Judy Rudolph:  

Life Married Bill Rudolph from Sharyland in 1966 and 2 weeks later he was in Viet Nam. I finished my degree in elem.ed. while he was gone, and then we were stationed at Ft.Sill,Ok. where I had my first teaching job. 2 years later, Bill was back in Viet Nam. He spent 24 years in the Army, and we loved it. I was so lucky to be able to teach in 5 states and Germany and work on my graduate degree in spite of the moving. We retired to Ft. Worth and I taught for the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD. I had to medically retire in 1998 after having a liver transplant in 1994. The doctor's tell us that my liver warranty is getting a little frayed after 13 years, but I thank God that He has given me these extra years. I spend alot of time with the doctors, but that is just part of the transplant business. Stage 4 of renal failure,but if you look at me, I do not look sick. I spend most of my time with our daughter,Barbie,our only child and our two beautiful grandchildren, Cayden Mullane ( 9 years old) and Deklan Gerrit, (4 years old.)..Barbie is an animal science grad from Texas A&M as is her husband, Lucas who has a business degree. They are class of 95 and 96. I read,read,read for pleasure--mostly military non-fiction from WWII-Iraq/Afghanistan. Bill is retired from the Army and then from Tarrant County Sherrifs Dept. Just could not get away from the uniform-wearing,gun on his hip,and the strict military-like discipline. We are animal lovers with our back yard a virtual pet cemetary. Our daughter's sheep from high schoool FFA is even buried back there. When her horse had to be put down, the backyard would not do, so he is buried in a reaol pet cemetary in Bowie,Texas. At this time, we have 3 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (all rescue dogs),and two big dogs we found wandering on the streets. We are suckers for lost animals. As Aggie parents, we bleed maroon and have had seasons tickets for since the kids graduated.. Gig 'em, Aggies! College I loved my college years at Pan American. I lived in Emilia Hall where I was president of the dorm my junior year. I was also secretary of my sophomore and junior classes and chief justice of the student court. I worked for the Dean of Students,the Dean of Men and the Dean of Women who were all in the same office. Bill and I got married the summer before my senior year and 2 weeks later, he went to Viet Nam. So I transferred to Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma to be near my family. I finished my senior year at Phillips and graduated with a BS in education in 1967. I really missed Pan Am and have always been so sorry that I could not graduate with my class. I will always consider myself a Bronco. My college years were some of the best of my life. Workplace During my growing up years in Mission, I babysat alot. Did not have a "real" job until I went to Pan American University and worked for the Dean of Students. Loved that job. My first job after getting a degree was at Ft. Sill, OK where we were statiioned when Bill returned from Viet Nam. After going to college for 4 years to be a teacher, I worked in the shoe dept. of a store like Wal-Mart. Quit that job because customers kept messing up my shoe displays. Then I worked at a laundry, taking in the fatigues of GI's at the front counter. My job was to check all of the pockets before they were tagged. Yuck. If you have ever been in the military, you are aware of how soldiers would field strip cigaretts and put the left overs in their pockets. That is what I had to clean out and they did not provide any gloves. It was a very unsanitary job and not very pleasant. Did not last long in that job. Had a summer job as the director of Red Cross Day Care for the mothers who taught swimming. Finally, I got my first teaching job at Geronimo Elementary outside of Lawton, Ok. I loved those 3rd graders. In October of my second year, Bill got orders for Viet Nam, so I moved back to live with my parents in Enid, Ok. While there, I worked for Aetna Fina...Expand for more