Leona Woodland:  

January 2009: Well, first of all, though my name is Leona Dean (Duncan), everyone called me Dean except a few teachers. I have been going to the free website, Classmates, for several years, with not a lot of results. So, I am happy to have heard from John Ferrick, and hope you are doing well, John. I finally paid for the "gold" membership, and hope to find some more old friends. However, I feel there is common ground for all of us "Brats" -- Oh yes, I go to that site too, so will likely respond if anyone writes me a note. I wrote Donna Gonnella a note a short time ago; one to John Ferrick, and Ed Prendergast and one or two others. After leaving Munich High in January of 1951, I attended Nurnberg High until the end of my Freshman year. During the summer of '51 we moved to Heidelberg and I went to HHS all of my Sophomore year and started my Junior year there as well. I lived in the same apartment building where Bob Hess, Graham Stokes, and Myrla Colvin lived. We left for the USA just before my birthday and were "home" for Thanksgiving of 1952, stationed at Ft. Ord, CA. I finished my Junior year and graduated from Monterey High, Monterey, CA in 1954. I married DeVon Woodland from Idaho in November of that year (Wow -- 54 years ago) We have raised potatoes, sugar beets, alfalfa, beans, etc. We always have a garden and do a lot of home canning. We've been dairy farmers, had a band of sheep, and right now, we have a cow-calf operation -- in the process of turning it over to our youngest son. We served 19 months in Cambodia on a Humanitarian Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- December 01 to July 03. (the Mormons) Our children are: Charlene, Calvin, Russell, Janiel, Tamara, Dianne, Gale, Glenn, Wesley, and Ryan. We have 40+ grand children (includin...Expand for more