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Today's Featured Biography
Jean Louise CHAMBERS Lloyd
6/08
Jean Chambers Lloyd’s resume’
After graduation I attended the Behrend Campus of Penn State for two years, and then went on to main campus and finished in December of 1962. I majored in Secondary Education with a minor in Home Economics. During those summer months, I took a Cosmetology course in order to be able to teach that subject in the schools.
While at Behrend I met John Lloyd, graduate of East High School. We married while students at the main campus. In 1964 we moved to Jamestown, New York, so that John could pursue a career in Public Accounting. By then we had a 1-year-old son, John, and a newborn daughter, Christy. In 1970 we were totally surprised with the birth of son Jonah and daughter, Erika. No one suspected I was carrying two babies - who were ten days late - and each weighing nearly 7lbs. In 1976 we added Jessica to the clan. Our days were filled with sports, dancing and music lessons, gymnastics and school functions; I wonder how we ever did it all. By now, John was the Partner in Charge of the Jamestown office of the national firm he was with, BDO Seidman. Until 1990, when John bought the office, we had many wonderful trips through the USA and Caribbean with other Seidman partners. In 1990 we bought a summer-only cottage on Chautauqua Lake. That has brought us so much joy, carefree times, great friends and a “soft place to fall.”
My life with John was been one of great love and the joy of being married to your best friend and source of comfort. We have had bad times with deaths of parents and siblings, sick children and the disloyalty of co-workers, friends and family. We had children in the park during the bombing at the Olympics in Atlanta, two daughters caught in the terrorist attack at a tomb in Egypt, a head-on collision, broken bones, and scary medical issues, but we always came out okay.
The worst time for our whole family was the loss of my daughter-in-law’s sister, Amy King and her fiancé, Michael. They were flight attendants on the second plane we all saw hit the towers on 911. Amy wasn’t just an in-law relative, she was a very important part of our family and had been since John and Deb had began dating when they were 15. That is a grief that barely goes away and raises its ugly head at least each September.
Our family consists of:
* John and Deb (King), high school sweethearts who reside in Dublin, California, where John is a Vice President with Fidelity Investments. Deb is a 4th grade teacher, Melyssa 24, works in San Francisco at Fidelity Investments after graduating from Penn State, Alex,21 is a student at Santa Cruz and Jackie, 19 just finished her freshman year in Hawaii. Christy resides near us with her husband, Mickey Brecht, her college sweetheart, and their daughter, Taylor, 20 a senior at PSU the Behrend Campus and son Jake,17 soon to be a freshman at PSU the Behrend Campus Christy is controller at Southern Tier Brewers in Lakewood,Ny. Mick is a Banker. *Jonah and wife, Kim Williamson, his college sweetheart, live in Pocatello, Idaho with their daughter, Madeline, 13 and son, Kenny, 8 years old. Kim is an Occupational Therapist teaching graduate students at Idaho State, and Joe is a 7th grade teacher* Erika and her husband, Marty McElligott, live in Pittsburgh with their daughters, Martha, 13, and Anna, 11. Erika was a attorney and worked for a grant program through Allegheny county that gets children out of foster care and into permanent adoptions. Erika is a stay at home mother because her daughters are so busy. Martha is an actress and has been in two films made in Pitts.along with any stage production available, Anna has shown a real talent for golf and is currently been mentored by a pro. Marty is a Senior Investment Officer with Mellon Bank. They met at Penn State Behrend but didn’t start dating until Erika moved to Pittsburgh. Erika was one of the daughters caught in a terrorist attack in Egypt while on a Semester at Sea study program.
The other daughter (who was also in Egypt) is Jessica who is married to her college sweetheart, Christian Strub, an Erie boy and they also met in college. They live in Pittsburgh Pa., with daughters Marley, 7 and Cecilia, 4. Jessica works for New York Mellon Bank and is in charge of Public Relations. Christian works for a Mortgage Co and is in charge of Training.
Through the years I have served on many community boards, social clubs and Church committees. I still do that, and I play bridge at least once or twice a week. I also bowl, play tennis and golf weekly.
Since John and I went to Penn State, as did all our children (Jonah finished his last two years at Montana State), we are avid football fans and attend most games and have since 1963. We also love Buffalo Sabres hockey, and Buffalo Bills football. We get to a lot of hockey games and a few football games.
John still works full time for the firm he merged with last December. He also serves on many community boards both locally and in other locales. He is a golfer and a frequent tennis player. He is fully recovered from 5 by passes in 2014.
I was lucky enough to spend two months in Europe during the college years. With John we have traveled the United States, Hawaii, the Caribbean, Mexico, China, England, Ireland and Paris. Life has been good and I consider myself very blessed.
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