John Renczkowski:  

Life I attended F.D.U. for one year before deciding that I would rather work on cars for a living. I graduated from Lincoln Tech. in Union, NJ and after working in the automotive business for 12 years,(10 at Hawthorne Chevrolet), I moved to Spring Hill, Florida in 1988. I started two small businesses and ran them for three years. The 1st Gulf war started, retail sales slumped substantially and I decided to get back into cars in 1991. I did well working at a Chevrolet/Pontiac/Oldsmobile dealer for 8 years until Oldsmobile folded and work now as a Toyota Master Tech. As a side line, I was a singer and played keyboards in a nine piece band in the late '70s (mostly light jazz and Chicago type rock). I met and married the cousin of a band member in 1981. Sue and I are still going strong (28 years as of 9-5-09) and have two great kids: Michael,16 and Lisa,13. For those of you that were the class of 1970 at St. John's School, and remember my mother from St. John's, (she worked in the principal's office) she is still going strong at 91 and lives down here in Florida. (Update: She passed away at age 93) I keep in ...Expand for more