St. Cecilia High School Englewood, NJ

Let the alumni know what you've done since graduation. E-mail me a summary listing things such as marital status, children, occupation, street address, E-mail address, etc. Keep in mind that the information will be posted on the Internet so I'll edit out things which identify where you or your children live - but I would appreciate the information to place you in contact with the other alumni and they with you.

Pauline Alfis:
I graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa with a Master's Degree in Business. Presently I'm a Vice President for County Mortgage Company and the head of the servicing departments. Our company handles mainly HUD inner-city loans (Newark, NJ, and surrounding areas. I have a beautiful 15 year-old daughter, Sally. She occupies the rest of my time, especially with basketball and softball.

Linda (Belger) Serino:
Secretarial school after high school, worked at Lipton Tea. Married Bob Serino in June, 1971 and moved to Raleigh, NC, so Bob could finish his Masters. Head residence counselors in a dorm while I worked at the university and went to school. Moved to the Adirondacks near Saranak Lake and Lake Placid. Bob taught at Paul Smith’s College, I worked for Adirondack Park Agency. Owned a 125 year-old house with 98 acres. No electricity, heated with wood, kerosene lamps. Tried to raise goats, then pigs, realized we were not farmers and the growing season was too short. Did some hiking, canoeing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and lots of shoveling snow. Jason born March, 1976. Had enough of snow from October to April, and mosquitoes and black flies from May until August. Relocated back to Raleigh in September, 1977. Second son, Chris, born in December, 1978. Finished school at NC State University part-time while raising kids, being active in PTA, station-wagon driving, etc. – normal Mom routine and enjoyed every minute of it! Back in workforce now for the past five years and currently the Human Resources Manager for Easter Seals North Carolina, a statewide agency with over 250 employees. Bob, after position as VP of Sales for a Mayflower Agency, underwent triple by-pass. Decided the stress was not worth his health, requested return to sales, and surprisingly finds less stress in the position. Jason graduated May, 1999, from University of North Carolina with degree in Information Management Systems and now works for MCI. Chris at UNC-G and has been approved to study abroad this coming year in Scotland.  

Linda (Burns) Irvin:
We, the Irvin clan, live approximately 15 minutes from the ocean on the New Jersey Shore. Don, my husband of 25 years, is a General Contractor. We're living in our third custom-built home - a contemporary colonial. Our off-spring include Christopher, at college in Connecticut and on the Division I baseball team; Kimberly, at college in New York State (scholarship); and Danny - currently in high school. Its an outdoor, athletic life here with three varsity sports per child, so you know its hectic. To think I sat on the bleachers at Saint's for four years and never took gym - Ms. Maurice scared me! I'm a broker with Prudential Reality.

Tom Calandriello:
From 1967 to 1971 I attended Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, NJ, and graduated in 1971 with a BS degree in Marketing/Management. In 1975 I married Judy. We met at Saint Peter's, and we recently celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. We have no children; however, we do have three Maltese dogs (who might as well be our children). We owned two Haagen Dazs ice cream franchises in New Jersey from 1980 until 1989, when we sold both businesses. We currently live in northern New Jersey and I'm employed by Bergen Industrial Supply Company as Vice President of Sales and Administration.

Sal Cappadona:
I entered Edward Williams College (Fairleigh Dickinson University), Hackensack campus. Spent two years there, and my third and fourth on the Teaneck campus of FDU.  Graduated in 1971 with a BA in English.  Saints classmates at FD during those years: Walter Clark, Wayne Hallstein, and Rich Sposa.  I was vice president of the Student Government Association, and later a disc-jockey at WFDU. During college, worked nights at the South Hackensack Annex of the Post Office loading trucks.  Made a lot of money, but was coming home late after work, too tired to study.  Bad move--almost failed out of school. I was always interested in advertising, and after graduation in 1971, my first job was as an advertising copywriter at Prentice-Hall in the college book division.  The time there wasn't totally wasted, as I met my wife, Linda Gill there.  I later found out that Linda was a graduate of Saints--she was a freshman when we were seniors.  All her sisters all went to Saints, including her sister Janice, who was thrown out of our class - after her freshman year!  Too wild I guess. Next job at The Record in Hackensack, where I wrote radio commercials and sales pieces. In 1982 went to work for McGraw-Hill in New York where I've been, on and off, for many years. I always worked in the magazine division starting as a Promotion Director, then Director of Marketing, and finally as a salesman.  My current position is District Manager for two of their construction magazines: Design-Build magazine, and Engineering News Record. This year, Linda and I will be married 25 years.  We have two children, David age 11, and Alyssa, age 6. I travel for my job at times, but mostly I call on prospects and agencies in the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut area.  In town I stay active:  I manage David's Little League team (5th-6th graders), and coach his basketball team, I'm assistant scoutmaster for his Boy Scout troop, and the treasurer on the Board of Directors at the Swim Club.  Also an usher at the 9:30 mass on Sunday. Strongest memories of saints:  Mr. Brandt, Sister Robert Jean, Mr. Larry Chinnock, the AV Club, Pam Muller, Carousel Restaurant, Barry Dempsey, Bob Marano, Richie Sposa, '64 BC game (our freshman year--we won 13-6), getting sent home the first day of school in freshman year because my pants were too tight, Nov. 22, 1963 in Sister Inez's Algebra class, Michael Tibbs, Charles Tabolt, Lenny Berman, Marion Hall, Mrs. Betz, Linda Pinero, dances at the gym, Billy Jordan, the 166 bus. One day during our senior year, I  believe, we had Mr. Cavalucci for a health class up in room 201.  He tells us he has to leave and go down to the principal's office and warns us to be quit.  Of course we go wild, and he comes back up and warns again, and leaves. Finally he comes up and says: "Everyone go to the gym".  He makes us stay in our jackets and ties in push up position for the rest of the period and do push ups every five minutes.

Al Conlon:
My family and I have moved quite a bit since the 20th reunion of the Class of 1967. When the reunion was held we were living in Pittsburgh, PA. Since then we've moved to New Albany, IN; Omaha, NB; and now Delaware. My sister still lives in Englewood. We visit frequently and we always go past the old school. It really hasn't changed much except for the fact that Marion Hall was torn down some years ago to add additional parking for the Church. My wife and I have two grown sons. Christopher is now in his early twenties and still living at home. Our other son, Matthew, is a member of the U.S. Air Force and stationed in Germany.

John Cresseveur:
Married to Pat since 1974; two daughters: Jessica (b: 1975) and Patti (b: 1978, d: 1995 (Click here for Patti's Page).  Graduated from St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ, in 1976. Relocated to Kentucky in 1981. Live outside of Bardstown, KY, and have been reconstructing a Georgian home built in 1856 since 1981. (Click here to Tour Home) Never did join the Marines, but did join a traveling carnival. Middle-level manager. Share the house with eleven dogs and one cat - a story in itself.

Tom DiBella:
I started at Temple University in the fall of '67 as a pre-med student. Remember the yearbook quote, "career in medicine lies ahead" - well it really wasn't what I wanted to do and in Sophomore year I switched to communications with a major in radio, television and film, which I really was interested in. I produced three short films as part of my course work. Went to work as a cab-driver in ’71 (all I could seem to find) and then was recruited by my father into his heating oil business as an oil truck driver. I worked my way up in the business, eventually becoming the Operations Manager. Met and married my first wife Carolyn, a legal secretary for Pan-American World Airways. Twenty-four years-old when we married and it lasted three years with no children. Obtained an MBA in finance at night school, finished in '78 and became progressively more unhappy in the family business. Left in '84 after negotiating the sale of the business for my parents and went to work for the Citicorp Investment Bank as an Internal Business Consultant with the title of Manager. After a year and a half switched to Chem Bank Real Estate division and started credit training to become a loan officer. Around this time I returned to my old flame, photography and began shooting weddings on the weekends for people who worked at the bank. I began to notice that I was much happier shooting weddings than I was during the week working at the bank. In 1985, I met my sister's roommate, Maria, and we started dating. Left banking in '86 to become a Managing Agent for a Co-op New Jersey, which let me work on developing my photography business. Maria and I married in 1987 and I went full time in the photography business in '89. Today, I have four associate-photographers that shoot for me and four video-graphers. Maria and I have a wonderful daughter Chiara, who will be 3 in April. There it is - 33 years. Can I really share the searching, the joy and the tears that have gone on? For me life continues to be an exploration and a precious gift. The ox is slow, but the earth is patient.
Tom has a web site at: http://www.tomdibella.com/

Maureen (Elliott) Price:
Kevin and I have been married for 28 years (a miracle in this day and age), we have two sons, Sean age 21, who is in his fourth year at a university in Rhode Island, studying for a BA in hotel/restaurant management, has his associates in Culinary Arts. Ian, who is 13, is in the 8th grade and in full blown adolescence. Both great kids. Kevin is a teacher in the Newark school system for 20 + years. I am the VP of Information Technology for 5 hospitals and 2 nursing homes in NJ and NY. Still have my Nursing license but have been in the information systems field since 1982. Love what I do, but I am very happy that Y2K is over.

Gary Falcone:
1967-68: After Saints, went to Quinnipiac College for one year, played soccer, put on probation, decided not to go back. 1968-71: drafted by the Army, made a M.P. - nine months in Korea, then volunteered for Vietnam, spent nine months protecting convoys, not bad, no jungle crawling like the infantry. 1971-74: finished college at night at Fairleigh, played football on their team with Vinny Galligan and Richie Sposa, worked part-time at UPS and Herman's Sporting Goods. 1974-75" Worked at N.J. Manufacturers Insurance Co., workers' compensation investigator. 1975-78: Hackensack Hospital as Respiratory Therapist, attended Essex County College to study as Paramedic, moved in with Whit (Bob Whitaker) in Leonia, bought his 550 Honda bike (miss that bike!). 1978: Married Pat Springwaldt, we met in Hackensack, she is a nurse, had our first boy - Mike. 1979-88: Moved to Catskill, NY, had two more boys, Marc ('81) and Matt ('83), worked in Respiratory, then hospital administration, then nursing home administration, went to Mike Tyson's first two fights. 1988: Moved to Maryland, worked in acute care administration first, then - since '91, back in Long term Care, presently working in a retirement community in MD, Nick Decandio and I still talk - at least weekly!

Nora (Gallagher) Mohr:
I married right after school, 7/22/67, to Marty Mohr from Ridgefield Park. We had a daughter, Stacy Renee, on 2/14/71 and a son, Martin Michael, on 9/12/73. Moved to Texas in 1975. Marty died in 1996 after a lengthy illness. My daughter, Stacy, has a daughter, Jennifer Renee, and she is nine. My son has a daughter, Hailey Nicole, who is 2 1/2. Right now they have all moved back home so my house is full. But we all get along great and there is always lots to do. It's impossible to spoil the grandchildren since they live with me. My sister, brother, and their families have also moved to Texas so it seems like home. I have a real great job that I love, but takes a lot of hours - as does those of everyone else in the family so we don't get together as often as we want. But the holidays are unbelievable! So that’s me, .Nora (Gallagher) Mohr and if any of you are going to be in Texas - be sure to let me know!

Mary (Gavin) Wagner:
After graduation from Saints, I started at St. Elizabeth's majoring in math.  I transferred to Boston College in the middle of my junior year and switched majors to psychology. Traveled in Europe for six months during 1971-'72, then returned to the States and went to grad school at Washington State Univ. for a master's in child development. Spent about a year living in NJ commuting to Wards Island, NY, working with the kids of drug-addicted mothers, then moved to Louisville, KY, where we lived for four years.  I worked as Chief Examiner for the Louisville Civil Service Board, supervising a staff who developed and scored exams for police, fire, and other civil service jobs. Got married in 19'77, moved to Ohio in 19'78, and have lived here ever since (although we're in our second home here).  Kristin was born in 19'79 and Megan in 1981, and I was a stay-at-home mom before taking a job with our city Personnel Director, part-time.  I felt very fortunate to stay active professionally while still having two days during the week, plus the weekends, to spend with the girls. I started full-time with another city in Ohio as Director of Human Resources in 1993 and, while the commute is trying at times, the Mayor, Council and fellow employees are great. Kristin and Megan are both at Indiana University - a junior and freshman, respectively. They just love it there, so it makes it a bit easier to adjust to the empty nest here at home. Kris is majoring in Computer Information Systems and Megan is studying psychology, with the hopes of becoming a child therapist.  They're great kids and we love that they still enjoy going on family vacations together! We generally try to make 1- 2 trips a year - sometimes skiing on one and maybe some of the national parks on the other.  Some of our fondest memories come from a two week trip we took out west, which included the Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion, Sequoia, Yosemite, Universal Studios, Hollywood, etc.  (There's only so much nature two teenagers can stand!) Having taken up skiing in my forties, my form leaves much to be desired, but I have a lot of fun nonetheless.)  Bob (my husband) and I had a blast at Mt. Tremblant in January, where we joined a large group from NJ and D.C. on their annual trip. Bob works for Eaton Corp. at the World Headquarters in Ohio, where he's been since 1982.  He basically enjoys his job as corporate fleet manager, but is hoping to take advantage of a relatively early retirement after the girls finish college. I remain very close to my family (eight brothers and sisters), although we are scattered from NJ to Hawaii. My dad died in 1994, but my mother still lives in NJ, so I get back there when I can. Although it's been 33 years since graduation from Saints, I am amazed at how vivid my memories are, and how often former classmates appear in my dreams.  I enjoyed the 1987 reunion immensely, and hope there may be other reunions in the future. 

Joe Korsak:
Married to Marilyn in 1975. Graduated from Penn State, 1971, University of Toledo Law, 1975, Temple University, 1983, (Masters in Labor Law). Three children: Adam born 1977, Mike born 1979, Ann born 1983. Lives on a farm in Pennsylvania. Proud owner of a horse and a goat. Practicing law since 1975.
Joe has a web site at: http://members.tripod.com/pennst/index.html

Ken Lewis:
Graduated from the University of South Carolina, meeting his wife Pat there. Majored in management and worked for four years as a District Marketing Manager. In Ken's words: "Found I hated it and decided to follow my true passion." He took a job as a park ranger and has never looked backed. Subsequently he was promoted to Chief Ranger and then into management. He became Training and Safety Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Park System (118 State parks). He was then promoted to Field Park Manager for a county in Pennsylvania. He's currently managing parks in Pennsylvania along the Delaware River near Philadelphia. Ken and Pat have four children - two boys and two girls. The oldest son is studying Environmental Landscaping at college and the oldest daughter is now also in college.

Martha (Marichal) Farkouh:
After graduation from Saints it was on to college at Fordham University where I earned a BA in Secondary Education, majored in Spanish and graduated in 1971. Married Fred in 1972, living in Brooklyn and teaching.  Fred was going to Law School at night so I started a Master's program in Bilingual Education at Long Island University, completing it in two years. After Fred passed the NY bar exam we moved back to New Jersey, and nine months later Raymond was born (March, 1976). Alexandra arrived in May, 1978, and in 1979 we moved to another town in northeast New Jersey.  For the following years I was Mom, Religious education teacher, and volunteer, both with the Home and School Association and the Jr. Women's Club Boy and Girl Scouts, Soccer and Baseball Moms. I served on the Board of the local Swim club and was also trustee for the local Library. I was a fashion consultant part time, and then a librarian part time with the local Public Library for ten years. When Alexandra left for college we began to live the next chapter in our life dream - purchasing a home at the Jersey Shore.  We sold our home in northeast New Jersey and bought a co-op in New York City. I've stopped working but I'm still involved in volunteer work, now at a New York City Hospital with a Pediatric Literacy Program.  Now I've turned fifty and I'm loving my life with my husband and our grown children. We love to travel together, and I love my yoga, reading, needlework, crosswords, and communicating via e-mail..

John McConville:
John met his wife Kathy while on a business trip. She worked in the office of the hotel where he was staying and they married one and one-half years later when he was thirty. John and Kathy have two daughters and one son - all of them involved in sports and most of John's time is spent driving them to/from and attending their sporting events.

Pam (Muller) Garrett:
1967-68: Attended Southern CT State, met my husband on a blind date,
engaged 01/01/68. 1968-69: Attended secretarial school in NJ. 1968-70: Married to Wayne Garrett in CT, (he is a systems consultant and analyst).  1973-82: Our daughter, Errine, born in January of 1973, Bethany born in September of 1980, and Meghan born in October, 1982, Registrar and Assistant to the Director of Studies at local school, worked for Archivist on the 100 year history of the school and centennial celebration, became Executive Director of local foundation which raises scholarship money for ten minority kids from area to attend college in our neighborhood. Opened my own business, "The Last Word". Currently: "The Last Word" employs three people (part-time) and I also work for Educators' Collaborative (a consortium of former heads of schools who find heads of private schools, directors of non-profits, etc.; WALKS; Teacher Retirement Counseling Services; a focus group for three ad agencies; a group travel services company; and Business Communications Group (a marketing company out of Maryland). I've worked on three books with a local writer and do part-time assistance for two attorneys' offices. This year I began selling my photo cards throughout the area and a local antiques business is carrying my cards and hiring me to take promotional photos of their business. Girls are: (1) soon to be engaged (I anticipate a May/June, 2000, wedding) , (2) just got her degree as a paralegal, will stay in the area for another year and then move to California in the Fall of 2000; (3) a junior in high school, plans to become a sports massage therapist after high school. I blade and/or walk almost every day )it gets me out of the house). Our pets have dwindled to: dog, cat, potty-trained indoor rabbit, twelve zebra finches, eleven year-old frog and two donkeys (one rescued and one adopted from Death Valley - the other her daughter. We'll celebrate our 30th anniversary on a bike/barge trip to Holland and a week in England (how we'll juggle wedding arrangements I have no clue!) Would still like to see everyone again.

Bob Parker:
I graduated from St. Peter's College, married Elaine McCloskey and taught school in Oradell, NJ, and Harlem, NYC, for seven years.  I was a broker on Wall Street and later got into the computer business.  We had two children, April and Jesse.  Both played on the U.S. Olympic soccer teams.  Both had full scholorships to college: Jesse (Fairfield University) was a 1st team All-American and April at Boston College.  I manufactured my own computer and sold it to Volvo in Sweden.  I owned my own software company and had offices in 25 countries and published the software in seven languages.  Up until 1998 I traveled to many countries around the world, but had a heart attack and had to give it all up.  While I was recovering, my company controller embezzled all the company funds.  We lost the company and our home and had to file bankruptcy.  We had lost everything so we started over again and moved to Massachusetts on a consulting job.   I was fortunate in a real estate investment there, sold it and moved to Florida.   Elaine is still married to me after all my crazy ventures.  She is Director of Nursing at the Mayo Clinic and I am searching for my next business.

Marcy (O'Brien) Arietti:
I graduated from Holy Name Hospital in 1970 and married in 1971 to my husband Jim. Jim was in the Army until 1979 which was the main reason we have lived in so many States and overseas. We have two adult children Charlene born in 1972 and Brian in 1976. Both are educated and gainfully employed. Charlene's wedding is in May of this year and Brian is in a serious relationship. I tell you this because our children are our greatest success. I completed a BS in Nursing at the University of Missouri KC in 1984 and began a masters in business administration there but was bored to tears by it. I completed a masters of science in Nursing and am now an Adult Nurse Practitioner with a specialty in gerontology. Jim and I just moved to Pennsylvania quite close to where Joe Korsak lives. (I have not e-mailed him as yet). Before moving I was working with three wonderful MD's in CT in a very large Family Practice. I had a practice as large as at least one of the veteran MD's who was there for 18 years. Leaving the practice was the second hardest thing I've ever done. I am presently looking for a position as a nurse practitioner here in PA, but the medical community seems to be very afraid of us. I have no other plans at this time but if I can not work as an NP I may just have to return to school again. I have other loves besides nursing and medicine. I'm an avid reader. Like others from Saints who hated gym I am now an exercise freak. I can't believe that they instilled such abhorrence towards exercise as they did. I also love to create new dishes and bake. I guess it's a good thing that I like exercise or I would be 250 as predicted. I have a question for anyone who knows the answer. Where did Maureen O'Malley wind up? How about Debbie Rola?

Henry Peter:
I'm happily married (26 years now) and Lesley and I have three wonderful children. Our daughter Meagan is graduating from college in May (Music, Composition and Performance, oboe and English horn). She's also engaged. (OK, I'm having a little trouble with that one) and wedding plans are still being finalized. Our oldest son, Henry, is a junior in high school. He's into cars, music, and girl-friends - but still does well in school, (is taking all honors courses) and works at Burger King. He's also on the high school robotics team and will be flying to Chicago in a few days for this year's second competition. I don't know how he can spare the time - he's the main reason we put in three phone lines! And then there's Albert, our youngest, and he's really something else.  He's a sophomore this year, straight A's, talented, creative, - hell, he's so brilliant it scares me. Does my computer work, did much of the animation for the robotics team, (he's going to Chicago too) writes HTML about as fast as I can think, writes music (has written a song recently recorded by Logan Whitehurst - find him on MP3.com) and has a small cult-following (they call him Lord Albrot). And to think I worried about the effect a move to Florida would have on them! After St. Cecilia's I went west, to the College of Steubenville, where I earned a degree in Philosophy (never applied for graduation) and was working on a degree in Accounting when I just sort of stopped going to classes. I was working at the Elk's Club, tending bar, (growing "herbs" in my spare time) doing odd jobs and selling paintings. Became a baker (yeah, that was weird - baked anywhere from 1200 to 1600 loaves of bread a day!) quit, married, sold insurance, worked construction, demolition, some plumbing, some roofing, finally found a home in a machine shop. Learned machining and fabrication, became a welder, did field work on dozers and drag-lines and loaders. (My father-in-law owned a mining company) Worked in the mines, the Tipple and the Wash Plant, finally bought a tractor/trailer and hauled coal. Bought a few more and built up a trucking empire of four trucks and trailers!  (Gee, you say!)  But inevitably, things lost their luster (what little they had) and rising costs, fewer good hauls, much much red tape and a plethora of poor workers had me scrambling to make some changes. I began to down-size. I also started pulling flat trailers and began hauling steel. I was seeing a great deal of the country, but driving more and enjoying it less, and making less money to boot! At that time I had been painting again for the last three or four years and I met with a lot of initial success. I realized I would be better off working at something I really loved, but it was a tough decision nonetheless, to park my last truck and sell it. For one thing it meant that Lesley couldn't give up her job and we would be staying in Ohio. Well, funny how things work out!  I always sold well in Florida, I liked the shows I did there, always felt good about coming down, and Lesley's mother was living there! It seemed that if I were really serious about my painting I'd move to where I could sell my work! By then I was represented in galleries in Key West, Palm Beach, Naples, and New Smyrna Beach, and my weekend shows were all over the state. We moved to Florida in August of 1998, found a lovely older home, nice pool, lots of ceramic tile, plenty of trees and foliage.   Lesley's mother helped us get a mortgage - (it'll be paid off in another two years) and everything just fell into place. I couldn't be happier if I had won the lottery! I don't even think about retirement - what would I retire from?  We love it here, don't want to move. Life is good!
Henry has a web site at: http://www.henrypeter.com/

Linda (Pinero) Tirpak:
After graduation I went to Nazareth College to major in Phys Ed.  Was there first semester when I got sick with Mono - how do you get mono in an all girls' college? Left and went home to recuperate. Then enrolled in secretarial school in Paterson, the school is no longer there. Worked for a credit bureau, an attorney, and kept the empty hours full by working at good old Alexander's in Paramus. Then went to work in the Big Apple at American International Pictures. I truly enjoyed that job. With meeting a lot of people in the motion picture industry and finding out how it truly operates and how some "stars" really are. Got married the week after the Mets won the world series in 1969 and became a military wife. Lived at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and enjoyed the life. Unfortunately this was the Vietnam era and I was married to a man who just didn't want to stay State side. He went back to Nam for a third tour. That didn't bother me as much as his behavior when he was State side. The greatest outcome of that union was my daughter Marcia who is now 29. I won't bore you with the details of my marriages, but at the third try I was rewarded with two wonderful sons, Matthew, 20 and Mark 18. During that time, after being told that I didn't know what a TIA (trans ischemic attack) was, I signed up at the local vo-tech and became an LPN.  Worked at JFK hospital in Edison, N.J., in orthopedics and met a lot of the players for the NY Jets and Giants who were undergoing surgery for injuries sustained while playing, also in oncology and medical surgery. Medicine was truly interesting. Michael, who worked with Western Electric at the time, was transferred and we landed up living in Pennsylvania. Two years after moving to Pa., I became a single mom again. I went back to school to get my RNBSN, but in the third year I developed health problems. I was working full time at the County Nursing home and going to school full time and remodeling an old farm house which I had bought. Needless to say, I didn't finish my education. I kept working at the nursing home and also as an independent contractor doing insurance physicals in peoples' homes. So now I have my own EKG machine and centrifuge. Did that until 1993 when, after the blizzard, I had an accident at work and since then I've never worked again in what I truly loved. Had some rough years health wise, got married again and divorced again within 6 months. Then went it alone and with the grace of God have survived. I did foster care and took in mostly boys. That really made me realize that people who shouldn't have children do and those that deserve to have children can't. How unrealistic the system is and how it needs to be revived. The ones that truly suffer unfortunately are the children in the foster care program. I tried to adopt two of the boys that were in my care, they wanted me to, but the system wouldn't allow it. Then got involved in building a business of my own while doing foster care, which became economics 101 in my home and everyone profited from it. I'm still doing my business, because it has to do with people. I love working with those that want to change their life style and help others. I proudly say that I am the President of LT Enterprises and am currently in 7 states and on the Internet. I keep working hard (but it's really more fun than work) and refuse to give up. I look for ways to better myself mentally, spiritually and physically. Michael, the father of my sons, and I have been working on a reconciliation now for three years but no definite plans. I'm in Florida expanding my business, but also helping my parents. Mom is dealing with my dad who has Alzheimer's, and rather than put him in a nursing home, I take care of him during the day giving her a break and some time for her to enjoy herself and take care of herself. It's a rough disease that truly takes its toll on the families, but as long as God gives me the strength and health to keep my dad out of a nursing home that is my goal.

Linda (Russell) Carman:
Frank and I were married in 1974, he's a great guy and I feel lucky. He's in institutional food-service sales with the H.J. Heinz Company. I'm currently working part-time at the office of a local mortgage broker. We have no children, but my sister Janet has two boys, Brian and Andrew and we are very close and enjoy them immensely. Janet's a 4th grade teacher in the Cumberland County school system. Life is very busy for her since her husband is an airline pilot and away from home a lot. In addition, it's a two hour drive from our home to hers so we can't get together as much as we'd like. We've lived "down the shore" since 1984. Our home is on a lagoon and we have a nice view of Barnegat Bay. Up until about three years ago we had a boat. Frank enjoyed fishing with friends, but he has really gotten into golf seriously so we sold it. I took up golf as well but it's a struggle.

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