Marsha Priest:  

Life Wow! how time flies when we get "older"... I graduated in 1971 as Marsha Utley. Maiden name was Adams. I got married in April 1971 just before graduation. ( BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER!!) That lasted less than a year. He was a boy in mens clothing(ARMY) clothing that is.. and along with the clothes came the boy who thought he had to score with anyone one who wore a skirt.. just to prove him self. I divorced him. It was final on on my 19th birthday! Best gift ever! I worked at the Red Lion Inn,there on Riverside, when i met my next husband. He was the manager of the Kinney's shoes store that shared the same parking with the restaurant. Our first date was April 23 1973. He was wonderful!! We married that Sept.15th 1973. Terry Priest is his name. We have been happily married for 47 years. ( later i will post photos of our 30th reaffirmation ( which was in 2003) In December of 74 our son Nathan was born.. and in Nov. of 76 our daughter Donalyn Michelle was born. Update. We lost our daughter Donalyn in 2017 to suicide. Tore our family up for quite a while We have been blessed. We are now proud grandparents of 3 grandkids. Kyla now 26 Micheal now. 18 and Ryan 17 our girls children..) our son is still working on the project!!haha. Son now in 2021 has a little boy age 18 months Terry has worked for the Nordstrom company for the last 41 years,and going..he has another 5 years before he can retire. We retired in 2015 I, on the other hand have had a couple of different jobs.. I did childcare in the late 70's into the early 80's. When my sister Francine moved to Portland, I became involved in the wedding business. I was her catering manager for her business called Weddings by Francine. In 1982 she franchaised the business and renamed it An International world of Weddings Inc. I purchased a franchaise in 1984. I had a retail Bridal ...Expand for more