adult children
Hobbies and Interests: Boating (power
and sail), skiing (water and snow),
horseback riding, gardening, reading, painting, hiking and bicycling
Youth
organizations, Yacht clubs, National Preservation organizations
Florence Notesteen Allegretti . . .
Living in Palm Springs, California
Married to Roberto
—
one child
Medical Transcriptionist
Hobbies and Interests:
reading, music, movies, travel
Mary Kay Ogden
Rodriguez . . .
Living in Tucson,
Arizona
Secretary, receptionist
and housewife
Married thirty-eight
years to
Jim Rodriguez, who has his own plumbing business — three children (Randy,
an elementary School Principal in Yuma; Kris, a pharmaceutical
Rep in Phoenix; Jennifer, a housewife and mother in Tucson) and eight
grandchildren
Hobbies and interests: horseback riding, working out at gym, grandchildren
Kathleen
O'Neill . . .
Living in
Tucson, Arizona
One son
After high
school I attended and graduated from NAU with a BS in Education.
I taught for six years and found out it was not for me. I
tried a number of jobs, including City Council Aide, a business of
my own and ended up at Lawyers Title as the State Personnel
Director. I stayed with Lawyers Title for eight years, but
after dealing with cancer twice, I decided to completely change my
life. I am currently in my twelfth year as a hair stylist at
the Coyote Wore Sideburns, a hair salon on 4th Avenue in Tucson .
. . and I love it.
Jane Pennington Klassen
. . .
Living in Placentia,
California
Stayed at home to raise our children, taught science to elementary students for past
twenty-four years (consultant basis). Also have Indian jewelry and crafts business where we set up on college campuses and Pow-Wows.
Married to Vuryl, who has taught Math at Cal State Fullerton since 1965, and still loves teaching
there. We have three children.
Hobbies & Interests: Recently learned to Scuba dive and went to Fiji last summer (class trip) to dive their wonderful reefs.
Tom Peck . . .
Living in Tucson,
Arizona
Retired Tucson Firefighter, presently a custom home builder
Married to Denise —
six children and five grandchildren
Hobbies and interests: hunting, fishing, camping, gardening
Gary Petras . . .
Living near Trinidad, Texas
(South of Gun Barrel City, Texas)
Married to Susann Coate (Amphi 1963)
Retired architect after twenty-five years with the Army and Air Force Exchange
Service (AAFES)
After high school, I attended the University of Arizona, from which I graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. I married my high school sweetheart, Susann in 1967. We moved to Dallas in 1968,
and joined AAFES. Got my architectural license in Texas in 1971. We are blessed with
two sons, Jason in 1969 and Sean in 1973.
We were transferred to Seoul, Korea,
which is twenty-five miles south of the DMZ, where we lived from 1975
— 1980. Then back to Dallas for
four years before the moving van showed up again. Next stop was a transfer to Munich, Germany
—
this time we were only
forty-five minutes from the apartment to the ski slopes in Austria. We were forced to live there from 1984
—
1988. It was kind of a storybook tale
—
I built PX/BXs and Burger Kings across Europe, Susann bought porcelain.
Our older son dated the General's daughter and was captain/quarterback of the high school football team.
In the early
1990s our organization had to downsize along with our customers, the US military. Early retirement was offered to those who had
twenty-five years of service
—
my reaction was "Don't stand between me and the door"
—
so I retired in 1993. We had built a house on Cedar Creek
Lake, southeast of Dallas in 1980, which was now to become our retirement home and the start of doing what I had dreamed about all my life
—
living and working on a lake. I built a construction barge , hung out a shingle "Petras Marine Construction" and started my "retirement
hobby." No more high pressure schedules, coats/ties or endless meetings.
I can actually commute to some jobs by jet ski.
We have been blessed with one
grandchild, who caught his first fish off the front yard sidewalk this spring. We enjoy traveling by motor home and getting off of the beaten path to see rural America. To this end, we have visited all
two hundred fifty-four county courthouses in Texas, all sixty-four parish courthouses in Louisiana and are about half way
through the county courthouses of Oklahoma. I really enjoy watching our grandson, Seth,
grow. And even though we live on the lake, I don't fish that much
—
but would rather just cruise the lake by
boat or jet ski. I guess that comes from having grown up in the desert.
Larry Reger . . .
Living in Buckhannon,
West Virginia
I actually left Amphi
in my Junior year, went to Buena in Sierra Vista for the second half, and
then spent my senior year, and graduated, from Tombstone High in Tombstone,
Arizona. Went to the U of A one year, partied a lot, quit and went to
work for the State Highway Department. Had a bad car accident in 1964,
spent three years in a full body cast, but other than a steel plate in my
leg, recovered completely. Married Betty Murray, class of 1955, in
1972, and her daughter Laura. Graduated from the U of A with a degree
in Marketing Management. Went to work for Fluor-Utah on the expansion
of Pima Mine south of Tucson. At the completion of this project,
worked as a surveyor with the City of Tucson, retiring in 1999 after
twenty-eight years with the City. City Surveyor and Survey Field
Supervisor for the last twelve years there. My first wife passed away
with Leukemia after nineteen years of marriage. We had a son, Justin,
now twenty-six and living in Tucson. Married Suzanne McNeil in 1995,
with two boys — Roy, now seventeen, and James, now sixteen. Moved
from Tucson in May 1999 to Buckhannon, WV where we bought a beautiful
Victorian 6,000 square foot, three story stone home on six acres. Opened
The Post/Reger Mansion Inn Bed and Breakfast,
where we thoroughly enjoy meeting all the wonderful people. The Inn is
on the National Registry of Historic Places. Have property in Tombstone so I
do get back quite often, plus I Elk hunt when I get drawn up by Showlow.
Plan on selling out when last child graduates from high school, and Suzanne
and I will move to Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands, which we visited last
summer and fell in love with. Hope you have a great reunion and it's
great to read the bios, etc., I had a great time in the Amphi District from
3rd grade to 11th.
