Linda Yoder:  

Life After the Mount: -graduated from St. Dom's 1968 -got married to Jonathan Yoder 1968 -graduated from Kent State 1971 (yes, there on the day of the shootings) -worked in Chicago financial business 71-74 -taught at Suffolk U in Boston 74-75 -moved to Carbondale 1975, was a partner in a photo studio -moved back to Chicago 1976, lived in a high rise and then out in Glen Ellyn -moved to NY in 1980, worked in Wall Street district first, then out in the suburbs -had Ruthie in 1981 -had Ryland in 1983 -had Russell in 1987 (ok, hold the jokes about pregnant and 40. My mother and my husband's mother did the same thing.) -moved to Peoria, IL in 1991 -worked for Bradley University and Illinois State University, sometimes teaching -all kids live in Portland, OR -became a fund-raising exec for Peoria Ballet 2004 -mom (June Taylor) died on Easter Sunday, 2008; brother Ryland and dad Ryland both predeceased her; sister Mary Lou Becker bought the family home in West Chicago in 2002 -got divorced in 2010 -moved to the Oregon Coast (Florence, OR) in 2011 -remarried Jonathan in 2023; our divorce didn't work out. -am still short School Went to the Mount expecting to major in art, but the art nun got transferred after sophomore year. Took piano the whole time, so got to do nifty things, like accompany the choir and soloists. Got to deliver the valedictory speech, even though I practically fell down the stairs on stage during rehearsal. Became an opera fan, but couldn't afford to go until college. College Actually liked St. Dom's in St. Charles, met my husband on a blind date for a Christmas dance in 1966. Got married in 1968, moved to Ohio, and went to grad school in journalism after working at a daily newspaper. My last day of class was May 4, 1970, when four kids were shot by the National Guard in back of my building at Kent State. My classmates, teachers and ...Expand for more