Corine Sibley-Emerson:  

Life When I was in school you knew me as Corine Sibley. My married name is Emerson and I now go by Cori (nickname) that was given me by a boyfriend in College. I attended St. Catherine Of Sienna School from the 1st. thru the 8th. grades and Central Catholic High School for the first two years. In 1959 my parents moved the family to San Bernardino, California and I graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1961. We were the 2nd. graduating class so it was quite small. I went on to San Diego State College (now San Diego State University). After college I married and had three children from my 1st. husband; we parted ways when our children were 8 weeks. 1 and 2 years old. I was a single parent for 13 years and then married Michael and we had one child. Michael was Superintendant of Schools in Newport Beach, California and took an early retirement in 1988 to move to Oregon. He had been diagnosed with advanced emphasema; Michael passed away in July of 1993. I worked for the Eugene School District where I met my current husband who also worked there. We retired in December 2002 and moved back to Southern California in October 2003 where we currently live in Carslbad. I have nine grandchildren who are the joy of my life. Orville and I are very active in our Church and sing in the choir. We enjoy traveling, especially taking cruises and we own time shares in Puerto Valarta and Cobo San Lucas. Besides this we do a lot of sailing with my sister and brother-in-law, so most week-ends in the summer you find us at the Yacht Club or out sailing when we can get a good wind. We are currently care givers for my 90 years old father who has Alzheimer's; it is a fulltime job, but we so enjoy having him with us. On his good days we play cards with him and laugh at his stories from his childhood and early adulthood, on his bad days he sleeps most of the day (I mean like 23 hours) only getting up to take his meals. I also took care of my mom (she was terminal and we were on home hospice) for 2 and half years, she passed on Nov.9, 2009. We still try to get time for ourselves with the help on my 45 yr. old son who lives about a mile from us. When we go on vacations, he and his wife will come and stay with dad, or I have my brother come out from Nevraska so that we can get an R&R a couple of times a year. School I think my biggest crush in elementary school was Mike Malloy. In high school it would have to have been Gene Bush. Most inspirational teachers: St. Catherine's - Sr. Therese' Central Catholic - St. Madeline Marie - Latin Teacher - Eisenho...Expand for more