William Lopez:  

CLASS OF 1968
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Oakland, CA

William's Story

William is from Hayward, California. William's schools include St. Elizabeth High School. William later attended Chabot College (Business Administration). William works(ed) at None of Your businessss, Spectrum Brands Careers, The Home Depot. Let me get started with my past, and a lot has happened.. After one year of college I enlisted into The United States Air Force, and I had some of my memorable times there After basic training, I went to Mt. Home AFB and stationed there about 11/2 years, Then I got orders to go to Spain, and to my delight, I was stationed near Madrid. Best assignment that I could ever ask for .I was there for the duration of my time in the service which was for 2 years. A few weeks in I was on day shift driving fuel trucks refueling aircraft. Several weeks later I was put on swing shift best shift ever for the duration of my tour. Night life in Spain did not start until 10:00 pm at night until 5:00 am in the morning.. My shift was from 2-11 pm. I was in Madrid almost every night. .It was only about 13 miles from the base. While there I got to go to Pamplona, Spain and saw the "Running of the Bulls" Talking about a party atmosphere, that was the best time of my life. While there in Spain I got go to Benidorm which a little town on the Mediterranean, which we had a blast there for a couple of days .Everyone speaks English there to my surprise. I saw a lot of Castles there in Spain. They have a very interesting Art Museum there, probably the largest in the world, You can see works from Picasso, Goya, El Greco, and many other famous artists. You could spend 2 weeks in that place and not see everything there. It's absolutely huge and beautiful. While on a Catholic men's retreat, I went to Austria, and Germany, that was so beautiful. I went to Saltzburg,, Austria and visit the home of Mozart, absolutely fantastic. Bertchesgaden in Germany is absolutely prestine and beautiful. The closest state that resembles Germany would be Colorado.I visited Switzerland and beautiful also, but I will never go back to France. They are the most self-arrogant and pompous people that you will ever meet, and they treat all Americans badly there. It's not one of my favorite places to visit. I did go to the Vatican and was there roughly 4 days and visited St. Peter's Basilica, the Coliseum, at the time the Sisteen Chapel was closed, I couldn't visit that. I did get to see the sculpture of "La Pieta" by Michel Angelo absolutely fantastic. If I had stayed...Expand for more
another day I could have seen Pope Paul the V1 But I didn't want to fight the crowds of 250,000, people, I decided to leave back to Spain so I could go back home. Some of my most memorable times of my life. I came back home in 1973 and went to work for my father in his body shop, eventually opened my own business in Custom Auto Accessories and Installation for nearly 20 years. Then I went to work for Home Depot for nearly 17 years, earned " Employee of the Year in 1993 and won numerous awards thru the years that I worked there. Before working for Home Depot, I met the most incredible and beautiful lady who I met at a Cinco de Mayo dance at the Newark Pavillion. a year later we were married at Sacred Heart Church In Merced, where I live now. We were married for nearly 35 years, it would have been on Mother's Day, before she passed away early this year. Now I am alone for the first time in nearly 36 years and it's been hard for me to be able to focus my life again without her, but I am doing the best I can at present. I am starting to go out again and meeting some young women again. I have had a few dates now and it's taking time to get to know these individuals again. I never thought I would be doing this all over again. But I am in a better place with God now and through Prayer He has guided me into a better place with myself thru spiritual guidance and inner spiritual strength that I pray for everyday of my life now. Without God in my life now. I would be nothing. Knowing that He took my wife to be with Him I am not mad, she's in a better place now and she's waiting for me to pay my dues here also. It's been awfully tough this without my wife, But God has a plan for me and has made me stronger in how I approach life now. I never take things for granted anymore. I take one day at a time and live my life to the fullest, I am just paying it forward in helping others when ever I can and I will go out of my way to help them out. I even traveled 60 miles out of town to help people out or just help people at any given time. He has given me the strength to move forward with my life. I am very modest and humble and I just like being a very simple man and generous to others. I don't need to be the center of attention. I enjoy just being myself a simple man who enjoys the simple life I do have high moral standards that I live by. I just try to help people when ever I can. I have even opened my home to helping others and be the best person that I can possibly be.
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This is my beautiful girlfriend now and she’s everything that had looked for and she said the same about me we’re both widowed
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Ribs I just cook , came out delicious
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I’m very true to myself
Today’s picture I don’t often wear a tie but this one is special. It has Jesus on it
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We’re here in Las Vegas having as good as time as possible. Spending 3 days and 3 nights t Mandalay Bay. We’re on the 56 th room looking out we can see the Las Vegas Raiders stadium from our room. Not much happening here .
My new engagement ring I exchanged my old one for this
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