Bonnie Ballaron:
CLASS OF 1969
Pottstown High SchoolClass of 1969
Pottstown, PA
Bonnie's Story
Have had quite the interesting life since graduation. First after kissing a few frogs, met the love of my life in 1972, Karl, who was a Pottstown K-9 Cop. We were married in 1973 and proceeded to have kids right away (4) - Daniel, Joshua, Gretchen, and Jessie. I became a fulltime, stay-at-home mom. We moved away from Pottstown in 1980 and have lived in 10 different states since. Karl left policework and became security and emergency preparedness manager at several nuclear power plants and nuclear bomb facilities. He continued to climb up the ladder in his field but then the worst possible thing happened. Karl died of a sudden heart attack in 1999 at the young age of 52 yrs. We were living in the Pacific Northwest at the time. I moved back to the east coast in 2002 thinking I needed to be closer to family in Pottstown. That didn't work out at all as I had been away too long and had grown in a much different direction. I then m...Expand for more
oved to Richmond, Virginia closer to 2 of my 4 kids. During that time, I reconnected to a old, dear friend. I was blessed again with another wonderful partner and remarried in 2003 to John Ballaron. John was also a policeman back in the 70's for North Coventry Twp. He had been living in Florida (west coast south of Tampa) since 1985. We reconnected after John lost his wife to lung cancer on March 5, 2002. So in late 2003, I made yet another move this time to Bradenton, Florida. I currently work for "TransMontaigne" as Asst. Lab Manager in their Quality Control Lab. TransMontaigne gathers, transports, stores, and markets refined petroleum products, chemicals, and crude oil. Our lab is an Oversight Program that tests fuels for compliance with Federal & State EPA regulations and requirements. I find testing and research interesting and actually enjoy most of my job. So for now, this is my story.
Bonnie Shanta Karlson Ballaron
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