Molly Bilyeu:  

.Upon graduating from RHS I went right on to Portland State. I made quite a few new friends, learned to play Pinochle and met my husband. We were often partners and as those things do, one thing lead to another and now we have been married 48 years this year and have 4 daughters and 2 granddaughters. I never did finish college as life just seemed to get in the way. However, I did work in the medical field, first as a Nurse's Aide and later as a Certified Medical Assistant. At one point I worked as an instructor and Extern Coordinator in a vocational college. I retired from OHSU in 2007. We did a lot of motorcycling in the mid 70's and 80's, vacations and week-ends. We had a Norton and then a BMW. When you have 4 kids its one way to get a little alone time. Favorite trips were to Victoria and Vancouver, BC., the Canadian Rockies, Glacier National, Idaho, and all over Oregon top to bottom and sideways. Due to my husband's health and some surgeries all that went by the wayside in 1992. We do still have the beach house and I am again living in my childhood home as I inherited it when my folks passed away in 1977 (8 mos. apart). I just couldn't bring myself to sell the old place so all 4 of my girls graduated from Roosevelt, too. For those of you that remember I was active in Job's Daughters (Bethel 4) I am now the mother of 4 past Honored Queens and the grandmother of the new Marshal of the same Bethel. I am also a Past Guardian. I have continued to take pre Nursing courses at PCC and am only a couple of credits shy of my Assts. Degree in Allied Health. I plan on taking another course in January if all goes well. My manta "Never stop learning." I have to say that being a Medical Assistant has been both satisfying and rewarding. I have been the Pres...Expand for more