Laura Pfeil:  

CLASS OF 1972
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Claremont, CA
San luis obispo, CA
Fullerton, CA
Citrus CollegeClass of 1993
Glendora, CA
Albuquerque, NM

Laura's Story

Life Updates: My oldest son graduated college and got a job with a great company in San Francisco called Digi Design. He is still living in the SF area with his longtime girlfriend, Yvette. My oldest daughter Katie is still attending USD in San Diego but will transfer to Humboldt State in the fall so she can be with her boyfriend Jason. My youngest daughter Lana lives nearby with her boyfriend and is attending the junior college. She will probably transfer next winter semester to a four year college. She hopes to get into Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) so she can stay here. My youngest son William is in the second grade. We recently put him on the pump (for his diabetes) and are happy with the way things are going. We are in the process of selling all our businesses and should be retiring by the end of this year. No big plans for travel because William is still in grade school but I think we'll just slow things down a bit. Please feel free to email me and visit our albums online at ImageStation under member name Pfeilone. School I went to my high school graduation and sat in the audience and watched. My mother was so angry with me. But at the time, I hated school and I hated my life. In my senior year, I had left home and moved in with the Anderson's. They tried to take care of me but I was out of control. I'm not even sure how I managed to graduate at all. Late in the summer following graduation, I briefly reunited with my parents. My farther thought I should attend San Jose State in the fall. It could have been the only school which would take me, I'm not sure. So, off I went. About 3 months later I called my dad to tell him that he was wasting his money. I had no idea why I was there and it was way over my head. Looking back, they should have sent me to a junior college. I moved back to Claremont and got a job with Edison, working in substations. I didn't care for it but I loved working and being on my own. In the following years I had a lot of adventures and some not so good relationships. Some of the places and jobs I had were: working as a housekeeper for a ski season at Park City, an AYH bike tour on the east coast ( hitch-hiking back), a summer working in an office in Phoenix, a winter working in San Diego as a school bus driver, lived in Corona Del Mar (with Vicki Monte) and worked in a deli, worked at The Boiler Room in Griswold's, and worked for PFF as a teller in Upland. I know I di...Expand for more
d some really crazy and scary stuff. I drove my parents out of their minds. But time caught up with me. I got older and settled down. When I was around 25 or so, I worked in a Costa Mesa manufacturing plant. Suddenly the "baby urge" came over me and after all that time thinking that I never wanted a family, I changed. I rushed into marriage too quickly with someone I worked with and didn't get to know well enough. I got the babies I wanted but the marriage quickly fell apart. I ended up with three kids even though the marriage wasn't working after the first year. I struggled to try and hold it together when I should have let it go. After my divorce, I moved back in with my parents in Claremont (around 1988). My now husband (Jim) was living next door to them and was recovering from his own trauma: his 9 month pregnant wife had died from a car accident ( along with their unborn baby boy). His wife was Heidi Johnson, from Claremont, class of 73. We soon moved in together. Jim owned and ran the Claremont Chevron on Mountain and Foothill. I went back to college, first to Citrus (AA degree), then to Cal State Fullerton. My kids attended Summner school up until the time we moved to Pismo Beach ( and later to San Luis Obispo). After moving to Pismo, I transfered to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Jim and I got married though and I left Poly in my senior year to have a baby with him. Going back to college for me was more about proving to myself that I could do it. I withdrew with a 4.0 GPA and knew that I could have had a BA degree if I had chosen it. Jim and I had a baby boy, born in 1998. Strange to be starting over at our age and somewhat ironic that I went from not wanting a family to having that family be the center of my life. I have loved staying home and taking care of my kids. I'm sorry I was so clueless in high school that I didn't get to know very many of you. I guess I had so many internal problems that I couldn't take the time to focus on other people. I regret it. I know there are a lot of people who really had it together and went on to have great lives. I wish I could have been like that. But I don't regret my life either. I've done more than I imagined. I've been all over North America, traveled to China, sailed the Caribbean, learned to scuba dive, flown quite a bit around the western states in our Cessna, and raised a family. Please post a story about yourself. I love reading them. I wish more people would write about their lives.
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