John Kellett:  

Life has been good. After graduating Father Judge in June 1958, I joined the U.S. Navy for a 4 year hitch. The last two years were spent on duty in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After discharge, I went to work for Publicker Industries, a South Philly based distillery. I met Josie DeStephano in July 1962 and we got married in July 1963. I got a little bored at Publicker and went to work for Domestic Finance Company in late 1963. I opened a new Harrisburg office for Domestic in 1966 and moved to York County, PA. In 1969, I realized that I missed Philly and moved back and returned to Publicker as Assistant Personnel Director. After surviving a drastic change of management, I helped Publicker move Corporate HQ to Greenwich, CT in 1978. I was elected Vice President in 1980. At the age of 46, I retired from Publicker in 1987 and decided to return to York County, PA. My oldest son, Mike, who had already completed a 4 year hitch in the Navy was engaged to get married and he stayed in CT. He now lives there with his wife, two daughters and one son. My daughter, Mary Jane and youngest Son, Tom, moved to PA with us. Tom, who had just graduated high school, enrolled at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, PA, captained the football team his senior year and graduated with a degree in Agronomy, in 1991. Tom and Mary Jane each have 3 children who live near us in Mount Wolf, and Mary Jane has a step-daughter who attends college in Texas.. I finally retired in 2001 as Plant Manager for York Mold, Inc. and have spent the last 9 years nurturing our 10 grandkids; playing an ...Expand for more