Ricky Svatos:
CLASS OF 1971
South High SchoolClass of 1971
Omaha, NE
Ricky's Story
Nothing out of the ordinary. After graduation, joined the US Marine Corps which i served for six years 3 months. Duty stations were in Camp Pendleton, California; Iwakuna, Japan; Osan, Korea; Quantico, Virginia and finally Kansas City (Marine Corps Finance Center).
Met my former wife in Kansas City, raised a son and daughter and now have two Grandsons.
My training in the military was in Information Technology of which i carried into the private sector. Worked for Blue Cross (KC) for seven years and then jumped on the Sprint Telecommunications bandwagon of which i put in 29 y...Expand for more
ears and retired in November 2014.
I was not ready for retirement and made the mistake of having my personal life attached to many of my peers and co-workers. Gradually acquiring new friends and keeping very busy with sports (racquetball, Handball, disc (frisbee) golf and also spending quite a bit of time with my Grandsons.
Working for Sprint, my cell phone and all charges were at the expense of the company. I had no idea how much phones or cell plans were until i had to start paying for them.... wow ! I should have kept working just to have the cell phone benefits... :-)
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