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Naylor Dellinger, Dorothy

 


Denio, Nevada

 

For 21 years, I was a community college math professor and previous to that I taught 4 years in middle schools.  I have a son and a daughter.  Presently, I'm enjoying quilting and attending quilt events as well as riding on my 4-wheeler in the mountains around my home.  Besides co-authoring two algebra text books, I've edited several nonfiction books, created math online courses and created and still maintain several websites.  Actually Jan Hinrich made me feel guilty even thinking about not making this website.
 


Neilson Gleason, Susan

 


Springfield, OR

Retired after 30 years of teaching.  
Interests: hiking, mountain biking, camping, canoeing, river rafting, writing, playing the piano, serving on boards to promote literacy and serving as a National Disaster Volunteer for the Red Cross. With the Red Cross, I have been to New Mexico, South Carolina, Montana, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Arizona, Georgia, Maine, California and New York.

Nell Croaker, Nola



Lebanon, OR

 

CURRENT ACTIVITIES: Decorating my home, going to and watching race cars, antiques, buying, currently going to London, England and Paris, France with my daughters on a buying trip.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST 40 YEARS: Married and divorced (which is not a highlight!) Raising kids. Have been working for Lebanon Community Schools as a school bus driver for 23 years. Hope to retire in one more year.

Nelson, Darrell

 


Cheshire, OR

 



Nelson Brainard, Judy



Florence, OR


CURRENT ACTIVITIES: Family is our top priority; next comes work, which luckily, we both enjoy. For reasons of health, we moved to the coast three years ago. I continue teaching at Yolanda Elementary in Springfield, job sharing; I will retire this June with mixed feelings. I continue to own the ten acre farm on Hayden Bridge Road where I lived during high school. For recreation, we fish, kayak, crab, hike, bow hunt and participate in many tribal offerings, often including our grandchildren. We love the water and coastal environment.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST 40 YEARS: I was 1st married and began a family in 1962; I earned a B.S. & M.S. (U of O) and began teaching in '73. I celebrated my 40th birthday in Europe. I married David. Personal and family events such as weddings, births, graduations, deaths, etc.; and my water play with friends are the special moments of my life. I work for a kinder world.

 


Nevin Logan Preis, Joyce

 

 

 

 

Reno, NV

CURRENT ACTIVITIES: Going to Colorado and trying to get things ready so can move to our 5 acres in a year or two. Traveling to see grandkids and kids.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST 40 YEARS: Married right after high school. Had 4 children, 3 boys and 1 girl. Divorced after 7 years. Enjoyed the kids growing up. Remarried after 30 years. Have 15 grandchildren (8 boys and 7 girls). Working and enjoying life and the grandchildren. Looking forward to moving to Colorado. Have been remarried for 3 1/2 years/ Just love life!

Newby, Robert

 


Peoria, AZ

 

    I still have most of my own hair and my own teeth.  Life has been fun.  We have seen and done a lot over the years.  I remember sitting in class my senior year wondering if we would see the year 2000.
     Current Activities: Fishing [especially for salmon], being in the outdoors.  I love history so I do a lot of reading about and exploring the United States. We are active in our local church.
     Highlights:  I spent four years in the Air Force.  We have traveled to Europe, Central and South America and the Far East.  We were able to have nine exchange students over the years and have traveled to their homes to visit their families.  I have had several interesting careers.  I worked in the industrial and cryogenic gas field for sixteen years.  Then selling medical equipment and supplies to hospitals.  Much of the work was in the operating room.  I have seen a lot of surgeries and have many stories.
     Dorothy Korop and I have been married now for thirty years and still enjoy each other.  At this time we live in the Phoenix area.

 

 


Nice Fluke, Lynda

 

 


Boise, ID

 

 

CURRENT ACTIVITIES: Iım still singing with a Gospel quartet. Three of us have been together for 28 years. We travel all over to do concerts. I do a lot of soloıs for weddings and funerals. Between singing and taking care of grandkids Iım kept pretty busy!
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST 40 YEARS: Weıve been in Boise for over 28 years. Itıs been a wonderful place to live and raise our kids and Grandkids. I worked for West One Bank for 16 years and was the payroll manager for 5 years. Then U. S. Bank bought us out. I took a two year vacation and did a lot of traveling and playing! Iım now working for Albertsenıs in the payroll dept. at Corp. Headquarters here in Boise. Iım the lead of the Florida division. Itıs quite a challenge and very stressful. Iım looking forward to retirement! Last year we spent a week on Maui at Lahina. I even learned to SNORKEL!


 


Nichols Cameron, Judi

 

 

 

 

 

Eugene, OR

 


Nichols Plumb, Carol

 

 


Hillsboro,OR

 

Things have been good for me and I hope good for all my classmates as well.
My husband, Robert,  and I are still married after almost 39 years and our son has given us two beautiful granddaughters--Natasha 18 and Nicole 13.
My favorite hobbies are:  Backgammon online, computers, jewelry making, Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery, about which I am currently working on a book and designing needlework patterns and learning new things in general.
When you see my picture remember:  "This smile is for you!!!"
Enjoy.  (It was taken last year.)

 


Niece Deal, Janet (Jani)


Moab, UT

     Hello from Moab, After 25 years of testing, Clyde and I realized that we really were right for each other and we married last June. Nothing seemed to change, although I did find myself vacuuming twice in one month. Scary! We spend our days in the garden, care taking for the critters that live there, or in prowling the desert with friends.
     Iım still running camping trips into Canyon lands, Arches & the Escalante. The photo shows one of my favorite offices and might explain why Iım considering pushing the local guide retirement age past the record 82.
    My resolve is strengthened after arm wrestling with my new computer. My writing time is usually spent trying to get rid of those caps on the left margin. Iım a natural history writer, not a poet, and Iım humiliated by my inability to think like a machine I understand that the new Nobel winner in physics also prefers a yellow pad and pen.
     My past has gone by very fast, with large blocks of happiness, but Iım really more intrigued by future possibilities, including photography, writing and caring for my environment.
     P.S. Donıt be alarmed if you canıt see all the caps on the right margin. I wrestled them away from the machine...somehow. (see the memory book for more)

 

 


Norris, Charles

 

                             

 

 

Springfield, OR


Norris, Hewitt 

Yakima, WA

I spent two years in Army stationed at Fairbanks. Worked at Boeing in Seattle and with the Seattle Police Dept..   Married 1968 to Jan and have now worked for the Fed Government for the past thirty-two years.
We have a son, 29 years old, married and living in Alaska and a daughter 24 years old living in Olympia Wash.  Spare time activities include riding his Harley and looking for Antiques.
 


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