Vera Stockert:  

CLASS OF 1978
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Rancho High SchoolClass of 1978
Las vegas, NV

Vera's Story

Life It's been a very long time since I have been back to Las Vegas. I missed both our 10th and 20th reunion. I live in Montana and have a business that our family, myself, my husband -Tom and our son -Erick ran together. Today my husband and I run the business along with our friend and loyal work partner Joe. We hope to sell our business soon, to help in our healing process ~ the business was to have been turned over to our son on his 25th birthday this year. I have been married for the past 26 years to my wonderful husband Tom. Together we have 2 kids a son who was 23 (lost my beloved child on Jan. 13th 2007 he was killed by a drunk driver) and we have a beautiful 20 year old daughter who is in her 3rd year of college and works full-time. About Erick, It's was strange to have a child that was only here because of miracles he survived a disease called Lemierre's syndrome when he was 19 that left him fighting for his life, 5 surgeries, 2 weeks in acoma, lost his clavicle to a bacteria in his bones and then underwent 2 months of intense IV antibiotic therapy(with me as him main care provider), and now he was taken from us ...Expand for more
by a senseless drunk driver. Angels have been with us over the past 4 years and now we have a son who will always be with us as our guardian angel. We are learning to live again... although it continues to be difficult. We are still blessed by having had 23 years with our wonderful son and we are blessed with our darling daughter who fought hard to hold her family and friends together during this time. Now it's our turn to help hold her together as she learns how to go forward into her life and career. I wanted to change my story but then it would diminish the fact that I had a wonderful son and he is still missed and loved. I started to erase parts and just couldn't do it. Our family has started to find our way again but it has been very challenging. We had to wait 18 very long and painful months for the person(in which time he had 2 birthdays and is now the same age as my son was when he killed him) who killed our son to be prosecuted, during which time he was able to live and be free in our town, but he was finally sentence on July 21st 2008. He will serve only 2 years in prison and 12 months in a drug and alcohol program.
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Sam(friend) and Erick(on right) Fair 2006
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