Tom Skelton, Sorry for your loss

I heard from my brother that Tom's brother Jerry (a.k.a. 'Tiny" ) passed away on June 27th, at his home in Florida.  His two daughters were with him and his brothers had been there for a visit just days before.  Jerry was one of my brothers best friends all through highschool.  His daughter was one of my daughters best friends.  We are all connected in so many ways.

Hi! This is Judy Christiansen Fewless

I do check and enjoy the class blog.  I didn't attend the reunion as you know but enjoyed all pictures and comments.  Keep them coming.  My husband of 48 years passed away May 11, 2012.  On May 20th I became a great gram to baby Colton Michael.  Life is short but I have a life time of memories to treasure.  Keep blogging.
Classmte Judy

Larry Schut and his testimony of the power of prayer

I recieved the following email from Larry when he changed his email address.  He had mentioned he had an accident last Oct. shortly after the reunion and I asked him what happened.  Here is his rely.
 "Last Summer (2011) I started building the workshop I had been dreaming of for my retirement.  I was out on the roof and when my wife looked out the window I was lying on the ground crying in pain and bleeding from my head.  The fall had been about 9 feet and I landed on cement.  I spent 4 hours in the local emergency room where they were trying to determine the damage.  At that point they found 9 broken ribs, 7 cracks in my vertebrae, two breaks in my right shoulder and a hair line fracture in my skull.  They sent me by ambulance to Oklahoma City to the trauma center, and for the next three weeks if it was not one thing it was another.  My lungs had been punctured and collapsed, I came down with a bad case of pneumonia, I developed a blood clot in my lungs, one in each leg and one in each arm.  During the second week my body started swelling and I was at least twice my size.  On the third week I contracted the disease they call the Iraqi disease.  My body metablolism was all messed up and they had to put in a trach and a ventilator as I was not able to breath on my own.  I was then transferred to another trauma center and put into an induced coma for the next five weeks.  The doctors gave my wife no hope that I would survive.  On Nov. 30 my wife and daughters called for a special night of prayer for me.  That call went to friends of ours from coast to coast as well as in England. After that night they started removing the tubes and everything else over the next week.  On Dec. 11 I officially came out of the coma and talked to my wife for the first time in 8 weeks.  On Dec. 13 I was moved to a nursing home and officially came home on Jan. 3, 2012.  I am doing very well, but I still suffer from a light headedness and was told that may go away over a period of time.  I am now known by many people as the miracle man.  I firmly believe that if I had not had that prayer covering I would never have survived.

That is about as short as I can make it.  I have learned that I have truly been blessed with a lot of friends who really do care about me.  thank you for your interest.  "

I'm with you Larry....I believe in the power of prayer.  Now, miracle man or not, please stay off of roofs and just have fun in your workshop.

Father's Day

Missed wishing all you father a good day, but Gene Mustin in now on Facebook and he says he cooked himself a great steak.  That's what I like to hear.

Classmate news

Joan had a phone call from Sue Schipper and she passed some news on to me.  I hope I'm not out of line reporting here but several asked about Sue at the class reunion and what the heck....nobody is probably reading this anymore anyway.  Sue has had two strokes since last December and has just now ( middle of May) returned home.  Her left side was effected and she suffered speech loss and doesn't drive.  Joan said her memory seems okay.  It has been a long time since they've been in touch, but it's always good to here  a voice from the past.  I sure wish her the best in her recovery.  Makes my occasional back ache nothing to complain about. 

Happy Mother's Day to all you Mothers.  I do hope it's possible for you to spend time with your children (and grandchildren) or at least hear from them on our day.  

California visit

Just when I thought I had this figured out, I entered the blog today and see they've change everything around.    I just returned from a visit with my son in CA.  The first week with him and the second week taking care of his dogs.  Since I had his car I went on a day trip to visit Sue Nauseda Evrett.  And that's what it turned out to be.  A day of driving for a 3 hour visit (I only drive in daylight and I had to get back for the dogs). You know how Sue is always saying 'let's get together in CA' ?  Surprise, surprise....look who came for lunch.  I picked up Chris Britz Morris in Lancaster ( an hour and a half away) with the help of GPS.  Chris has just returned from a cruise the day before, where she was Nanny to her daughter's and friends children.  Unfortunately, the second day of the cruise she fell and really messed up her foot, but like the trooper she is she limped along with me. She lives 2 1/2 hours from Sue.   Chris is still working at Olive Garden, but they will have to get along without her until she can wear shoes again.  Sue is still in the process of retireing. She lives in a gated community in Ranchero Mirage where it was 92 that day.  These two gals are still crying about missing the reunion.    It was wonderful to see her and it was my first experience driving through the desert.  Mountains, sand and windmills all just added to the fun of the trip. 

Florida fun

Happy birthday to Dave K. I know he checks this site occasionally. He's older than me ...:)

I received this photo from Joan this morning and couldn't resist putting it on the blog. The returned to WI this past weekend, but doesn't she have fun where ever she is.