Walla Walla High School Reunion 1968

Chris Hogenson (Gage)

Then

Occupation:Work part-time Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

From Chris:

We have lived in Oregon for about 30 years. Various towns...Salem, Tigard, West Linn, and now Gladstone (Happy Rock). We have 2 grown children. No weddings or grandchildren yet. I plan to attend the Friday night event, but not sure about Saturday. It will be a kick to see everyone!

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Jim Garrison

Now

Occupation:Financial Advisor & Planner Website:JimGarrisonFinancial.com Marital Status:Married No. of Children:5

From Jim:

Found out about the reunion from Dan Small - We are in Rotary together in the Tacoma area. Not sure yet if we can attend at this point, but we hope to!

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Greg Gifford

Then

Now

Occupation:Chief Operating Officer Website:www.glutenfreeda.com Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

From Greg:

Unlike the rest of you, I'm old. After struggling for years trying to get a degree, I quit (only one year to go for both my BA and MBA). Thinking I would own clothing stores, I spent a decade managing and owning same. We (my first wife and I) were well on our way, when Mt. St. Helens struck. We were in Yakima and had a store full of white clothes. Guess what, they didn't sell well.
A few years later I started an advertising agency and ran it successfully for twenty years. In that time I was happily divorced, had a son and married again (after an 11 year waiting period) and inherited a daughter.
Now Yvonne and I live on San Juan Island where she has horses and I have boats.
We recently embarked on a new business venture and make cookies for a living. Yvonne is CEO and I'm COO. She's much smarter than me!
Look for us in your local store (Glutenfreeda's Real Cookies) we're in the freezer section and our gluten free cookie dough tastes great! Just solidified national distribution in both the US and Canada. If we're not in your store ask for us. Enough selling.
Sorry I can't make the reunion. But if you're ever on the island or near Anacortes, please call, we'll try to go for a sail in some of the most beautiful waterways on earth.
Have a wonderful time, and have a big glass of single malt, and charge it to Dan Hess.

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Karen Glover

Then

Now

Occupation:Attorney

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Cindy Peterson (Grimes)

Then

Occupation:PHARMACY TECHNICIAN Website:cindykaygrimes@comcast.net Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

From Cindy:

Dementia must have set in, because there is no way it's been 40 years. Just seems like last week I was working at Thrifty Drug with Jerry Gaddy's Mom as my boss and twirling my baton with the Whirlwinds of Walla Walla. I stayed in the drug store business and have been a pharmacy technician for way too many years. I'm working at the V.A. Pharmacy in Spokane and will probably die there. My husband and I spent 5 years in the service in Germany,France and Spain and then came here to raise our two kids. Our only grandson passed away so we have been spoiling our animals.Lots of thanks go to all the people putting their time into this reunion.

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Bunni Lott (Guisinger)

Then

Now

Occupation:V.P. Internal Affairs Marital Status:Married No. of Children:4

From Bunni:Mike and I live in St. George, Utah where we work at our family business with our son and son-in-law. We have 4 successful and happily married children who have given us 9 (so far) grandchildren. I'm pictured with Ella, our youngest grandchild. We have a cabin in the mountains and love to spend time there 4-wheeling and relaxing.
The class of '68 sure was a good looking bunch of kids and you've all grown better with age.

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Peggy Hall (Hall-Avery)

Then

Occupation:Accountant/Controller Marital Status:Married

From Peggy:Life has been so far, so good. Been an accountant forever. Spent 15 years in public accounting, rattled around construction companies for about 5 years, fell into this position in 1993.

Moved around a lot. Went from WW to Ellensburg for college, then to Portland, Salem, San Jose, Fremont, to San Francisco in 1992. Plan to complete the circle and retire to WW. Would like to return sooner but not ready to retire and jobs are not exactly thick on the ground in WW.

For fun we play video games and watch the cats play in the grass in the yard.

No current picture; have not willing had my picture taken since I got married.

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Frank Hansche

Then

Now

Occupation:Project Engineer Website:www.easthillradio.com Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

From Frank:Currently working for AT&T Wireless in the messaging group. We're responsible for American Idol.

I'm married to a lovely lady from halfway around the world. We have two children: Mimosa and Christopher. Mimosa is a self-employed graphic artist with a degree from Cornish. Chris is a senior at UW, graduating this Fall, looking to go to law school.

If you want to see some of my exploits, Google Frank Hansche.

Our regrets, in that we will be on our way to California to visit family members.

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Elaine Bowerman (Harris)

Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Widowed No. of Children:2

From Elaine:

Hi, everyone! Great to see your pictues and read the bio's. After college I did a bit of nursing, had a couple of children, married, divorced, and finally met the love of my life, Dewayne Harris. We had 26 1/2 wonderful years together, I lost him this past April, 2013. We both worked at WSP, I wrote policy for the Dept. of Corrections/Prisons, and together we owned/ran Harris Motors Inc., a Harley-Davidson aftermarket parts shop. We left WW/Dixie, WA in 1997 after our sons had graduated from Wa-Hi and moved to the southwest, and took up house-flipping. Lots of hard work, but fun. Ended up in Nevada, rockhounding and running a postage-stamp farm. God is good!

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Rick Hartwig

Occupation:Healthcare Executive Marital Status:Married No. of Children:1