Mary Zamora Thompson:
CLASS OF 1962
North High SchoolClass of 1962
Denver, CO
Asmara American High SchoolClass of 1974
Asmara,
Colorado State College of EducationClass of 1966
Greeley, CO
Colorado State CollegeClass of 1965
Greeley, CO
Horace Mann Junior High SchoolClass of 1959
Denver, CO
Mary's Story
After graduation I attended Colorado State College, graduating in Dec 1965 with a BA in Spanish and Social Studies. I continued at CSC on a fellowship until March 1966 when I married Robert E. Thompson. That spring I was selected as a Fulbright Scholar and assigned to a university in Chile. Since I had married, I was ineligible to attend that university so my husband and I accepted teaching jobs in El Monte, CA. We decided to do some traveling and got jobs with the DoD, teaching on military bases overseas. I taught junior and senior high school Spanish; all forms of social studies (Civics, history, geography); physical science; and was an elementary school counselor the last five years. We li...Expand for more
ved and worked in Newfoundland (1 year), Morocco (2 years), Ethiopia (3 years), Turkey (5 Years), Bermuda (8 years), and, my husband went on to finish up in Germany. While in Bermuda, I was diagnosed with PSC, a fatal liver disease, and deteriorated over a period of years until I received a liver transplant in 1989. Since that time I have lived in Colorado with homes in Boulder, our ranch in Rand, and spending winters in San Carlos, Mexico for the last 12 years. I am fairly healthy and grateful to be alive and able to enjoy our two daughters, our two grandchildren, and, all my friends.
My friends from Garden Place, Horace Mann, and, North hold a special place in my heart; lots of sweet memories!
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