Richard Murphy:
CLASS OF 1955
San Lorenzo High SchoolClass of 1955
San lorenzo, CA
Richard's Story
Life
The day after graduation I reported to Navy boot camp - just 90 days then attended BYU for a term. Then went active duty in the USN for 4 years. Returned to Byu for another year. Then worked for Lockheed Space and Missiles Research in Palo Alto for a year and a half. Was recalled to Active duty USN during the Cuban Crisis - spend a year watching Atom bombs go off in the pacific - Christmas Island - Operation Dominic. Return to Lockheed and decided to track Satillites. Transfer to Southern california - Lompoc and seen a lot of Atas Rockets ect go up. After several months I took a two year tour with my church( LDS) to Ireland. Upon my return I married my sweetheart - still - of 42 years. We raise 6 children of our own and 28 foster children thru the years. Have 17 grandkids and one on way (3-07). I became an In...Expand for more
surance agent for a year - then spent 12 years with PG&E. before working out my life with the National Labs Livermore. Finish with 19 years there. My kids are scattered from Mont. - Wash. and all over Calif. Was worth a million at one time, now live on Social Security +. Happy with life and mostly wouldn't change a day. Its been exciting - rewarding - beautiful and still is. Most of the grandkids live within 60 miles and we get to see them often.... thats what it is all about now. We are heathly - with a few mishaps toward the end. Have a metal knee. An arm one inch shorter than the other - with more metal and bolts. Life marches on. I have only one living relative of my parents generation left. My younger sister passed away last year so eternity is just around the corner. Looking forward to another adventure!
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