Barbara Grear:
CLASS OF 1970
George Washington High SchoolClass of 1970
Philadelphia, PA
Barbara's Story
I spent this afternoon looking through my yearbook and sat here remembering the good old days and the many friendships of my high school years. After high school I went to school for Medical Assistant worked in that field for a few years. I got married and started my family and worked a part time position as a telephone operator at Women's Medical Center. I worked my way up the ladder just by learning all I could about the communication equipment. I went to work at Capitol Healthcare System which included Helen Fuld Medical Center in Trenton, New Jersey as Supervisor of the Telecommunications Department for 10 years. I took every oppurtunity to take courses and classes learning as much as I could about telephone systems, switchboards and programming. I then took the position of Director of Telecommunications at Frankford Healthcare System now known as Aria Healthcare System for 10 years. My position was the operations and programming of all forms ...Expand for more
of communications and the supervision and training of the telephone operators within the System including all three of their hospitals, Frankford, Frankford Frankford and Lower Bucks Hospital, all of their offsite locations and Doctor's practices. I truly loved the field I worked in. I moved to West Palm Beach Florida in 2004 due to an employment change for my husband Bruce Grear to whom I have been married to for 50 years now. We have two children and two grandchildren. We just became Great Grandparents as of March 18 th, 2022. My life has changed the last 10 years. I was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2006 and remained in remission until 2012 when I was diagnosed with lung cancer. It has been a struggle but I am a fighter and will not go down with out a fight. I take one day at a time be it good or bad and live everyday as if it's my last. I hope my friends from high school have had a good and successful life. I would love to hear from you.
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