Richard Lewis:
CLASS OF 1964
Schurz High SchoolClass of 1964
Chicago, IL
Richard's Story
I ' finally' made it out of high school after having had to go to summer school from 7th grade to my senior year....I joined the Marine Corps in 1965 and went to Nam as a grunt in Jan 1966.....got back in March 67.....went back in Feb of 68....wounded & wound up in Great Lakes Navel Hospital where I was discharged in August of 68. I was a printer for many years....Wound up in the Chicago Alcoholic Ward in Nov of '75' and got out Jan 1st 1976 and have never drank or smoked since. I Became a cop in 1979 and retired on a disability in Oct of 1996.....BUT, my problems ran deep and was/am treated for PTSD...Rated 100% from the VA.....
Thank God for my wife Barb.. who've we known each other since 1980....married 20 years this Dec......l didn't like school....always in trouble f...Expand for more
or cutting classes and being suspended.....'BUT' I made lasting friends there and that's why I'm coming to the reunion....I could give a crap about Schurz, but it's about the friends I'll see after all the years.
Two of my best friends who I was hoping to see have died since the last reunion.... Wally & Rita...I.'ll miss them a lot.
Now we live in Lago Vista Texas....just moved here after living in N.WI....lived my dream....On a lake...acres....no neighbors....after almost 18 years the winters finally got to us and having survived cancer of the neck and throat was really rough.....So we came to Texas and it's a big change ; we actually have 'stores now.....Not just a 'BAIT' shop'.!!
Well that's about it......I still hate Jane Fonda and Hippies..................
Rick Lewis
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