Snellings Chuck Patterson:
CLASS OF 1987
Collbran Job CorpsClass of 1987
Collbran, CO
Snellings Chuck's Story
My story...well, let`s see.I didn`t complete high school in Boulder, Co. so I joined the Navy, 17 years old and served on a submarine.My Naval career was cut short due to the fact that I`m asthmatic ;)and it was just as well because that life was not for me even if I was an ideal sailor.
Then Job Corps in Collbran Co., and I really enjoyed being there. I`ll never forget those days nore anyone of my fellow corpsmen. We had some fun and we were all young and the future ahead of us. Russ, our instructor was like a big brother/father like dude and we all loved him.
Spending almost a rear there brought all of us pretty close and sometimes I miss it so much that I can get a little sentimental.
After Job Corps I moved to Denver And lived together with a Swedish girl I met in Hawaii when I was in the Navy and we got married about a month after I graduated from J.C. 1987. January 1988 I left Colorado for Sweden and have lived here ever since. We have a son together but the marriage didn`t last though and thank goodness too...Expand for more
because I would have been miserable :).
But I stayed here anyway and worked as a painter for a big Swedish company a few years. I changed careers in 1990 and started working in health care. Went to a few schools to become a RNA (registered nurses aid). And have been working with people with psycological disorders and such cases.
I`ve been back to the states a few times to visit but not Colorado unfortunatly because my mother (bless her soul) moved to Las Vegas while I was here so it was only Chicago and Vegas I`ve been back to.
I miss America sometimes but my home is here now. But who knows, maybe I`ll come back for good someday.
By the way,Connie, I`m gonna upgrade soon so we can get in touch and anyone else out there. Are you still residing in North/South Dakota? Hope you guys enjoy the pictures. But the ones form J.C. I had taken with my digital camera off the old prints but I was a little surprised to see that they turned out ok. Well this should suffice for now, but hey, I`m thinkin about ya :)
Love,
Chuck
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