Joanne Turnquist:  

CLASS OF 1960
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St. paul, MN

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I live in Vadnais Heights MN. I have been divorced and single for 26 years now! Time sure does fly by! I was blessed with two wonderful children. My son, David is married and has 3 children.....Derrick, Drew and Danielle. My daughter, Heidi, is also married and has 3 children, Diehtra, Trinity, and Laila. I am retired and care for the 2 youngest grandchildren, Trinity and Laila while my daughter works. This will end when the youngest child can attend North Heights day care center. Then what? Not sure.....may want to look for something down in Florida or TExas to spend the winters...and return to my home in Vadnais Heights for the summer months....or have thought about joining the Peace Corps or Vista for two years, too. When the time comes, I will decide. I love to travel and have been to Europe to visit friends and relatives on 3 occasions. I hope to go again in 2011, or maybe visit friends in Vietnam...not sure yet. They tell me that everything is so inexpensive there yet, and it is fast becoming a tourist attraction. I buy and sell on Ebay for something fun to do, and now with age catching up on me, I am thinning out my collectionss of years gone by to prepare for a simpler lifestyle when the child care days come to an end. I lived on Sturgeion Lake for about 7 yeatrs durin...Expand for more
g my 20 year career with the utility company up north, and moved back to the cities in 2001 to be closer to my aging mother who passed away 5 years ago this month. I loved my place on the lake and really miss the tranquility and peace it brought, and miss my favorite passtime up there of fishing! One of the fun things I have done was to design a revolving display cabinet and take it all the way from having it made in China, to having the container shipped to the USA and selling them. It was quite the experience! I still love to dance, and garden and taking road trips. Just ask me to go somewhere, and I can pack and be ready in five minutes time! LOL (Must be the gypsy in me..!!) That's another story too long to put in here!! I look forward to maybe meeting someone (yes, even at this age..) to share the rest of my retirement years with! My grandchildren are great companions and love darrying on converstions with me, but I miss having someone "special" to share life with. I am planning on attending the 50 year class reunion and will be bringing Marlene Rotter (Nothacher). She lives in Florida with her husband, and will be flying back to Minnesota to attend the reunion. Hope to see lots of you at the reunion, and hope we recognize each other after all these years!!! Should be fun!
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