Lloyd Donnell:
CLASS OF 1970
Haworth High SchoolClass of 1970
Kokomo, IN
Lloyd's Story
Life
To whom it may concern:
After graduating high school, I worked for Steve Burtch's(1970 Haworth Grad & one of my best friends in school) Dad as a laborer. We (Steve, Bob (Dad) and a few other guys did remodels, fire jobs, insurance work. It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life! I learned alot from Bob Burtch Sr.
In the summer of 1972 I met my soul mate, Diana Shoffner, a (1972 Haworth Grad), and got drafted! We would be married Dec. 28th, 1972, while I was home on leave between bootcamp and AIT. We, ended up spending 2 years stationed at Ft. Sill Oklahoma, where I was a Radio Teletype operator. We got pregnant with twin girls, but unfortunately lost them prematurely at 5 months, that was August 4th, 1973. Later, we got pregnant again, and had a daughter, Jennifer, on Sept 16th, 1974.
After my service in the army, I worked at 2 gas stations here in Kokomo. Then, I got a job at Fenn Lumber Co. and stayed there for about 3 years. That's when I got hired at Continental Steel Corp. I worked there for 7 years, unt...Expand for more
il they closed the plant in 1986. Wow, what a let down! Then I got hired at Carter Lumber co. and worked there for approximately 3 years. In the meantime, in 1979 we had our second child, a boy, Christopher Michael. He weighed 11 lbs. at birth, so that was it. she wasn't having any more-lol
In 1989 I got hired at Kokmo Spring Co. and stayed there till I got layed off, and luckily got on at chrysler in 1992. I will have 15 years in service in Nov. of this year.
Our daughter Jenn, is married, with 2 boys, Andrew-13, and Jared-9, both were born on holidays.
Our son, Chris bought a house near us, and just got married this past may.
We spend most of our time watching whatever sport our grandson's are playing at the time.
I do some woodwoking, and like photography, as hobbies. We like going to Daytona for vacations, and I have family that lives there.
Both my parents passed on in the last 3 years, and Diana's Dad died of cancer 15 years ago.
That's pretty much what I've been doing for the last 37 years, what you been up to?
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