Dennis Stiffler:  

I WENT ON ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE NAVY RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE WORLD'S FIRST POLARIS SUBMARINE WHEN I GRADUATED FROM SUBMARINE SCHOOL AND WAS OFF THE COAST OF RUSSIA DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS WITH 16 NUCLEAR MISSILES. AFTER 6 YEARS ON SUBMARINES THE DOCTORS FOUND CANCER IN MY RIGHT LEG AND AMPUTATED IT AND GAVE ME A PIRATE PEGLEG AND A RETIREMENT.. I GOT HOME AND WENT RIGHT TO WORK FOR THE PUGET SOUND NATIONAL BANK FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS AND WORKED CLOSE WITH DENNIS O'DELL CLASS OF 1961 FOR OVER 25 YEARS....NOW WE RESTORE HOT RODS. I RETIRED FROM THE BANK IN 1998 AND HAVE BEEN ENJOYING MY 5 KIDS AND 12 GRANDKIDS. WE LIVED IN A 1500 SQUARE FOOT 3 BEDROOM 3 BATH LOG CABIN ON 2 1/2 ACRES NEAR HOOD CANAL CLOSE TO BREMERTON. WE ALSO LIVED ON 2 YACHTS, ONE A 62 FOOT, AND THE OTHER A 50 FOOT GRANDBANKS FLUSH DECK MOTOR YACHT UNTIL I FELL AND BROKE MY HIP AND COULD NO LONGER WEAR THE PIRATE LEG AND RETIRED FROM THE BANK. WE HAVE OWNED WATERFRONT HOMES IN GIG HARBOR, HANSVILLE, POULSBO, MANETTE, AND HOMES IN SILVERDALE, AND PORT ORCHARD. CURRENTLY DEBBIE AND I LIVE IN KENT, WE WERE FIRST MARRIED IN 1973 AND THEN AGAIN IN 2015. I...Expand for more