Jodie Armstrong:
CLASS OF 1977
River Valley High SchoolClass of 1977
Three oaks, MI
South Bend College of CommerceClass of 1979
South bend, IN
Three Oaks Middle SchoolClass of 1973
Three oaks, MI
Jodie's Story
Life
Hello Friends,
It is hard to believe that 30 years since we walked across the stage to get that piece of paper that presents our freedom from school, teachers, our parents and the ticket to new adventures.
The road of life has many curves and wonderful straight aways. My road lead me to college in South Bend, IN. I graduated in 79 with AA in Accounting and Computer programing.
In the fall of 79, I joined US Army, where I did plenty of traveling. (Fort Riley, Ks to Bremerhaven, GE to Guadetmala). After 4 yrs of Active Duty I returned to civilian life. I worked a bookkeeper than 1985 went to work in '85 at the WI Alumni Research Foundation. I am still currently employeed by WARF. I was deployed in '91 for Desert Storm and again in '03 for (2 yrs) Operation Enduring Freedom (Spt for IRAQ Freedom) I retired from the Army in Nov 05 after serving for 27 years.
While in the Army I meet my first husband, Kevin Grauvogl. We had two sons, Kraig 29 and Kurt 27. Kurt who is the proud father of my handsome grandson Jacob. He turned 4 in June. Kevin and I divorced in 1995. We losted Kevin in June 07 to heart disease.
In Mar 03 just before my last deployment, I married my fiance of seven years, John Za...Expand for more
emisch. The married also gave me a step-daughter, Tanya who is the proud mother of our precious granddaughter Emily. Who just turned 5 this year started all day kindergarten.
Returning home from deployment brought a new career. I would from managing volumes of numbers to volumes or files. I am now the Records Manager. I will going back to school to get my CRM (Certified Records Mgr) and ERM (Electronic Records Mgr) degrees. This one curves in the road of life has been very interesting and quite sharp. At my age I never thought I'd changing career paths, my goal 30 years ago was to have my CPA license.
I currently live in a small town south of Madison, WI. Wisconsin is a beautiful state. Madison is just the right size, we have 24 hrs stores and all sorts of culture and University sports. Don't worry I am still a loyal MI fan.
I enjoy camping and grilling out. Really I love cooking and baking of any sorts. My enjoy taking photos of my family and want to learn to scarpbooking. In my spare of course! Ha ha. I love doing counted cross stitch. I enjoy summer nights by the campfire and watching the sunsets.
Now what is up in your life?
Hope to hear from you very soon,
Peace and Love - Jodie
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