Hank Boonstra:
CLASS OF 1977
Downers Grove South High SchoolClass of 1977
Downers grove, IL
Hank's Story
Life
I grew up in Downers Grove, where Steve Box and I were (and still are) best friends since June 24, 1960. That's the day my family and I arrived from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Left D.G. in 1977 the day after graduation to pursue a career in the offshore oil business. That lasted 6 months, then moved onshore for 6 more. Realized that oil wasn't in my blood (snort). Joined the Air Force in 1979. Thank goodness it was the Carter years, or they never would have let me in. Spent three years in Arkansas, when we chose a guy named White for governor over a guy named Clinton for one term. Then spent three years in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, which is where I hope to retire to. In 1985 I moved back to D.G. for 5 months. A year in Columbus, Ohio, was followed by 2 1/2 years in southern California. I was n...Expand for more
ever so glad to leave a place in my life. My next move took me quite by surprise. The company I worked for from 1985 to 1989 was bought by Federal Express, and I found myself in North Mississippi. If anybody had told me in High School that some day I would be living in a town called Hernando Mississippi, I'd have had them committed. After 11 years later, I finally left Mississippi. I now own a used mobile home business in Northern Arkansas. We buy, sell, and move used mobile homes. I never would have thought it would such a good product choice. Life is good. Update: On December 2007, I married Eva Filinovich in a small ceremony with all our kids, some other family, and a few friends in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. To steal a phrase, what a long, strange trip it's been. Life has never been better.
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