Classmates

Please add your current information here.  It's great to find out about everyone!  This does not register you to attend the reunion;  it only posts your information.  Go to the RSVP section of the website to let us know if you are coming.

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Hugh Nelson

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Retired
Comment: After graduating from high school, I went to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD, graduating in 1973 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. The Naval Academy came as quite a shock to me - I had never seen the ocean and had no knowledge about the Navy. Somehow I survived that experience. I received a Masters Degree from Georgia Tech (nuclear engineering) in 1974, thinking that nuclear power might be a promising civilian career. Mais non.





I spent 20 years in the Navy in submarines, including command of the fast attack submarine USS Buffalo (SSN715). My Navy career was pretty demanding, with a lot of difficult technical work mixed with occasionally unique and interesting experiences. It was actually quite an adventure, though it seemed perfectly normal at the time. I’m still trying to appreciate that. I have lived and traveled to many different places. USS Buffalo was recently decommissioned. It’s been 25 years since I left the Navy.





I retired in 1993 and worked for 5 years at the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington as a research coordinator.


 


I married Brenda Prowse in 1989. She sold me a house when I moved to Washington State in 1985 to be executive officer on the Trident submarine Henry M Jackson. Years later, after I left the Navy and UW, I became part of her real estate company, which we started and operated together for 15 years in Poulsbo, Washington. At the end of 2012 we closed our brokerage. Brenda told me she wanted to move to Paris, France. Though I said that it would be impossible, though we first planned to stay only a year, we're still here after 10 years. We sold our house and most of our stuff, moving only some pieces of furniture, dishes, and some clothes to France in 2015. We wish we had moved less stuff.





When we lived in Poulsbo we traveled quite a bit, skiing in Europe, making several trips to Italy, visiting China in 2005 and India in 2006. Living in Europe is different than being on vacation, but we still have traveled a lot. We’ve become good friends with a French couple and have traveled with them to Cuba, Bali, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Tunisia, Corfu (Greece), and Thailand, as well as shorter trips within France. We mostly speak French together and have become part of their family, usually meeting them for dinner on Sundays, after which we play Scrabble in French. They have introduced us to a French experience that we could never have found for ourselves. 





I still run for exercise and this year finished my 30th Bloomsday 12k race in Spokane, WA (some were virtual from other locations). My mother-in-law lives there and was the only finisher over 90 in 2019.





I’ve spent much of the past 10 years studying French and learning about French culture and history. Learning French has been a humbling experience. We have a web site - you can search for Much Ado About Paris.

Jane Nelson (Koenig)

Then Then
Marital status: Married
Children: 3
Occupation: retired Methodist Hospital
Comment: I also have 7 grandkids, all in Peoria

John Nyman

Marital status: Divorced

Ric Olson

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Committed Relationship
Children: 1
Occupation: Retired
Comment: I have one son, Tony, 25, who lives in Peoria.  Happily retired and happily living with Debbie Dew in Peoria.  Looking forward to seeing everyone at the next reunion in 2014. 

Howard Parthum

Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Remodeling Contractor
Comment: After RHS I went to school for most the year at CSU in CO.  Left to change the world....and be changed.  I  returned to Peoria for a few years, including one at Bradley, spent a year in Allentown PA where I met my wife Terri.





We came back here to CO where we have lived ever since, in the northern parts of the Denver area.  I built the house, where we live now, in 1984 and have no plans to move.  Why would one leave this remarkable state for more than a visit somewhere?





I remodel houses, especially kitchens, baths, windows and occasionally still siding.  In addition I have done a couple of fix and flips.





Life is good.  I still try to make a difference, thinking globally and acting locally.





"Children are our legacy to a time we cannot see"





You can catch me on Facebook also

Patricia Pedigo (BEAR)

Marital status: Divorced
Children: 1
Occupation: retired

Ginny Pratt (Neokratis)

Marital status: Married
Children: 5
Occupation: Retired teacher
Comment:
We are a Navy family with all 3 boys Navy! 6 grandchildren so far. Favorite place to be -  Charleston, South Carolina. 

Jim Pugh

Now Now
Marital status: Married
Occupation: retired

Sandy Rahn (Ista)

Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Retired Teacher
Comment: Celebrating 43 years of marriage this summer with my husband John who is retired from Caterpillar.  I retired from District 150 in 2012 and spilt my time between Delray Beach, FL and Peoria. Pink rocks at our house as we have 2 wonderful daughters who are Richwoods grads too.  Certainly have seen my share of football and basketball games!  Our oldest daughter Erin is a C. P. A. and works at State Farm as their Actuary Forms Director.   Our second daughter Molly is working on her Doctorate at ISU,, raising 2 babies, and teaches deaf preschool at V.aleska Hinton. I’m proud of them and their Mrs. degrees too. 

Diana Riederer (Schutt)

Marital status: Married
Children: 3
Occupation: Librarian
Comment: Married to Joe for 37 years. After living in Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan we moved back to Peoria. I earned my MSLIS from the University of Illinois in 2010, something I had wanted to do for years.  Moved to Louisiana in 2014 to be near our three children and four grandsons.  We love Louisiana and do not miss the cold and snow.