Darlene Liuska:  

CLASS OF 1962
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Seaholm High SchoolClass of 1962
Birmingham, MI

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My name is Darlene, I graduated in 1962. Married Hugh Black and we had 2 children. A boy Robert and a girl Sandra. We devoriced in 68 and I remarried my present husband Bruce Liuska from the Upper Peninsula of MI the same year. I proceed to have 2 more children, a boy Kyle and a girl Aili. We lived in Ferndale, Mi,for several years and got involved in politics. We worked very hard for some winners and some who lost. In 1972 my husband was injured in a construction accident and unable to work for several years. We decided to move to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where he was from. We settled in a small town called Crystal Falls. I worked a various jobs, what ever paid the most while he was healing. I enjoyed working at the Chippewa Bar and resort the most. Made good money and had lots of fun while doing it. Met some wonderful people and still write to my boss who is now 93. Went to school to be a nurse's assistant. Surprised myself by getting all A's and B's. In 1984 our family moved to Glendale, AZ. Bruce was able to return to work and I got involved in real estate. Worked as a lic rec. at Westbrook Village, and Happy trails along with being an assistant to the Sales Mgr. I later went to be office Mgr for a RV park, Personal Banker at Western Savings and Loan and then on to a foreman of a const. clean up crew. I also was an office mgr for a PT office and a Chiropractor. After the children were out of school we took some jobs that took us around the western part of the country. Newhalem, WA where Bruce built the visitor ...Expand for more
center in the North Cascades National Park. Then to Seattle where he worked on a fisheries project. Then to south Southern CA to build Geo thermal Plants and a Prison. From there we went to a job at CalPoly in SLO. Then to Las Vegas. In Vegas Bruce put his tools on and went back to work as a carpenter while I went to work as an office temp. Got really tired of the office politics and joined the Laborers Union. Worked on several casino's on the strip some local ones then put the rest of my time in at the NV Test site. I retired from there in April of "06 and moved to the Kenai River in South Central Alaska. This is where we are building our retirement home and fishing for Salmon. I have 4 children, 6 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. Will have a great grand daughter the end of July 2010 We both really love it here and wish we would have come here years ago. I've developed an addiction to quilting and sewing on rainy days and winter. summer will find me outside in the yard making our piece of wilderness beautiful. We built our own house and added a Finnish Sauna complete with river rock washed by Lake Superior on top of an old sauna wood stove we brought up with us. I've learned how to use a riding lawnmower, a quad with a wagon for hauling things and a chain saw for making wood for the winter fire. Bruce, my husband, says I'm not the CITY GIRL he married 42 yrs ago. We have a daughter and a granddaughter that reside in the same area so we are not completely alone and make visits to the desert to see the rest of the kids.
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