Jack Wepler:  

Well, it's about time that I let everyone know what I have been doing for the past 50 years! After graduation, I worked another year with my Dad, Art, at Paul's Gulf Plaza (was at Maple and Perry but now has a beautiful condo complex there) and joined the USAF in July, 1969. After basic training, I elected to enter the field of radiologic technology and served at Scott AFB, Illinois for two years, received my ARRT (American Registry of Radiologic Technologists) in 1971 and finished my tour of duty at Westover AFB, Massachusetts and left the AF in February 1973. I moved back to my parents digs (they now lived in Oak Harbor) and worked as a rad tech at Riverside Hospital in Toledo. Riverside was closed several years ago due to the consolidation of several hospital groups. I then decided to move away from Ohio and pursue my career in St. Louis in July of 1976. I went on board at St. Louis University Hospital and was promoted to a middle management position in six months. This is where I met my first wife, Jane and we were married in December, 1978. In 1981, I was afforded the opportunity to work for a private radiology group and managed a free-standing radiology center in St. Louis until 1989 when I decided to further advance my career and move to an assistant manager's job at Alton Memorial Hospital in Alton, Illinois. Our son, Jeremy, was born in October, 1986 and I needed to keep moving "up the ladder" to support the family, I was moved to the Manager of Medical Imaging Services at Alton Memorial in 1992 and oversaw several mergers with the final one being in 1993 with the "birth" of BJC Healthcare. Sadly to say, Jane passed away unexpectedly in September, 2003 due to a cardiac event, leaving my son and me with heavy hearts. But, due to a strong family and work base, we picked up the pieces, put them back together and ran like hell! After two years and becoming better acquaited with a co-worker at AMH, I married my current wife, Barb, in November. 2005. I need to say this; I have been one of the most blessed individuals knowing that I have loved and been "loved back" by two of the most fantastic ladies!! I was with AMH until August, 2008 when there was a "structural reorganization" and I, along with seven other middle managers, was displaced from my position after nearly 20 years of service. After that, I took the first managerial job I could find and took a plunge and Barb and I moved to the UP of Michigan in January, 2009 where I went to work for Grandview Health System in Ironwood, Michigan. Ironwood is the farthest west community in Michigan and 20 miles south of Lake Superior. Winter there is challenging! We even bought a home with the intention of retiring there. Well, my position was displaced at Grandview in August, 2009 and we put the house in a rental agency's hands and we moved back to Alton and spent six months living with Barb' s parents. Barb's father passed away right after we arrived back. We feel that this was a "divine intervention" since we were able to help Barb's mom adjust to a widow's life. After job searching. and waiting for the "right" position to come along, Barb and I moved to Corsicana, Texas in May, 2010 where I took a job at Navarro Regional Hospital as a Director of Imaging for Community Health System. Barb took a job with the Corsicana School District and retired in 2014. We then decided it was time for me to bow out of the main work force and I retired in May, 2016. We took a "hiatus" back in Alton for three months and then moved to our current location in Pittsburgh in August, 2016. Why Pittsburgh?? Retirement benefits, no tax on groceries or clothing, free public transportation for "older Pennsylvanians" (we sold both of our cars and ride the busses and light rail and ren...Expand for more