Darryl Rademacher:
CLASS OF 1965
Redford High SchoolClass of 1965
Detroit, MI
Cody High SchoolClass of 1966
Detroit, MI
Cooke Junior High SchoolClass of 1963
Detroit, MI
Peter Vetal Elementary SchoolClass of 1961
Detroit, MI
Darryl's Story
Life
Today's Date: November 1, 2012. Time is flying by, its been a couple of years since I updated my Bio, so! here is the latest with me and mine....
My friends called me Ratt, short for Rademacher (Rad..e..maker = Rat..ta..maker). Grease or Frat? Ya! I was a greaser. Today, Im still a happily married man of almost 43 years (WOW! 12-13-69), I met my wife (Joy) in 1968 cruising through Tele-a-Ways, located on Grand River & Telegraph Rd. Got married on December 13th,1969 (Friday the 13th, ya! I planned it). We have 2 children, one boy,41 (1971) and one daughter,39 (1973) My daughter has blessed us with 2 beautiful grandchildren, one boy (Daniel 5-28-96)), now 16, who still loves hockey (Midget "A" Travel) he plays for Westland, and one girl (Briana 2-18-94) she is 18, and still loves being a girl. Both are the loves of my live, and keep grandpa (me) very active.
I was drafted into the army on May 28, 1966. I went to Viet Nam in Nov. of 1966, was wounded in April of 1967, spent almost a year in the hospital. About a year after I got home from the military I went to work for GM (Detroit Diesel) (Jan. 18,1969). On April 1, 2009 I sadly Retired from GM after 42 years. I'm was last located at the GM Powertrain Romulus Engine Plant, one of my jobs was working in the UAW Tuition Assistance Office as the hourly UAW representitive. I have no idea how 42 y...Expand for more
ears have passed so quickly.
I live, and have lived in in Westland, Mi. since 1971. I like to Travel, Ski, Golf, Camp, and, canoe just to name a few. MY health is still very good and I still feel like a kid. Ya! I still think of all the good, bad, and ugly times I had at Redford High. Rudys was the hang out in the morning, and Chapel Street, .... Well! how do you forget that street?
For those of you who know me and my family, I'm sorry to say that my dad had passed away on Sept. 28, 2002 (87). My older brother David (class of 63') , and my sisters Donna (class of 64'), Diane (class 0f 67?), and Debbie (class of 72') are all alive and well.
WOW! where did all the time go?? (47 years! since I graduated in 1965). It seems like yesterday in my mind. Class of 65'. ........
I had taken pictures in 2007 of Redford, and I also have taken some more recent pictures in 2012, Harding, Hurbert, Vetal and Redford.. You can find them all in Classmates Photo Album Section... Just click on the photo links and scroll until you fine my albums. I also have full posted my complete year book pictures, 1965 Jan class and the June class. I posted this before classmate started to posting alot yearbooks.
What a school! What a era! ....... Redford High may be torn down ..... but! .... we still have our memories... Peace to all.!
Darryl Rademacher..........AKA... Rattman
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