Edward Byrnes:  

CLASS OF 1955
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Springdale, PA
Ann arbor, MI
Cleveland, OH
North tonawanda, NY

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Edward was born in North T8onawanda, New York in Sept,1937. His schools include Springdale High School in PA from 1953-1955 & North Tonawanda High School from 1951-1953. Earlier schooling was Gratwick Elementary in North Tonawanda, NY from 1952-1958 & Ivy Hill Elementary in Newark, NJ from 1958-1951. For College, he attended Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio 1955 - 1957 and studied Engineering Mathematics and then attended Univ of Mich. Ann Arbor,MI from 1957-1960 with BSE's in Jan 1960 in both Chemical Engineering & Metallurgical Engineering, He took many Mathematics Courses as Electives. He obtained an MBA from Northern Illinois Univ in Dekalb, IL in 1987, as he moved up the ranks & into supervisory positions. He is now retired. Edward's interests include most Sports, my Grand Children, my Wife and my Children. In music his likes include Musicals, General, Easy listening, & Country Western. In Books he likes include Biographies, Science fiction, & History. In Movies his likes include Gone With The Wind, Dr.Zhivago, The Star Wars, & a lot of John Wayne movies. With TV shows his likes include JAG, all CSI, Cold Case, all NCIS, the good Wife, Person of Interest, Suits, Vegas, & Burn Notice . One of Edward's favorite quotes is:"As my grandma taught me, always treat others fairly & with love, as you want to be treated fairly & with love." There is a God, but always remember, that God helps those first who help themselves by working hard, learning all that they can to enjoy life to it's fullest with love & respect for all who they meet in life. Always do your best at all you attempt & never give up the ship. More about Edward:"Married Joan Marie Ellison in Dec of 1958, the love of his life, since she was a secretary then & was so helpful in typing of papers for college courses, that he just could not let her get away as she was also a real good looker with a good sense of humor...Expand for more
. Joan died on March 15, 2014 from cancer and this was a great loss to Ed, their 5 children and 11 grandchildren. All 5 of our beautiful children have their college degrees & of the 11 Grandchildren, 5 now have college degrees, with more hopefully more to come from 3 now in college. One has an almost completed degree, but is working, 3 are now studying in college and the youngest 2 are still in high school. Children AnnMarie Peterson, Sept. 1959 now in Corona, CA Edward R. Byrnes III, Sept 1960 now in RocK Hill (Indian Land), SC Eleanor F. Kraynak, Sept 1960 now in Chicago & Sycamore, IL William M. Byrnes, Sr, May 1963 now In Buena Park, CA Kathleen E. Kirch, Mar 1965 Now in Rockford, IL Grandchildren Edward R. Byrnes, IV, Oct. 1985 Now in Rockford, IL Michael E Kraynak, May 1986 Now in Chicago, IL Abby N. Byrnes, Feb. 1987 Now in Indian Land, SC Lauryn M Peterson, April 1987 Now in Dana Point, CA Jessica M Kraynak, July 1988 Now in Long Beach, CA William M. Byrnes, Jr. Oct. 1990 Now In Buena Park, CA Megan M Byrnes, July 1992 Now in Buena Park, CA Blake L Byrnes, Nov. 1995 Now In Buena Park, CA Kaleb J Reitman, Mar. 1996 Now in Rockford, IL Jacob K Reitman, May 1998 Now in Rockford, IL Kaitlyn J Reitman, Dec. 1999 Now in Rockford, IL Ed worked at American Metal Products, Detroit & Ann Arbor, MI 1959-1964 as a Metalurgist. Then Ipsen Industries, Rockford, IL 1964-1997 as Metallurgist to Trouble Shooter & then various Product Manager Positions with writing & presenting of Tech Articles. Moved on to GM Enterprises, Corona, CA 1997-2006 Director of Special Products, Parts & Service. He is now Retired, living in Corona, CA with hope of moving on to Arizona in the future.. Lost my wife, Joan to cancer in March of 2014, but have moved on with my life in Corona, CA. Now have a Filipino lady friend to date n share in life memories, with short trips in CA n some long trips around USA.
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