Angelo Alonzo:  

After graduation, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. Should I enlist in the armed forces, go to school?? Staying home, chilling with friends and working FT at Safeway was the way to go (wether it was right or wrong). Well, after getting hosed on hours from Safeway, I quit and worked for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company by Crown Center and the Hyatt Regency. I worked there for a couple of years. During my time of employment with them, I had the opportunity to work in Newark, NJ for 2 months in 1981. I also got to visit New York City. During this time, I had met my future wife Linda G., from Topeka, KS. I relocated to Topeka, got hired on with Southwestern Bell Telephone and got married in November 1981. Three (3) children blessed our house during the next 3 years, Michael, Bryan and Joanna. In February 1994, I was transferred back to Kansas City (Mission area). We relocated here permanently in July 1994. My children all graduated from Shawnee Mission North HS. Unfortunately, my marriage lasted only 20 years. Linda and I parted our ways. I got laid off from Bell with 20 years service. I worked as an Office Administrator and a delivery driver for plumbing supplies. I already was living with my future 2nd wife Wanda B., from Apalachicola, FL. After several years of living together (the both of us were not in any hurry to remarry), we took the plunge and got married on the white sandy beaches of St. George Island, FL in March 2005. In 2007, Wanda and I relocated to her hometown in Florida. Having fun in the sun was alright, but jobs were very hard to find in that small coastal town. I started up a general re...Expand for more