Charlene Brigham:
CLASS OF 1968
Ripley Central SchoolClass of 1968
Ripley, NY
McKenzie High SchoolClass of 1997
Finn rock, OR
Charlene's Story
Life
I had 4 children, 3 girls and then a boy. My girls are all married with children. I have 8 grandchildren.. 5 girls and 3 boys. They are my reason for living!!
My husband passed away 7 years ago. So after 29 years of marrage I am single again. The world is really different now as compared to the single world when we were in high school. So, in my spare time I like to go out and sing karaoke. I have made a lot of new friends that way.
I organized our 35th. year class reunion and Mrs. Kofoed was our honored guest. It was so wonderful to have her there and see her again. I am hoping in 2008 we can have more classmates attend the reunion.
For most of my adult life I lived in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. In the last 8 years I have lived about a mile from the ocean on the OR coast. I truly love it here. The winters are like Ripley's spring, most of the time. The air here is so pure also and the sky so blue. I would have to s...Expand for more
ay that I really love just about everything there is about living on the coast. My favorite thing to do is walk the beach looking for sand dollars. I have a lot of them!!
I try to keep busy. Taking care of my home pretty much helps out in that aspect!! I have learned how to use different kinds of saws and other tools. I have built gates and fences and many other things, like laying a hard wood laminate flooring. That was fun to do. Sure wish I could have taken Shop Class in HS! :-)
Our fellow classmate Karen (Neff) Fahey came out from NYC in June of 2005 & 2007 for a visit. It is the second7 third time that she has visited me here in OR. Linda (Utegg) Cave visited me in 2004. It was great to show them around this beautiful state that I live in.
I hope to be at the next class reunion in 2008. I hope more classmates will come. Since I travel across the states it would be nice to see some of the classmates I haven't seen in years.
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