Robert McCracken:
CLASS OF 1959
Campbell High SchoolClass of 1959
Campbell, CA
Robert's Story
STORY; AFTER GRAD. I WORKED AND WENT TO SAN JOSE JC UNTIL 1962. I JOINED THE NAVY IN 62' AS A CORPSMAN (MEDIC), SPENT 2 YEARS STATIONED IN HAWAII, MET MY FIRST WIFE (NAVY BRAT), NEXT STATIONED ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER, USS YORKTOWN, FLEW WITH HELICOPTER SEA/RESCUE IN VIETNAM (1965-66). WAS MARRIED 23 YEARS, 3 BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WAS MISS FRESNO COUNTY (1984 PLACED 3RD IN MISS CALIF./MISS AMERICA) SHE WAS A COUNTRY WESTERN SINGER, LOST HER IN 1994 CAR ACCIDENT. MET MY PRESENT WIFE IN 1988, JUST HIT THE 20 YEAR MARK. BETTY, HAD A DAUGHTER AND A SON, A GREAT MIX WITH MY GIRLS. I RETIRED FROM PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO. AFTER 34 YEARS. AS YOU CAN SEE BETTY AND I ENJOY NASCAR. WE HAVE OWNED 3 RACE CARS OURSELVES, WINNING MANY EVENTS AND A COUPLE OF CHAMPIONSHIPS. WE HAVE HIT ALL THE NASCAR TRACKS ON THE PACIFIC COAST, ALSO HAVE BEEN TO DAYTONA AND TALADEGA TRACKS. WE NOW LIVE IN MADERA, CA. JUST NORTH OF FRESN...Expand for more
O, ON 2 ACRES, LOVING RETIREMENT.
STILL LOVING RETIREMENT, RACING, AND I AM NOW THE JR. VICE COMMANDER OF OUR LOCAL VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST #1981.
FAMILY REUNION OF SORTS IN JUNE HEADING FOR SONOMA'S NASCAR ROAD RACE, KIDS AND GRANDKIDS WILL BE THERE, SHOULD BE A GREAT TIME. IF YOU WATCH ELLEN DE GENRIS SHOW ON MONDAY MAY 21ST MY GRANDDAGUHTER CHRISSA WAS ON THE SHOW AND WAS GIVEN A TRIP TO COSTA RICA, AND A NEW FORD MUSTANG, GREAT KID, LOVE HER. ON JULY 1ST I WILL BECOME THE COMMANDER OF OUR LOCAL VFW POST, AND ON JULY 20TH WE HEAD TO RENO, NV. FOR THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE VFW, BETTY AND I ARE DELIGATES. AND I AM RETIREING AGAIN, THIS TIME FROM OUR LOCAL FAIR, WHICH I HAVE BEEN THE GROUNDS CO-ORDINATOR FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS, THATS ALL FOR NOW. -,
UP DATE I AM NOW A PAST COMMANDER OF POST #1981 VFW, ALSO A TRUSTEE, AND HAVE BEEN ELECTED DISTRICT 9 JUDGE ADVOATE, WHICH COVERS 24 POSTS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY.
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