Dennis Baumgardner:
CLASS OF 1961
Mark Keppel High SchoolClass of 1961
Alhambra, CA
Alhambra High SchoolClass of 1968
Alhambra, CA
Ramona Convent Secondary High SchoolClass of 1967
Alhambra, CA
Garvey Junior High SchoolClass of 1957
Rosemead, CA
Dennis's Story
Sept. 10, 2009
After graduating from Mark Keppel in 1961 I worked and went to school mostly at night. Between 1961 and when I got married in 1969 I did a lot of playing, I had a ski boat, went camping and also started snow skiing. In 1968 I started working at a company that I would retire from 36 years later as the president.
In 1969 I married Becky Ham who also lived on the other side of Monterey Park and she went to Montebello High. We lived in Monterey Park until 1974 when we purchased our home in San Gabriel that we are still in today. Also in 1974 our first child was born a son who is now married and has a 2 year old daughter. Our son and his family live in Temple City but are looking to move Ventura for his job. Our second child was daughter born in 1979 she is now married and has a son that was born in 2008. She and her husband live in west LA near where he works. It is very nice to have both families close and they visit often. Our third child was born in 1982 he live in Concord CA while attending school.
When the kids were growing up they did all the activities that kids get into Indian Guide...Expand for more
s, Cub Scouts, Boy Scout, Baseball, Soccer, Brownies, Indian Princess, Girl Scouts, Dance and so on. And we were on committees, boards, PTAs and other groups that went with all the activities the kids were in at the time. We also did some traveling and camping and snow ski trips to Mammoth.
Now the kid are out and doing well but the house is quiet.
Over the years when I had time I had hobbies enjoyed doing and now that I am retired I can devote more time to these hobbies. And those hobbies are in no particular order gardening, woodworking, playing with my computer, and last and the one I have the most enthusiasm for right now is traveling both in the US. and internationally. I did some traveling before I retired now I have the time and can stay as long as I want. Some of the places I have been (and I won't bore you with all of them) Antarctica, Australia, Israel, Greece and many parts of Europe and I have more destinations in the works.
At this time we have no plans to move out of San Gabriel but we also do not have much holding us here.
I would like to hear from anyone that remembers me from so long ago.
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