Bill Gouwens:
CLASS OF 1957
Mendel Catholic Preparatory High SchoolClass of 1957
Chicago, IL
Bill's Story
Life
Bill Gouwens Bio Feb.2010. I am now 70 and retired. I live in Frankfort, Illinois and married to my wonderful wife Marcia since 1965. I have two sons, Gregory and Christopher who are already in their late thirties and early forties. I have one grandson, Logan, who was born on Christmas Day, 2000, and two granddaughter, Rylee who was born in August, 2003 and Piper who born in December 2006.. My sons are back here in the Chicago area now. Greg had been in Seattle but now has joined all of us back here. Chris lives in Elwood in 20 year old home and Greg lives and has bought a 100 year old home in Berwyn. I retired from Commonwealth Edison where I worked as an accountant for 30 years and had advanced to become an assistant officer of the Company. I am presently working as a host at Parmesans, an Italian restaurant in Frankfort.
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derful life except for a time 12 years ago when I was in a coma for six weeks with a subdural hematoma. It has been a long road back but the worst thing that has happened to me is that I lost much of my peripheral vision and have had my drivers license taken away from me. I am still trying to have it restored but in the meantime I do a lot of walking and riding on my bicycle. I graduated from DePaul University in 1961 and got my master's with a major in Accounting from Roosevelt in 1975. I am very active in the Knights of Columbus, the Kiwanis and have been on the Frankfort Planning and Finance Commisions. That's about it for now folks. I hope there are many more chapters to follow. My dream was to have a 45 year reunion of our class. It was held on September 29, 2002 at Enrico's in Frankfort, Twenty nine people were in attendance. All had a great time and are looking forward to the next reunion.
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