Joanne Evans:
CLASS OF 1951
Good Shepherd SchoolClass of 1951
New york, NY
Joanne's Story
Life
Hi everyone. Spent 34 years with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. just retired as a Public Affiars/Information Officer. Graduated Riverside City College with As in Fire Science and Business andthen to Unviersity of California for my Public Relations and Business. Been active with the American Legion for 37 years, Post, District, Area and Vice Commander for Deprtment representing Women Veterans. Presently Auxiliary President and Post Adjutant. Life member of Marine Corps Leaque, Woman Marine Association, American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary. Prfesently serve as the Chairman for Public Relations for Department of California and advisor to National Commander. Was awarded Citizen of the Year for City of Perris and Riverside County.
Veteran of the Year and California Legionnaire of the Year, just because I never learned
to say "NO' Lots of fun. Lost my Mom at age 98 last year andmy sisterr Patsy followed her in November. Still missing them terribly, especially my twin, Patsy. Haqve three childre4n all grown, Son. Clinton with two children and 7 grandechildren. He works with Boeing in Management and is now serving in Kuwait as a Master Chief in the United States Navy, with one year until Navy retirement. Hopefully he will be bac ,k in December of thi...Expand for more
s year. Middle daughter, Bonnie, one son, Roger, just came back from Baghdad, still serving in the Army. Bonnie is a worried Mom and is a cosmetologist living in Washington and Oregon. (Border town) Youngest, Sharon lives in Redding has one daugher and three sons. Helli, oldest graduates from Cal Baptist in June with teaching credentials, Clifton, just turned 20 is a youth minister and studying for ministry. Robert is 17 in high school and Daniel is in 8th grade. When we have reunions it is going up and down the state of California and clear into Oregon and Washington, like going from Maine to Florida back east.
We survived the last rash of devastating fires out here - just a lot of smoke and dust and dirt blown onto the property. We were lucky. I was glad I was not working these fires as it takes its toll on the mind and body and I went through a two month siege in 2003 with major fires.
Well I have had a very interesting life and still look for new things to do and places to see. My cousin Kay Bunyon also a graduate of Good Shepherd in 1955 or 1956 lives very close to where the fires were and hates being around teh fires and is looking to move closer to us. Her brother tom graduated in 1952 lives in Florida and we are all that is left of the Johnson and Bunyon family from New York.
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