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John Zuber

After high school I went to the U of O for 2 years during which time I came face-to-face with the reality of Jesus Christ. In 1971 I left the U of O and went to Bible School in Los Angeles; upon graduation I returned to Roseburg where I entered a carpenter apprenticeship program. In 1973 I married my wife Lee, a Culver City girl and in August we will celebrate 46 wonderful years together (well, wonderful for me anyway - she has had more to put up with!).
In 1976 we moved to Eugene where I continued in construction and Lee began work as a teachers assistant. She eventually went back to school and got her masters degree as I floated around between sales work and commercial construction. Our first daughter Beth was born also in 1976 and is now a Lane County Parole and Probation Officer (some of you may know her). Our second daughter was born in 1979 and lives in Virginia, working for the federal government. In 1977 we purchased our first house in South Eugene, the house we are still living in for $23,500. Over the last 30 years we have purchased a number of fixer-uppers and have real estate in Roseburg, Eugene-Springfield and Bend, plus some timberland in Wolf Creek. Lee retired from teaching a couple of years ago, doing some substitute teaching up until this year. I continue to work on our rentals and also do maintenance work for a property management company. We also have been doing some logging on our property the last 3 years.
We have been very active in the churches we have been a part of over the last 48 years. Lee is a gifted Sunday school teacher with a real heart for kids; I also have been involved in Bible teaching and church leadership for most all of that time. We are still doing a weekly Bible study which we started when our own daughters were in high school; it then became a college group; then a young adult group and now is a mixture of married, single and widowed adults.
We enjoy camping and get out during the week as often as we can; I love to fly fish from my pontoon boat and Lee loves to relax and read. I love to travel and have done volunteer construction work both in and out of the USA. Also, Lee and I have had opportunities to visit some other parts of the world together.
We are fortunate that our daughters married wonderful men with whom we have a great relationship. We have 3 grandchildren in Virginia (too far away!) and 2 step-grandsons here in Eugene.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion and hopefully will even recognize a few!

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