Larry Dooley:
CLASS OF 1964
Mckinley High SchoolClass of 1964
St. louis, MO
Dozier Elementary SchoolClass of 1961
St. louis, MO
Larry's Story
Life
After graduation I went to work for McDonnell Aircraft. I was employed there for 35 years and retired in September 1999. I am married, have twin boys 30 years old. One graduated from college in August 2000, the other graduated in May 2001 and got married in June 2001. I now have one Grandson named Jackson Henry who is 4 years old. I really enjoy him a lot. I now have a new Granddaughter named Katherine Sara who was born in Aug. 2006. She is a doll.
After retirement I have worked a few part-time jobs just to have something to do. I love to fish and play golf, but I most enjoy my new career as a Country music singer with a group called "The Rockin' Chair Misfits."
My wife is a teacher and works with Early Childhood Special Education.
I have gone back to work full time for the city of Florissant as a bus driver. I take Senior Citizens to various appointments all over the city. I consider myself a Senior Transportation Specialist. I really love my job.
Well skip ahead 8 years since I went to work for Florissant as a bus driver. I now have 5 grandchildren, have moved from the house my wife and I bought 42 years ago. We bought another house in October 2013, still here in Florissant (we love our city).
Both my wife and I have decided to retire, so I was first and did so as of May 1st 2014. My wife retired as of June 1st 2014 and now we are free to work on our new house and planting flowers and just enjoying life.
In March of 2015, I created a Facebook Group called "Remembering The Past". The majori...Expand for more
ty of our members are from the St Louis area, but we also have some from all over the United States. Many members are from South St Louis and share their memories of growing up there and a lot of the history of the area. We have a few members from McKinley, Roosevelt, Cleveland, Southwest, and other schools in the area. I'm sure many of you would enjoy this group if you are on Facebook, so please come by and check us out. We have grown to over 1400 members in just over a year. If you have any questions, please PM me.
In January of 2016 I joined the USO of Missouri as one of the drivers of the two mobile units that we take all over the state of Missouri and four counties in Illinois. It is very rewarding to serve our men and women in the armed forces.
Since last update I have retired again from both driving the bus and working with the USO. Health problems have limited my activities. Maggie and I are just enjoying life and we do travel occasionally to Arkansas.
I spend a lot of time on my computer, mainly on Facebook. I have a Facebook group called "Remembering The Past" with over 5300 members. This group is mainly from St. Louis where members share memories and photos of their childhood and friends from the past. There are a lot of members from St. Louis and even from across the world. There are several members from McKinley High School and many more. You can learn a lot of history and even find old friends. I would encourage you to check out our group and if interested, join us. We'd love to have you....
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