Karla Dietz:
CLASS OF 1979
Shaler Area High SchoolClass of 1979
Pittsburgh, PA
Median School of Allied Health CareersClass of 1981
Pittsburgh, PA
Karla's Story
Wow, hey you guys, we made it 30 years. Say what? Lets say we all get together for that reunion. Wha' do ya think? Right after graduation I had knee surgery. Then Kurt dumped me to get married. Then I met John H (Hampton) through Wendy W(Shaler) and Scott M(Hampton). I went to Median School in Pgh for Dental Lab Tech. Debbie L (Shaler) enrolled with me. It was an 18 month course. It was a blast. After school I got a job with several dental labs over the course of the years. Dated John H for 7 years engaged for 2 years. Dental business slowed down and I got a job as an optimetric assistant at the Eyeworks then got married. We moved to Butler Co. on a gentlemans farm of 6 acres. I learned to farm corn, garden, raise chickens and turkeys, and remodel an old house. I got a job at United Dental Center in their lab making dentures. Then my husband found me a job with Micor Inc. in Allison Park making catheters for anesthesiology. After 3 years we parted ways him looking for adventure and me wanting a large family. I worked at Micor for 12 years. I picked up the pieces of my life with a man who promised me happiness and children. JC and I were married for 4 years and Kayla was born. We were seperated at the time of her birth and divorced shortly after. He was a mercenary and had to leave for Bosnia. He felt it necessary for our safety. She does not remember her father and I have no pictures. Then I met an older gentleman with 5 children who were grown. He gave me everything I needed to help raise my daughter, we married to give her a family and a father. That lasted 3 years. He still spoils her with gifts and love but a child in my opinion needs to see her parents love each other. After 911 I ...Expand for more
quit my job at Micor so I could be closer to my daughters school in Sarver. I got a job at Mason Manor a personal care home in the trailer park where my daughter and I lived. I worked there for 2 years then I got a job where I currently work making crowns and bridges at a dental lab in Creighton. I have worked there for 6 years. My daughter and I lived in Jacks trailer park for 6 years. I made friends with my husband of 3 years and his 3 children who he raised alone. He has a petrolium engineer degree and works at Penn United as a tool and die maker. He is smart and talented, loving and giving. We bought our house 2 years ago in Sarver. We have 20 acre wooded lot and a 160 year old home. Lovin' it! We have 3 dogs and 3 cats along with my daughter 13 and step son 12(see photo) My 19 year old step son races late models at Lernerville and lives with his grandparents, my 16 year old step daughter is a high honor student and is in the Jr ROTC at her school, she lives with her mom. We are very blessed. We love having pig roasts and picnics. * The only sad thing is that I never kept in contact with the friends I made at Shaler. The only reason I can give for that is my boyfriends friends became my friends and I never saw my high school buddies again. Then after the divorce my ex-hubbys' friends became my ex friends, leaving me with no friends. But I am good at making friends and renewing old friendships. ....... updated: July 1, 2013.....widowed 2 years 2 months...getting my life back in some kind of order...daughter is almost 18 and making me a grandma in December! I have a wonderful boyfriend and we are adventurous together....feels like the old me single and having a blast! Starting fresh and reconnecting with old friends ~
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