Kay Atterbery:
CLASS OF 1973
Roosevelt High SchoolClass of 1973
Fresno, CA
Riverdale High SchoolClass of 1973
Riverdale, CA
Burrel Union Elementary SchoolClass of 1969
Riverdale, CA
Riverdale Elementary SchoolClass of 1969
Riverdale, CA
El Monte Elementary SchoolClass of 1969
Orosi, CA
Kay's Story
Life
I USED TO BE KATHY CHAMBERS THEN KATHY SMITH (MY STEPFATHER) THEN IN HIGH SCHOOL I STARTED GOING BY KAY CHAMBERS., I WAS 20 WHEN I MARRIED PHILIP ATTERBERY ON 4 OCT 1975. FOR THE NEXT 19 YEARS I WAS AN AIR FORCE WIFE. WE RETIRED FROM THE AIR FORCE IN 1994, AFTER 24 YRS. WE LIVED IN BEL AIRE KANSAS WHERE WE BOUGHT A MONSTER FIXER UPPER AND STARTED ADOPTING OUR EXTRA LARGE FAMILY. WE LIVED THERE, JUST OUTSIDE OF WICHITA FROM 1993 UNTIL 2014, WHEN WE GOT RID OF EVERYTHING AND MOVED INO A 38 FOOT LONG MOTOR HOME. FOR 8 YEARS WE HAD MANY ADVENTURES. BUT BOTH OF US WERE LOSING RACE WITH OLD AGE. FROM COLLEGE TILL NOW I HAVE BEEN A WIFE, A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER, A GREAT GRANDMOTHERAND A DAMN GOOD HOMEMAKER. AND I LIKED MY JOB VERY MUCH, (MOST OF THE TIME). I'M PRETTY MUCH A HOME BODY, AND SINCE MY SPINE BEGAN TO DETERIORATE 25 YEARS AGO I HAVE STEADILY FOUND MYSELF UNABLE TO FUNCTION, SO WE PUT THE MOTORHOME IN STORAGE UNTIL WE CAN SELL IT AND WE HAVE MOVED INTO A 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT IN NORTH WICHITA, KANSAS. .IBOTH RIVERDALE AND ROOSEVELT VERY FONDLY. I MADE SOME LIFELONG FRIENDS THERE AND SOME MEMORIES I WILL CHARISH ALL MY LIFE.
School
I SPENT MY SCHOOL YEARS MOVING AROUND THE SAN JUAQUIN VALLEY. FIRST OROSI THEN DINUBA AND BACK TO OROSI. THEN ON TO RIVERDALE AND FROM THERE TO BURREL. I STILL LIVED IN BURREL WHEN I STARTED...Expand for more
HIGHSCHOOL AT RIVERDALE HIGH. THEN MY SENIOR YEAR I MOVED TO FRESNO AND GRADUATED FROM ROOSEVELT HIGH IN 1973
College
I MOVED TO YUBA CITY IN THE SUMMER OF 1973. JUST DAYS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. I REGESTERED AT YUBA COLLEGE UNDER A GENERAL ED MAJOR. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO BE, EXCEPT A HOMEMAKER. BUT I KEPT AT IT. I DISCOVERED THAT YUBA HAD A FOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT TAUGHT RESTERAUNT MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS CULENARY ARTS, I LOVED TO COOK AND DECIDED TO MAKE THAT MY MAJOR. I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. IN APRIL OF 1974 I DECIDED I WANTED TO LIVE IN THE DORMS SO I MOVED INTO OSUNA HALL. ANYONE WHO WAS AROUND AT THAT TIME MAY REMEMBER THAT THE DOORS WERE ALL IN DIFFERENT COLORS. WELL, MINE WAS GREEN AND WITH A LAST NAME OF CHAMBERS I TOOK A LOT OF TEASING. I SPENT LONG HOURS IN THE DINING COMMONS WHICH WAS CALLED THE COOP. THE PEOPLE I HUNG AROUND WITH WERE MOSTLY PENUCLE PLAYERS. THEY ALWAYS TRIED TO TEACH ME BUT I JUST COULDN'T CATCH ON SO I WATCHED. FOR HOURS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS AND AT THE END I HAD SPENT A FEW YEARS WATCHING THE GAME AND NEVER CAUGHT ON. BUT I MADE SOME GOOD FRIENS. AND HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.I MARRIED BEFORE GRADUATING AND NEVER BECAME A CHEF, BUT MY HUSBAND, FRIENDS AND MY SIX CHILDREN ALL APRECIATE WHAT I LEARNED VERY MUCH. EVERYONE WANTS KAY TO COOK AND BAKE FOR THEM AND I AM ALWAYS HAPPY TO COMPLY
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