Bill Roxby:
CLASS OF 1971
Woodrow Wilson High SchoolClass of 1971
Long beach, CA
Bill's Story
Life
After graduating from Wilson, I was lucky and attended college. After I graduated from college, I taught self-defense classes and worked part-time for a few years. From 1981 to 1983 I owned a vending machine route. From 1983 to 1985 I was a manager at a newspaper. After 1985, I worked in the same day delivery business. In 2000, I started my own delivery business with some partners; Southwest Express. After working in the delivery business for 33 years, including 18 years as a managing partner in my own delivery business, I retired.
I stay busy during the week as a new retiree. I'm working on house projects, writing and playing the piano again. I try to s...Expand for more
tay fit with exercise and diet. I started bowling again too. My wife and I like to travel and we plan to do more of that now that she is also retired. I still have some contact with a couple friends from Wilson High. Mostly, it's a card and email messages. My school days seem far, far away to me. It's as if it was another lifetime long ago. In a way, I suppose it was.
My lifestyle is quiet and peaceful and it works for me. I've had my fair share of excitement and thrills too along the way. I think I've seen a lot and experienced a lot since attending Wilson and in some ways, more than I needed or wanted. Mostly, I think I've been very fortunate to the present.
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