Scott Gillespie:  

Well, I thought I'd post a story here finally! I got on Classmates around a year ago, I'd guess, to find old friends & co-workers. I never "paid-up" for the Gold membership, but I guess it's time for more info. Anyways, here goes: Work Life: I worked at Miami Valley Hospital during & after HS, until 10/20/78. Moved to Houston, TX & worked in a Sherwin Williams warehouse for several months before quitting and getting hired at Cameron Iron Works. I was there for close to 5 years. Still the neatest job I've had! If you like making things, it doesn't come in a much bigger scale than that! I moved back to Ohio in early '84 and worked at Elano Corp. for about a year, then got on at Harrison Radiator, Div. GM. Work there ended for me in the first half of '07, when now Delphi Harrison moved their operations across th Rio Grande to Juarez, MX. Another unemployed time and a brief stint at Lowe's led to a turn back into the medical occupations. I've been at Community Tissue Services as a tissue processor since 6-2-08. In a sterile environment, we process donated cadaver tissue for implants to improve the life quality of patients. Real Life: After our family members had lived in Ohio, Florida & Texas, It was nice that we all had returned to the Dayton area by '94, I think it was. (My brother, Gary was the only one who never left.) All but Dad. He died from lung cancer in July of '93 in Houston. He had really grown to love Texas & would never have moved back here! I got to spend the last week with him, but it sure wasn't the same as being able to help during the illness like you can when you're local... I was SO VERY glad that I was back home in Ohio while my Gramma & Grampa were still in their home! They ended-up in the same room in a nursing home by the end of '85. I always tried to help them in those later years. They were the best people I've ever known & you wish you could do more though. Gramma died 6 months to the day before their 75th anniversary. Not too many people are lucky enoug...Expand for more