Richard Hooker:  

I always wanted to be a pilot when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a grand idea. As it turns out, they were right. I had started flying at 15 but when I joined the Marines my flying days were over. After the service I moved to Albuquerque for a couple of years, married Julie Marlo (was run down by a car drag racing on Memorial Drive). We were only married three years. Rest in peace Julie. Julie and I lived out in California, Ocean Beach in San Diego. We the marriage was over I brought her back to Lancaster to be with her mother. Before I got back to Albuquerque I wrecked on the motorcycle and have lived here in Lancaster since. I still have friends there though and plan next spring to move back. I have been fighting health issues for quite some time. Today I am studying for a Psychology Degree. I have a surgery coming up and don't know if I am going to be able to finish this term out or not. If not as soon as I heal up I will go back at it. It certainly will not be the first time I have restarted my plans. The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is Anne Miller, because I have always wondered how she had gotten along.. Because of m...Expand for more