Catherine LaFaive-Markstrom:
CLASS OF 1984
Red Apple Elementary SchoolClass of 1984
Racine, WI
Jefferson Lighthouse Elementary SchoolClass of 9999
Racine, WI
Milwaukee School of EngineeringClass of 1998
Milwaukee, WI
Walden III High SchoolClass of 1991
Racine, WI
Saint John Nepomuk SchoolClass of 1987
Racine, WI
Catherine's Story
Life
Well, after school I worked for a few years, then I went off to college. I even had a brief (2 month) engagement to David Jaworski a few months after graduation.
I majored in electrical engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) which is where my husband graduated from (a few months before we got married). I then became a stay-at-home mom. Our first son passed away as a preemie, but our second son (also a preemie) is starting kindergarten in fall of 2005 (at Red Apple).
I got married in '97 to a fellow MSOE electrical engineering student, Jim. Together we have 2 sons (Andrew passed away at birth in '97, we'll aways miss him). Sam was born in '99 and is spoiled rotton. We also ahve 4 cats, and my mom lives next door while my baby brother, Justin, his wife and their 3 live a block away. I can't believe how domestic I've gotten since Sam came along. I even drive an SUV!
I got my ham radio license in july of 2003 (I'm KC9EOW, look me up at qrz.com) and I do a lot of radio activities, plusI'm a youth director and sunday school teacher at Messiah Lutheran church, and spend time with friends.
I am also an artist and a writer. I just got my first poem professionally published in fall of 2004, and I've sold paintings and drawings locally. I also work with clay and make jewelry.
I often bum around with my son, Sam, and my brother's daughter, Heather (she's 10, he's 5). My in-laws (thankfully) live in Chicago where my husband grew up.
Other than that, I get bored easily so I'm always sticking my nose into new projects.
School
I remember hanging out with Meg (a lot), Sharon and Kristen. I still see Chris Beimeck (he is now dating my cousin, WIERD!), and Alex Voss (he's a friend of my husband, even WIERDER). I only kept in touch with Meg for a few years...Expand for more
after school, but we lsot touch after she moves to L.A. in '93, and I went off to college in '94.
College
I attended MSOE for a while (electrical engineering) and went to MATC (paralegal studies - specializing in patent/technology law) and I use pretty much none of it in my work as an artist/crafter here at home.
I pledged Phi Delta Chi when I was at MSOE and loved it. I do miss college and wish I could have finished but I ran out of money (darn it) but I will go back someday.
Okay, I use SOME engineering stuff in my hobbies as a ham radio operator (KC9EOW usually on 147.27 FM or 144.34 simplex here in Racine).
I'm going BACK to MATC this fall, I have a year or so left to finish both degrees, then I'm going in debt up to my eyeballs to finsih MSOE (they recently dropped the first 2 years of the EET program, so I need to finish at MATC first). Doubt I'll be hitting law school at Marquette like I wanted to anymore. My 5 year old (who's starting kindergarten) will probably in high school at Walden by tiem I finish my bachelors.
Workplace
I worked as a legal secretary after high school for a few years, before packign up and moving to Milwaukee to go to college. I worked as a legal secretary in a downtown law firm while I was living in the dorms a few blocks away. When I left school (lack of money) I went to work in engineering. I left work to have kids (doctors orders) and the hubby & I agreed to let me go back to school when our littlest one started school full-time, which Sam does this fall.
I worked through Aerotek doing temp engineering stuff, but mostly at Exec-PC until I got married in '97. Shortly before Sam was born in '99 we moved back to the Racine area, and I started working as an artist doing sculpture and painting. Even sold quite a few pieces, too.
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