Barbara Gifford:
CLASS OF 1962
Pioneer High SchoolClass of 1962
San jose, CA
Barbara's Story
We moved from San Jose to Tulsa in 1979. Two years later, after being a stay-at-home mom for almost 15 years, I fell into a job working for the Tulsa Police Dept., and ended up as the administrative assistant to the Homicide Squad and the Detective Division Commander. It was a great job....and never dull. I retired in 2011, after 30 years of unforgettable experiences, one that even included the infamous Boston mob boss and career criminal Whitey Bulger.
My oldest son is an attorney, my youngest son is a physician, and my daughter is a travel agent; I am so proud of them. When they were young, we attended about a million of their soccer games--maybe a slight exagge...Expand for more
ration, maybe not-- but we enjoyed traveling around the country, watching them play in tournaments. Now I have five grandsons; the oldest is 16. I've been married 57 years; and my husband is a retired engineer.
Favorite vacation spots - Custer State Park in the Black Hills in South Dakota, Taos, NM., (especially in the Fall), and Payson, AZ
I think about the good old Pioneer days often. I will be visiting San Jose more frequently now that my youngest son and his family have moved back there. I will always miss California--the mountains, the beaches, and the weather--but definitely not the traffic. I hope life has been good to all of my high school friends.
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