WW High School - Class of 1959

Pat Herring (Lucarelli)

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Birthday:November 15, 1940 Email:jplucarelli@charter.net Occupation:Retired Operations Mgr. Cold Storage Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3 Last Edited:2013-10-10 18:39:55

From Pat:

Spouse: John
Children: 2 Sons & 1 Daughter
Grandchildren: 3 Grandsons & 5 Granddaughters
Activities/Hobbies:
Kids and grandkids and attending their activities, sewing, quilting, scrapbooking, traveling, gardening lots of roses, spending time with family and good friends.

My husband, John (class of ’57) and I got engaged upon graduating and married in January 1960. At that time I was working for Walla Walla Federal Savings and Loan. The following July I left employment there and went to work for the US Army Corps. of Engineers as a secretary.

Our first son, Tony, was born in 1961 and our second son, Mike, followed in 1963. I was a stay-at-home Mom for many years, working only part time for the payroll division of General Foods. Our daughter, Susie, was born in 1968. I continued working part time for General Foods when they needed extra office help. In 1971 I was hired by Terminal Ice & Cold Storage, a refrigerated/frozen warehouse facility, working part time in the office. Years later I began full time, retiring from there as Operations Manager in 2004 after 32 years of service. The company had become known as Americold Logistics. Johnny is retired from over 30 years of service with Coca Cola and a lifetime of farming.

Walla Walla has always been our home. Tony and Kelly and their two daughters, ages 23 and 18, live in Portland, Oregon. Mike and Renee and their three children, ages 15, 13, and 11, live in Sammamish, Washington. Susie and John and their three children, ages 16, 14, and 9, built a home next door to us in 1994, giving us the chance to spend very valuable time almost daily with them. We love attending all of their sports activities and also follow closely the Wa-Hi Blue Devils basketball team for which our son-in-law, John, is head coach. We had the pleasure of following them to Seattle/Tacoma this past March for the State Tournament.

Retirement is as wonderful as everyone ever told us it would be. Many days pass and I wonder how I ever had time to work at a professional job. We have a large yard, around 100 roses, and acreage that requires Johnny’s care, where, in the past we grew carrots, spinach and onions. Spending time with our three children and all of our grandchildren is one of our favorite pastimes, along with numerous hobbies. I do a lot of sewing, quilting, scrapbooking, and yard work. We love heading to both Portland and Sammamish to spend time with our out-of-town kids and grandkids. We also enjoy other travels and have taken some very wonderful trips, including a three week vacation to Italy with three other couples in 2001. Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast is also one of our favorite places to vacation. Spending time with good friends and family has always been and continues to be very important to us.

It doesn’t seem possible it has been 50 years since we left Wa-Hi and all the fun memories of friends, clubs, sponsors, shuffle shop, Spudnut, and the list goes on. Let’s get together and reminisce. See you in August!

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Jo Dee Hess (Hanson)

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Email:jjhanson2@comcast.net Occupation:Retired - South Sound YMCA Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2 Last Edited:2012-07-11 22:26:21

From Jo Dee:Spouse: John
Children: 2 Sons
Grandchildren: 3 Grandsons & 2 Granddaughters
Activities/Hobbies: Swimming, tennis tournaments, grandkids, reading, volunteering in the future.

My husband, John and I, are now a retired couple. After working in school age child care programs for over 28 years, and my husband in the insurance industry for 45 years, we now have more free time to travel, volunteer, and “entertain” our dog, Deken. Our two boys, John Jr. and Bill and their awesome wives and five grandkids are close by for us to spoil them all.

Our 45^th wedding anniversary is coming up so we are making plans for a trip to “somewhere” in between taking trips to several tennis tournaments that my husband John plays in.

Our lives have been blessed with good health, three parents who are still around keeping us on our toes, and many friends and family to help us from getting bored with life.

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Jack Hester

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Last Edited:2012-07-11 22:26:23

Judy Hiatt (Lasater)

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Email:Lajubil@comcast.net Occupation:Retired-Air Freight Company Owner Marital Status:Married No. of Children:4 Last Edited:2012-07-11 22:26:23

From Judy: The four children have given us 5 grandchildren to enjoy. The oldest son, Darin, is 48 and an engineer living in Houston, Tx with his wife and has two girls. Willie, age 47 and our second son, lives here in Vancouver and is owner of the air freight business. He and his wife have one son. Our third son is Troy, age 45, lives in Vancouver and works in the air freight company. Our only daughter, Becky, is 41 and lives in Portland with her husband and two sons. She, also, works in the air freight company.
We moved from Vancouver, Washington to Everett, Washington and back to Vancouver when my husband was in the U.S.A.F. Then, we lived in Boise, Idaho, Greeley, Colorado, and Parkersburg, WV before moving back to Vancouver. We have been here for 25 years and, now, spend winters in Surprise, Az.

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Ron Hickman

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Last Edited:2012-07-12 00:37:22

From Ron:Deceased

Bill Hill

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Birthday:October 07, 1941 Email:oreo-3@charter.net Occupation:U.S. Navy "Retired" Marital Status:Married No. of Children:1 Last Edited:2012-07-11 22:29:23

From Bill:Wife: Darlene

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Dianne C Hiller (Norquist)

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Birthday:March 08, 1941 Email:glasarrow@msn.com Occupation:Retired - Retail Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3 Last Edited:2012-07-11 22:26:22

From Dianne C:

Spouse: Gary
Children: 1 Son & 2 Daughters
Grandchildren: Five
Activities/Hobbies: Aerobics, Hiking

After high school, I went to Germany where Gary & I were married October 17^th,1959 (50^th coming up soon). I returned in December of 1960 and our first daughter Cathie was born April 3, 1961. She now lives in Mill Creek, WA and just completed her 30^th year with Nordstrom’s, traveling all over the world to buy products for their accessories, handbag, and jewelry departments.

After our service days, we moved to Seattle where Gary worked for a brief time with Boeing, and then we moved back to Walla Walla where he worked briefly for Stone Machinery Co. before going to the Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Our son Kevin was born in 1965 and now lives in Spokane, Wa. where he appraises real estate. He gave us two grandchildren, Ashton now 19, and Devin, 16.

We moved to Portland, Or. with the railroad in 1969 where our daughter Colleen was born in 1972, she now lives with her husband Tony and there three children Ben 7, Sam 5, and Ava 1 in Mukilteo, WA. She and Tony are both teachers in the Mukilteo, WA. school district.

Gary was promoted and we moved to Spokane, WA in 1984, then again moved to Mill Creek, WA. (near Seattle) in 1986. He retired in January of 1995 from Burlington Northern RR.

Besides raising three children, I also worked in Portland and Seattle for a department store selling china and crystal goods part time.

In 1998 we started building our winter home in Surprise, AZ and moved there in January 1999. We still spend 6 months in AZ enjoying the mild weather, and 6 months in Mill Creek, WA. enjoying ourchildren and grandchildren.

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Vern Hintz

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Last Edited:2012-07-11 22:28:15

Beverly Holloway (Farris)

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Dave Hopkins

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Last Edited:2012-07-11 22:49:56