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Pat Lewis Vagenas
My history since departing the Green Devils of Osage, Iowa in 1954, indicates my previous working at the gift shop, jewelry shop, and Sugar Creek Drive-in, while also enjoying the Main Street Soda Grill to play 45 RPMs, while also marching in the band, cheerleading with the teams, playing the organ at the First Congregational church and singing with choirs, and was dating Dale Ketelsen three years. Then came graduation and off to St. Olaf College, Univ of Minnesota, Univ. of Iowa and then off to initially teach high schoolers, junior-highers and then off to teaching college students throughout the years while moving around the country. Those sites were motivated by my husband Peter who was a stage designer and theatre faculty at various universities from Ohio, Minneasota, Denver, CO, Amherst, MA, Washington state, and Newark, DE in 1974---yes, 20 years later, when we settled into Univ of Delaware, our permanent home after renting 12 homes across the country!
Then I began my graduate degree and became a faculty member of the Communication Dept at UDE wherein I also became the trainer/teacher of the department’s graduate students. This generated a great change in our UD experiences who sponsored some 5-week educational tours in countries abroad for Peter and me (and usually family) during five years in London, Ireland and Scotland (3 times), Paris, and twice in New Zealand, Fiji, and Australia, Then with Peter and our 3 children, we enjoyed trips/tours in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Greece, and vacationed at Goose Rocks Beach, Kennebunkport, Maine, with various sailboats and kayaks for 39 years. Our 3 children and 2 German Shepherds loved spending good days in the ocean or on the beach, building sand castles, animals, or ships! All 3 completed their colleges at UDE, UConnecticut, or Berklee College of Music in Boston, and have had various careers around the country. Chip was a drummer in Austin, Texas, and the girls moved into Maine in professional financial and public relations positions. But we always celebrated Christmas in Newark! With the two sphenoid meningioma (a benign brain tumor) surgeries I had in 1999 and 2010, strong double-vision began. Sadly in 2020, Peter was digging up a tree’s base in our backyard, caught his leg and broke it, which resulted in his death in February. After that I had horrible leg problems, couldn’t walk or drive, so had to be with the daughters’ home in Portland, Maine. Now we’re in the process of building a doublecar garage with an overhead apartment for me which is secured by a lovely official woods beside it. Yes, consistent MRIs establish the fact that I can remember back to most of what’s occurred since 1954 in Osage! Good luck and health to you all!!
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