Patti Woodard:  

I just sent in my 4 yearbooks from 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968 since Memory Lane didn't have any of those years. After high school graduation I prepared to go to Oregon State University. Although I had honors at entrance, grants and scholarships I found I was tired of school. My mother just arranged the whole thing even tho I never had a clue what I wanted to do or be in life. I had some head injuries before and after high school, major surgery the week after graduation and just wasn't prepared for college. Being at OSU was the best time in my life, but unfortunately my mother had cancer and I returned to Portland to care for the family. Then I met Keith. We were free spirits and divided our time between Colorado and Oregon and got married in 1974 in Vail Colorado when it was a quaint little ski town. I met such great people all my life and although I've been told over and over I was under educated and under employed I enjoyed my life. When some health problems began in the early 1980's and just kept getting worse I quit working and began taking care of my friends children and enjoyed that.. As I became less able to walk or even do child care I began spending a lot of time on the pc and phone doing volunteer work. I never imagined my life would turn out like this, but feel very fortunate in so many ways that I can't complain. My volunteer work first started with Portland Oregon POW/MIA's from Vietnam, helping Veterans get their claims better prepared, worked with families who lost someone in the military from non-combat deaths and also ran 11 yahoo groups for a dying friend for over 6 years. I kept busy and now things have settled down to a dull roar. It seemed like a fun time to look up more friends from school. I was able to find friends because of the CHS list Chris Nelson sent me and Pat Maxey sent me a copy of her Hosford 8th grade graduation booklet which I'd lost. Several classmates I found in the past somehow and a few I have been in contact with off and on since we firs...Expand for more