Colleen Vinson:  

CLASS OF 1975
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Butler High SchoolClass of 1975
Butler, NJ
Butler, NJ

Colleen's Story

After HS graduation, Cyndi Galbraith and I attended Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School. I worked for several months after that and moved to California with my then boyfriend, my cat, driving my old 1966 Dodge Dart in Sept. 77. Worked secretarial and administrative jobs, cocktail waitress, finally ended up in Human Resources. Most of my jobs have been in lending institutions. Married in 1980, divorced in 1983. Discovered myself. Took up long distance running, ballroom and latin dancing. Competed as an amateur in dance for several years. I love both running and dancing to this day. Remarried in 1995 to Shannon, who I actually met at a bank where we both worked in 1985. He has two grown sons, two grandsons, one grand daughter and another grandson on the way. That works out well for me, since children were not a part of my personal life plan. My furry children are my passion. Currently we have one cat and two dogs. Shannon and I started our own consulting business in 1991 and are going strong. We absolutely love working for ourselves, from our home office. The flexibility and freedom means everything to us. We assist entrepreneurs in obtaining SBA (Small Business Administration) loans to start their own business, buy a business, or expand a business. We travel a lot, since we can do o...Expand for more
ur work anywhere we can get an internet signal. As long as we have our cell phones and our computers, nobody knows or needs to know where we are working from. We pay for a service to handle our mail and phone calls. Our furry family never has to be home alone. It's all good. My mother survived breast cancer and is 13 years cancer free. My father has had two brain tumors removed and suffered a stroke two years ago. He has rehabbed well and gets around with a cane now. Kathie worked as a hairdresser for years and now just does temp work. Her husband is a truck driver. She chose not to have children. Maureen is the only one who had kids--three of them--two girls and a boy. Her oldest daughter is 26 and just gave birth to Maureen's first grandchild--a boy. Shannon's mother passed away in May and we have had his father living with us (from Oregon) since then. He is 82 and in good health. Cyndi and I have remained long distance best friends, traveling cross country for each others' weddings and joint vacations every couple of years. We thoroughly enjoyed the reunion. I've got a lot of great pictures, but I am a bit challenged as far as getting them posted. I am working on it and they may appear yet. In the meantime, Debbie Marion was kind enough to post some of them. Enjoy. Colleen
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Colleen/Shannon
Mark Hudson, Jay Morse, Dave Emerson,
Kelly Mahon, Rick Cleary, Steve Mulligan
Diane Ray, Bob Stearns
Joanne Verdonik, Diane Ray
Debby Miglorino
Sue Grasso, Tom Spring
Amy, Karen, Patti and Kathy
Carol Maros & Carole Schildkamp
Pete Csutoros & wife
Ron Mickens, Jay Morse & spouses
Jay Morse Laura McFeeley & spouses
Jay Morse & spouse
Laura McFeeley and spouse
Amy, Karen, Patti and Kathy
Karen Johnson, Amy Tonjan,
Debby Marion, Cheryl/Mark Hudson
Gayle Westyke & Kathy Schimpf
Debby Marion, Cheryl/Mark Hudson
Ron Mickens and spouse
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