Joseph Purpura:
CLASS OF 1962
Portsmouth High SchoolClass of 1962
Portsmouth, NH
Joseph's Story
Did my 6 years in the Navy. Married three times. Now I'm with the love of my life. After 44 years Donna Woodmancy and I got together in 2004. We reside on the Big Island of Hawaii and operate a kennel breeding Chinese Crested Dogs. We have the only kennel of this type in the state of Hawaii. I have been living in Hawaii for 27 years and wouldn't think of living any other place. You can see all about our dogs on our web site ;
I spent many years traveling the world for the aquarium trade, lived in Africa for a year. Have been all over South America, Far East and ended up in Hawaii. Was a professional scuba diver for many years in Hawaii. We collected and shipped marine aquarium fish all over the world. For most of those years my dive partner was my youngest Son Dominick .
Its kind of funny how things seem to work out. I've been all over the world and have had a interesting life. What I was always looking for was right under my nose from the start. Donna has brought such happiness into my life, look at all those years I've wasted. Now I have Donna in my life I'll never let her get away this time,...Expand for more
Donna and I do miss N.H. but we both don't like the cold so Hawaii is where we will stay. I personally have been all over the world and to me Hawaii is the place to be, love it!
We have had two visits from Dorothy (Holt) Jumper and we are looking forward to her third visit. Life is so short and it's a shame to waste just one minute of it. People are always welcome at our humble home, Hawaii is really paradise.
Donna and I are thinking of retiring one of these days but for now our little dogs keep us very busy. We do enjoy them and don't know what we would do without them.
Donna and I both have five children each, we have both lost one of them. Its so hard on you to lose a child,parents are not suppose to outlive their children. Now its just Donna and I and all our children are in the mainland.
Karen, the light is still on......................
Update ; 11 July 2013
We have retired from breeding our dogs but still have some and they will be with us for the rest of their time. They are getting older and less active so they just hang out . They are apart of our lives and cloud never get rid of them.
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