Monica Kimbrell:
CLASS OF 1974
Southwest High SchoolClass of 1974
St. louis, MO
Emmaus Lutheran SchoolClass of 1970
St. louis, MO
Monica's Story
Can't believe it's been more than 40 years since high school. Whoever said "Time flies when you're having fun" was right, . . . for the most part. I've been back in the St. Louis area since 2003 after living in New Jersey, North Carolina, Idaho, Texas & Germany. I spent 4 1/2 years on active duty in the Air Force, followed by almost 20 more as an Air Force spouse. It was an interesting life, lots of travel, adventures, & chances to see places I would never have been able to see otherwise. Visited 32 states & 13 countries in my travels. I've been married twice & am now single again, think I'll keep it that way, much less aggravating.
I work at the Law School at Saint Louis University, sing in 2 choirs (church choir & the Ladies Choir of the German Cultural Society), am active in Eastern Star & Daughters of the Nile (groups affiliated with the Masons & Shriners), and still like to read & sew.
As the Grateful Dead said in "Truckin'" "what a long, strange trip its been."
9/30/2021 Time to update this. In Dec. 2015 I was downsized out of my job at SLU Law School. After a few months of temp work I started at SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start. I do payroll, manage FMLA & other leave categories...Expand for more
& try to keep track of around 150 staff in 7 Head Start centers throughout St. Clair County, IL. I also changed German choirs, the Ladies Choir had to dissolve due to losing too many members. So I joined St. Louis Liederkranz. It was founded in 1870, we had the 150th Anniversary Concert planned for June 2020. We all know why that didn't happen. We've just started rehearsals again. Feels good to sing in German again. Also got some more travels in, been to different parts of Florida, went to the Grand Canyon in May & just got back from St. Augustine. And the Greek Islands cruise in 2019.
12/2022 Update. More travels to report. We (my 2 sisters & I) took a sisters trip to Gulf Shores, AL in May. It was a nice getaway, saw some new sights & lots of beach time. Maybe we need to make this an annual event. Karin (middle sister) & I went on a cruise in the Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico the end of October. We left out of Ft. Lauderdale & stopped in Cozumel, Belize, Costa Rica & Panama. Went through the Panama Canal on the ship, another think checked off on my Bucket List. Another highlight was in Belize, going tubing on a river, underground, in a cave. Time to start planning next year's trips.
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