Redawn Ward:  

CLASS OF 1980
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Portland, OR
Portland, OR
Portland, OR
Portland, OR

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HI,MY LIFE AFTER SCHOOL WAS OVER ALL HAS BEEN PRETTY GREAT.BEFORE AND AFTER I GOT MARRIED I DID ALOT OF MODELING OF ALL KINDS(HAIR,NAILS,LEGS,ETC.)THE MOST OF MY MODELING WAS FOR ROMANCE NOVEL COVERS. THE ONES WITH THE HANDSOME BARED CHEST MAN AND THE HARDLY DRESSED WOMAN. I RETIRED FROM MODELING AFTER MY HUSBAND BECAME ILL WITH CANCER IN 2000. WE JUST HAD OUR 26TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN APRIL 2009.WE HAVE 3 SONS MATTHEW AGE 27, ALEXANDER AGE 20 AND OUR YOUNGEST QUENTIN(XANDER) AGE 7. MY HUSBAND DAVID WARD IS ALSO A ROOSEVELT GRAD THE CLASS OF 1964. MY FOUR YEARS AT ROOSEVELT WAS PRETTY GREAT MOST OF THE TIME. LIKE MOST TEENAGE YEARS ARE. BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL I WENT TO ROSE CITY PARK WHERE MY 3 YEARS THERE WERE REALLY GREAT FOR I KNEW SEVERAL OF THE STUDENTS BEFORE FROM KENTON AND PENINSULA GRADE SCHOOL SO I WASN'T THE NEW STUDENT WITHOUT FRIENDS.THEY WERE DEBBY WARD, REGINA KUZMANICH AND SHARI HUOTARI. THROUGH OUT ALL THE YEARS MY BESTFRIEND IS KAREN STUZTER FROM KENTON SCHOOL. SHE WAS MY MAID OF HONOR AT MY WEDDING. WHEN WE WERE IN 4TH GRADE KAREN WAS GOING TO SPEND THE NIGHT AT MY HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME, HER MOM CAME IN WITH HER AND WHEN MY MOM CAME IN THE ROOM BOTH THE WOMAN SCREAM WHEN THEY SAW EACH OTHER. IT TURN OUT THAT THEY HAD BEEN GREAT FRIENDS BACK WHEN THEY BOTH WENT TO ROOSEVELT IN 1951-1955.KAREN AND I STILL LAUGH ABOUT THAT.MY MOM REGINA(LYDA) WHEELER PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 7TH,2003 SHE WAS A GREAT LADY AND TRULY MISSED EVERY DAY AND AS OF MY DAD MSGT. ROBERT WHEELER HE PASSED AWAY MAY 12TH,2006. HE WAS THE GREASTEST FOOTBALL PLAYER AT PSU AND THE SEMI-PRO THUNDERBIRDS OF PORTLAND BACK IN THE 1960'S.HE PLAYED WITH OTHER ROOSEVELT GRADS WHEN HE PLAYED AT PSU AND THE PORTLAND THUNDERBIRDS, THEY WERE MICKY GREY CLASS OF 1955 AND BILL TURNER CLASS OF 1953.MY DAD ALSO TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING ABOUT FOOTBALL AND THE BEST TEAM. THAT IS THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS. MY OLDEST SON MATTHEW IS A FIRE FIGHTER AND SEACH AND RESCUER, HE IS ABLE TO TRACK ANY ANIMAL OR PERSON. IS ALSO SELF TAUGHT MUSICIAN, HE CAN PLAY THE GUITAR, DRUMS AND PIANO AND THE FLUTE. HE LOOKS A LOT LIKE ME EXCEPT HE HAS HIS GRANDFATHER'S ICY BLUE EYES. HE IS ALSO A COMPUTER WIZ. HE CAN DO ANY THING WITH A COMPUTER. ALEXANDER IS ALSO GRAD FROM ROOSEVELT CLASS OF 2008, HE IS NOW IN JOB CORP TO BECOME A ELECTRICIAN AND PAINTER. MATTHEW TAUGHT ALEXANDER HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR, NOW ALEXANDER PLAYS THE GUITAR LIKE STEVIE RAY VAUHN, HE IS JUST GREAT. ALEXANDER STANDS AT 6.4 AND STLL GROWING. HE LOOKS MORE LIKE HIS DAD THAN ME. HE IS ONE HANDSOME MAN JUST LIKE HIS OLDER BROTHER MATTHEW. MY YOUNGEST SON QUENTIN(XANDER) IS THE SWEETEST LITTLE GUY IN THE WORLD. HE WAS A TOTAL SURPRISE FOR US. WE WERE ALL DONE WITH HAVING CHILDREN WHEN ALEXANDER WAS BORN, BUT IN 2003 THE CUTEST BABY WAS BORN TO US. HE HAS VERY DARK HAIR LIKE HIS DAD AND LARGE EYES LIKE HIS MOM. FROM THE TIME HE WAS THREE MONTHS OLD HE HAS HAD THE LADIES SWARMING AROUND HIM. HE IS THE BIGGEST FLIRT THERE IS, BUT THE THE NUMBER ONE LADY IN HI...Expand for more
S LIFE IS HIS MOM, AS HE WILL TELL YOU. HE STARTS FIRST GRADE THIS YEAR AT SKYLINE GRADE SCHOOL. DAVID AND I DON'T HAVE ANY GRANDCHILDREN AS OF YET FOR OUR OLDER SONS DON'T WANT TO GET TIED DOWN YET, THEY WANT TO HAVE A FEW ADVENTURES BEFORE THEY HAVE WIVES OR CHLDREN. YOU ARE YOUNG ONLY ONCE SO YOU BETTER LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST. NEVER LET A EX-MODEL GET IN CAR ACCIDENT FOR YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR SIZE , FOR YOU CAN'T WORK OUT AS WELL WHEN YOU HURT YOUR BACK. AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE NOW PHOTO OF MY FAMILY AND MYSELF. I HAVE GOT A LITTLE BIGGER THAN I WAS IN SCHOOL, BUT SO WHAT MY HUSBAND LOVES ME EVEN MORE. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL OUR NEXT REUNION NEXT YEAR TO SEE ALL MY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS. CLASS OF 80 STILL RULES. MY DAD WAS MY HERO. HE TAUGHT US GIRLS THAT WE CAN BE WHAT WE WANT TO BE NO MATTER WHAT IT IS OR HOW TO GET TO OUR GOAL. YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU WANT IT STRONG ENOUGH. The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is ROBERT CAHILL, because HE WAS MY FRIEND FROM KENTON GRADE SCHOOL AND MY FIRST CRUSH EVER IN GRADE SCHOOL. NEVER ENDING LOVE My best friend would tell you I'm TOUGH AS NAILS, but people who don't know me very well would probably describe me as EASY GOING ,PRETTY SHY. I PRETTY MUCH CHANGED MY STYLE BUT GIVE ME A COWBOY HAT AND BOOTS WITH A PAIR OF JEANS , I'M PRETTY HAPPY. I share my home with MY FOUR HANDSOME MEN, which I find PURE HAPPINESS. In 10 years, I hope to be TRAVELING MORE WITH MY HUSBAND DAVID. I'm going to get there by HAVING DAVID RETIRE AND XANDER OFF TO COLLEGE. MY OLDEST FRIEND IS KAREN STUTZER. WE MET AT KENTON GRADE SCHOOL AND WE DIDN'T LIKE EACH AT FIRST UNTIL WE BOUGHT OUR BARBIES TO SCHOOL AND WE BECAME BEST FRIENDS FOREVER My first job was at HAIR SHOW , where I got paid IN HAIR PRODUCTS to MODEL MY HAIR. What I remember most about it is PEOPLE TOUCHING MY HAIR AND SAYING YHEY COULDN'T BELIEVE MY HAIR WASN'T PERMED. FOR I HAVE VERY CURLY HAIR, THAT I HAVE IRON MY HAIR TO LOKK LIKE EVERY ONE ELSE.. OUR JUNIOR YEAR I GOT TO SING WITH MY FAVORITE SINGER/SONG WRITER BURTON CUMMINGS FROM THE GUESS WHO BAND. HE CAME TO ROOSEVELT WITH A FORMER GRAD OF ROOSEVELT. I STAY AFTER MUSIC CLASS AND HE CAME IN AND I COULD OF FAINTED RIGHT THERE, BUT HE STARTED PLAYING MY FAVORITE SONG AMERICAN WOMAN AND I STARTED TO SING ALONG WITH HIM. IT WAS THE GREATEST. FOR MY 40TH BIRTHDAY MY HUSBAND DAVID TOOK TO SEE HIM. GREAT BIRHTDAY SINGING, DANCING AROUNG MY HOUSE, OR WRITING SHORT STORIES. I TRULLY LOVE DANCING WITH THE STARS AND TRUE BLOOD. If I could improve my home, I'd remodel MY BATHROOM WITH A STEAM SHOWER WITH THE CD PLAYER AND MOOD LIGHTING and add on a EXTRA BEDROOM. My dream home would be BIG HOUSE WITH PLENTY OF ROOMS FOR MY SONS AND A ROOM JUST FOR ME TO DO MY WRITING AND SINGING, DANCING. JUST A PLACE FOR ME ONLY.MAYBE A BIGGER KITCHEN SO I CAN MAKE MORE GREAT FOOD FOR MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM SONS . LIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST DON'T TAKE CRAP FROM OTHER PEOPLE . BE HAPPY WITH WHO YOU ARE.
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Quentin Alexander Ward
Dream car Mustang 66
Drawing of my older sons
David and me
THE WARD FAMILY
Myself with my sweet boy Xander
My baby son Xander and me
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MY MIDDLE SON ALEXANDER THOMAS AGE 19
OUR 20TH REUNION
OUR TEN YEAR REUNOIN
OUR BEST MAN AND MAID OF HONOR
MY WEDDING PARTY
MY DAD AND ME
WEDDING DAY
DAVID AND MY MOM
ON OUR WEDDING DAY
DOING THE VERY LAST BOOK COVER
AFTER CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Redawn Ward's album, CLASS REUNION
Redawn Ward's album, November 4, 2010
Redawn Ward's album, CLASS REUNION
Redawn Ward's album, November 4, 2010
Redawn Ward's album, November 4, 2010
Redawn Ward's album, November 4, 2010
Redawn Ward's album, CLASS REUNION
Redawn Ward's album, CLASS REUNION
Redawn Ward's album, November 4, 2010
Redawn Ward's album, November 4, 2010
Redawn Ward's album, November 4, 2010
Redawn Ward's album, CLASS REUNION
Redawn Ward's album, CLASS REUNION
Redawn Ward's album, November 4, 2010
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