Raymond Beets:
CLASS OF 1979
Clinton Central High SchoolClass of 1979
Michigantown, IN
Purdue UniversityClass of 1983
West lafayette, IN
Raymond's Story
Life:
After high school I attended Purdue University, Ivy Tech, Brevard College; and earned an architectural and engineering degree. I lived in the Cocoa, Florida area for 15 years (1982-1997). I was married to Kathy for 8 years and had children. In 1996 Kathy died of colon cancer. I relocated to Indiana (Johnson County)after her death and worked in civil engineering. In 2001 I re-married, to Lonnie, and moved to Rockford, Illinois. We currently live in Cherry Valley, Illinois (1.5 hours due west of Chicago & south of Madison, Wisconsin) and we have 5 children (ranging in age from 17-26, as of May 2009). I work in Civil Engineering and manage multi-million dollar development and road construction projects.
In 2007 our daughter Mandy was critically injured...Expand for more
in a car accident. She still has some difficulties due to brain injuries but lives at home now and is about to get her college degree. All in all our kids are a handful but who isn't. We have no grandkids yet and are in no hurry as life is busy enough as it is. We enjoy camping, canoeing, fishing, trips and genealogy (have traces my lineage to a Revolutionary War soldier). Kids live- Kaylan, lives outside Boston, MA; Lexie (in college), lives in Belvidere, IL; Mandy at home; Heather (in college) at home; Zach (soon to graduate high school) at home.
Hope to be at any upcoming class reunions. If you know of any details let me know or post on classmates for all to read. Drop me a line if you want to let me know what you have been up to.
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