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Deb Nelson (Ferry)
Then
Now
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 4 |
| Occupation: | High School Principal |
| Comment: I have two children: Brian (20) and Jennifer (18) and two step-children: Brianna (22) and Parker (20) | |
| What is your spouse/partner's name (if applicable) and their occupation?: | Mike Nelson, School Social Worker |
| If you have grandchildren, how old are they?: | none |
| What have you been up to since high school?: I graduated from E.I.U. with a degree in special education and went on to teach special ed for 10 years in Central Illinois, I served as the Vocational Coordinator/Asst. Director at Pontiac High School for 3 years, Assistant Principal/Director of Special Education at LaSalle Peru High School for 5 years and have been L-P High School's Principal for the past 9 years. | |
| What are your current hobbies and interests?: When I'm not supervising or attending high school events, I'm spending much of my time at my son and daughter's events. Brian runs cross country and track for the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Jennifer will be a freshman at I.S.U. this fall. Jen spends much of her time singing and has sung at area talent competitions, churches, local theatres, the United Center and even auditioned for American Idol and America's Got Talent! My kids take up much of my time and I absolutely love it!! | |
Lee Nepstad
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Now
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Self employed |
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| What is your spouse/partner's name (if applicable) and their occupation?: | Allison Nepstad, 3rd grade teacher |
| If you have grandchildren, how old are they?: | none |
| What have you been up to since high school?: I started doing HVAC work when I was 17 and have never stopped. After graduating from college, I moved to San Jose, California and lived there for two years. I worked for NASA and worked on their equipment. I came back to the Midwest and lived in Wisconsin for 7 years. During that time I married Allison. (We have been married 21 years!) My first son Andrew was born there. We then moved back to Illinois because of a job that I couldn't pass up. It allowed Allison to be a stay at home mom for 12 years. We had another son and a daughter during that time and my wife went back to college and got her teaching degree. I have my own HVAC-R business now of six years and going strong. My oldest son is graduating this winter and will be joining the business. | |
| What are your current hobbies and interests?: I enjoy driving my truck, my 4-wheeler, and riding my motorcycle and jet ski. I love snow skiing and go every year with a group of guys to upper Mi. I enjoy spending time with my wife and kids, traveling with them, and watching movies together. I also love camping and hiking! | |
Howard Nichols
Then
Now
| Marital status: | Divorced |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Retired/Elder |
| Comment: miquekii196tmoblackberrynet@gmail.com | |
| If you have grandchildren, how old are they?: | 2 |
| What have you been up to since high school?: Graduated, joined the Army, completed my CLC Associates Degree,Transferred to Jackson State Univ., completed my Bachelors Degree, got married, but since Divorced, traveled the world in the Army, Airborne Fraternity , Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., completing 27 years of service Traveled more later to Nigeria and Cameroon Africa, retired as a Army O4 Major, became a businessman, since Closed the Business, a christian, and am now a Licensed Ordained Elder of the Gospel. Later Graduated with my Masters of Divinity Degree from Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, Tennessee. Tracked down my African Roots, Restored to Royalty as a Notable with my African name Djouwe Houm Luo Mi of The Tikar Tribe. | |
| What are your current hobbies and interests?: Cars, Motorcycles, Travel, ROOTS/Ancestors/Family Tree. | |
Nanette Niday (Wakelyn)
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Paralegal |
| What is your spouse/partner's name (if applicable) and their occupation?: | Bob, Retired |
| If you have grandchildren, how old are they?: | Blessed to have 6, 5 granddaughters ages 15, 11, 6, 3 and 1 and a grandson 3 |
| What have you been up to since high school?: Married for 34 1/2 years, working and enjoying life. | |
| What are your current hobbies and interests?: League and tournament bowling, camping and spending as much time with the grandkids as I can!!! | |
Lori Nordigian (Thomsen)
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 7 |
| Occupation: | Full time Grandma |
| What is your spouse/partner's name (if applicable) and their occupation?: | Matt - Director of Operations |
| If you have grandchildren, how old are they?: | (13) (9 girls, 4 boys) Ages 12, 11, 10, 10, 8, 7, 7, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 3 |
| What have you been up to since high school?: Received my EMT License. I was pursuing a career as an EMT/Paramedic. Met my husband and best friend, Matt in 1985 and married him Sept. 6, 1986. We will be celebrating 39 years in just a few days. We had our first of 7 daughters in 1987. I was working at the Lake County Health Department at the time and left there just before our second daughter was born to be a stay at home mom for our girls. Our family is still close and living in the area. We currently have 4 daughters living at home along with 8 of our grandchildren. (Long Story). Over the recent pandemic our family tried fostering. Our first attempt was a foster fail. We ended up adopting 3 of our 4 fosters and a friend adopted the 4th one. They are beautiful Australian Shepherds (mom and her pups M & F). We also have 2 other dogs and 3 cats. We are all family and needless to say we still have a house full. | |
| What are your current hobbies and interests?: Spending time with all my family, grandkids and dogs. We like to travel together and vacation in Door County. I am still an Elvis fan and have met some wonderful (ETAs) Elvis Tribute Artists and have been to Elvis Events in Graceland, Nashville, Portage, Collinsville, Branson, LaCross and more. I have sewing and embroidery machines and enjoy making and embroidering things for the girls and grandkids and odd embroidery jobs for customers | |
Claudia Ogrin
Then
Now
| Marital status: | Single |
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| Occupation: | Director of a Early Child Development Center |
| What have you been up to since high school?: I have been a Director at a child care center for the past 30+ years. Most of those in Texas but in 2018 I moved to Oklahoma to start and ECDC at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. | |
| What are your current hobbies and interests?: Still playing golf. Have three dogs: Zoey, Gypsy, and Harlie. Enjoy shopping and watching the Cubs during the season. | |
John Pawlowski
Then
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Advertising Account Representative |
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| What is your spouse/partner's name (if applicable) and their occupation?: | Mary |
| What have you been up to since high school?: After high school, I attended the College of Lake County where I was active in the school newspaper, the Chronicle. It was there that I started my career in Advertising Sales. In 1985, I was married to my wife Mary and have two grown daughters. | |
| What are your current hobbies and interests?: I enjoy boating and spending time with family and friends. | |
Aimee Peters (Tanner)
Now
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Occupation: | Owner of Graphics biz and V.P. of Innovative Moving Systems |
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4 Step children ages, 19, 21, 30 & 31. 4 step grandchlidren ages 1 yr. , 2 yr., 7 yr, and 11 yr. |
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| What is your spouse/partner's name (if applicable) and their occupation?: | Kevin Owner/President Innovative Moving Systems |
| If you have grandchildren, how old are they?: | See comments |
| What have you been up to since high school?: Check me out on linkedIn. 99% of my profile is listed there. Enjoy! | |
| What are your current hobbies and interests?: Gardening, riding on motorcyles, clay sclupture, oil painting, graphic arts. | |
Jenny Puntney (McLaren)
Then
Now
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| What is your spouse/partner's name (if applicable) and their occupation?: | Francis./ Controller |
| If you have grandchildren, how old are they?: | 4 & 2 months |
| What have you been up to since high school?: Working mostly. I have two sons named Josh and Jason. Josh is a college professor of chemistry and Jason cooks all your food at Shirls. I met and married the love of my life 6 years ago and we live in Burlington, WI. We have two grandchildren. I work for PCA (Packaging Corporation of America) in Lake Forest, IL. | |
| What are your current hobbies and interests?: Camping is big with us. We’ve been on a few long distance trips. We been to Washington DC, the Grand Canyon, Vegas, and I think New England is next. We have a 35 foot fifth wheel and I’m proud to say I did some of the driving.My other hobby is crocheting which I have done for many years. I am also an avid reader. | |
Jean Ramirez (Maki)
Then
Now
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 4 |
| Occupation: | Financial Analyst |
| What is your spouse/partner's name (if applicable) and their occupation?: | Pablo Ramirez, Abbott Laboratories |
| If you have grandchildren, how old are they?: | 2 grandbabies, Addison Grace, 2 1/2 and Ashland Taylor, 6 mos. |
| What have you been up to since high school?: Pablo and I got married in 1981 (29 yrs)and have 4 children, April,28, is married with 2 children and works at Abbott, Jennifer, 25, is a paralegal at a law firm in Chicago, Sara 23, works at a law firm in Waukegan, and Paul, 19, is currently a student studying EMT/Paramedic/Fire Fighting. I went to college after I had my kids and graduated with a Bacholors degree in Finance and work in Treasury at Abbott Labs for the past 10 years. We still reside in Waukegan in the home we bought in 1983. | |
| What are your current hobbies and interests?: Love to read and spend time with my kids and grandkids. Looking forward to retirement very soon. | |