9/26/2023 Minutes of Zoom meeting September 24, 2023
Minutes of the September 24th, 2023 Zoom Meeting of
O’Connell High School Class of 1963 Association
Present were:
Mary Jo Lawrence –Chairman
Joan Cassidy – Vice Chairman
Steve Habeger
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9/19/2023 Note of Gratitude
Note of Gratitude
Thanks to the generosity of our classmates we have achieved our goal! We have met our obligation to the Westin Hotel.
We cannot wait to see you at the reunion. We wil
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9/17/2023 Minutes of Reunion Planning Zoom, September 10, 2023
Minutes of the September 10th, 2023 Zoom Meeting of
O’Connell High School Class of 1963 Association
Present were:
Mary Jo Lawrence –Chairman
Joan Cassidy – Vice Chairman
Steve Habeger
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In 1980 I married for the second time to a "younger" woman. I thought we had a prenuptial agreement for two more children but the wife pointed out that there was no legal document. So seven more wonderful children and 40 years later, I am very blessed. As of October 2019 we have 10 grandchildren.
In 2017 we sold our house on the Shenandoah river and bought a small farm were we are producing untainted pork, beef, chicken, eggs and milk for our rather large family. I guess that I should have known that when dating my wife she would wear bib overalls most of the time indicating she was a farmer at heart. My duties on the farm entail driving the tractor and paying other folks to do the work
Career wise I worked for US government. I spent 4+ years in Laos, one week in Saigon, a couple years in Frankfurt and worked temporarily in in about 14 different countries. I retired in 1993 at the ripe old age of 47. However, I quickly went back to work as a consultant. Over the past 20 years, I have worked various contracts with the government and did a lot of traveling. I spent 16 months in Afghanistan, which to say the least was very interesting but is a lost cause. The last six years have found me working in several other middle east countries.
I am now a miracle of modern medical science with a steel knee and and two titanium hips. so much for 30 years of jogging. Set off all the metal detectors at all the airports, lots of fun. Second knee is due soon.
I finished my last trip to the Middle East in February 2019 and have permanently retired.
Over the years, we have taken three cruises the last one to Alaska in May 2019. We now have bought a camping trailer and hope to tour all of the National Parks.
Any volunteers to come and milk our cows while we are gone?
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