Gary Teal:  

Gary is from St. Charles, Missouri. Gary is single. Gary's schools include Thurston High School. Gary later attended The University of Kansas (Bachelor of Architecture), Saint Louis Community College (Architectural Technology). Gary works(ed) at The Home Depot. Gary's interests include Lakes (disambiguation). Music Gary likes includes Muse, HOLLY JOHNSON, Alanis Morissette. Movies Gary likes include The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The BULLY Project, Batman: The Dark Knight. TV shows Gary likes include The Carbonaro Effect, SundanceTV, Investigation Discovery. One of Gary's favorite quotes is:"Auntie Mame: Yes! Live! Life's a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!"". More about Gary:"Just scroll down to the last couple short paragraphs, that's all you need to know! I live my life like an open book. I've have nothing to hide, so if you haven't been blocked from viewing my fb page, then enjoy the short read because your one of the friends and family who I truly enjoy having in my life. So, if you really want to know.... tehe... ;) here it is... Gosh, my early life and also my sister's (Tina Rea, born Tina Marie Teal) early years were broken up and shattered into so many different pieces. My mother (Helena Abbott, born Helen S. Peca) and father (Gary, born Garold Wayne Teal) divorced soon after my sister and I were born. My mother, who I love dearly, never could settle down, but she seems to like Denver a lot. She has always done the best she could with her circumstances and because my sister and I grew up with her, we moved around quite a bit as I mention later. My father remarried was stable only in the way that he could stay in one place for many years. He and my stepmother (Kathleen Teal, born Kathleen Shaw by Stewart and Marilyn Shaw) had a couple of children, Danny and Megan, who are both recently married, my brother to Becky Osborne and my sister to Travis Jones (they are about to have a baby... YAY.) I don't know just how many schools I went to... To make the list of schools easy for me, I'll start at 5th grade because I cannot remember all of the elementary schools that I've attended. So I attended Christian Academy of Greater St Louis (1979-80) from 5th grade to 7th grade; then Ritenour Middle School in Overland, MO for 8th grade (1981-2); Hazelwood Central in Hazelwood, MO (1983-4) for 9th grade; Terra Linda High School (1984-5) in Terra Linda, CA which is near San Francisco CA for 10th grade. While living in Terra Linda, I also volunteered at the Marin County Conservation Corps; then I attended Thurston High School (1986-1987) in Springfield, Oregon where I also worked at Rax Restaurant and delivering the Springfield News on my paper route. Often, we would move during the middle of the school year without any notice that we were leaving, so I would easily lose contact with many friends over the years. I did receive my high school diploma from Thurston High even though I finished the last few months of high school at Eureka High in Eureka, Missouri when I moved in with my wonderful, thoughtful and loving grandfather and grandmother Teal (Monk & Gene, born Ancel Teal & N. Imogene Bentley) who were amazing people. I would do anything for them, and they would do anything they could for me. While living with my grandparents, I worked at McDonalds until I jointed the Navy. So, that's my secondary education... that was a total of 4 different high schools in 3 different states btw. My grandparents were the greatest love of my life so far and they provided me with the stability, love and support throughout my life, especially the next ten years from 1987 through 1997. Their home was also my legal residence for the last part of high school, through my Navy years and also the years where I attended the University of Kansas. My grandfather passed only one day after my grandmother died due to complications caused by a massive stroke (in 2005.) I only know love because I've seen the great love that they shared and I miss them so much. There's not a day that goes by that I don't think about them. To this day, their passing continues to have a profound effect on my daily life. I can say that I truly know what love is because of the deep love and understanding that I shared with my grandparents. In January of 1988, I joined in the Navy where I proudly served as an Aerographer's Mate, stationed in Rota Spain from 1988-1991 for NOCC (Naval Oceanography Command Center) I went to Great Lakes near Chicago for boot camp and my 'A' school was at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois where I graduated at the very top of my class. I was able to choose where I would be stationed next and I chose Rota, Spain. I really loved living in Spain, the city of Rota and the comradery in the Navy. I was stationed in Rota Spain until 1991 and then served in the reserves in Millington, Tennessee. So I was in the Navy reserves and flying to Memphis while I went to college for a couple of years. My friends and I played hard, but worked harder. Well, maybe we worked just as hard as we played... LMAO. An Aerographer's Mate in the Navy studies the weather, so I was a weather observer at the air field. I liked to party a lot ...Expand for more