Charlotte Heppner:
CLASS OF 1968
West Technical High SchoolClass of 1968
Cleveland, OH
Charlotte's Story
After West Tech, I went to work at the Architechs Department at City Hall. I stayed there for a few years and then opened a Head Shop that I had for 6 years. I started working for Budget Rent a Car and in 1982 had surgery for a tumor in my spinal cord. After 15 surgeries, I use a wheelchair full time. I work for a vet part time and dance with Dancing Wheels a professional dance company that has stand up and sit down dancers and have been to almost all the states in the USA with them. I also do work with children and adults with disabilities at hospitals and nursing homes with my dog, The Wild Weiner, who just pasted away in Jan of 07, and now with my new dog Olive Oyl who will be graduating her Therapy Dog Classi in two weeks. I stay active ...Expand for more
by doing Marathons, water ski, show ski and dance. I enjoy my life even that it went in a direction I did not expect. I lmarried John in June 2011 and we bought a home in North Royalton
The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is President Bill Clinton, because how many people in the world get to meet the President of the United States.
I share my home with John, and my dogs and cats, which I find makes me very happy.
I was the first woman from Cleveland to complete the Cleveland Marathon in the wheelchair division, took 2nd place.
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My sister and I were riding on one bike in our new white dresses, fell in a mud puddle, and our grandmother cleaned us up so mom would not find out. We found out years later, she did find out.
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