Eddie Olson:  

Life Life has been good. In 1975 Jerry Olson (Medford High) and Eddie Appelgate (Crater) got married!Things got better in 1998 when we were baptized together. 2000 was a great year! We rededicated our marriage by renewing our wedding vows on March 28th, our 25th wedding anniversary. In March, 2003, Jerry had quadruple by-pass surgery and is doing wonderfully. There is a greater purpose for him because he should have died with the many blockages and aneurysms he had; he had no warning signs and no heart attack. Jerry retired in 2005 and learned the next day he has diabetes type 2. Pills and diet are contolling it well currently and he is doing very well. We are blessed with some wonderful kids, grandkids, and Christian friends. And we miss all our classmates! THIS JUST IN!!! We took a four week vacation November 15 until December 14, 2007. What a wonderful cruise we had for two weeks of our vacation down the Mexican coast, through the Panama Canal, and into port at Ft. Lauderdale. We started in San Diego where we visited with family before the cruise left, and we ended with a week's stay at our daughter and her family's home in Florida. Cruising is definitely something we want to do again! Workplace The longest job I had after High School was with US Bank (short times were spent at First National Bank, Medford; Jackson County S&L, Medford; and Citizens S&L, Medford). I really loved it for a lot of years, then the customer service aspect started changing and everyone's attitude changed, the stress became more than I wanted to live with constantly, so to preserve my health and sanity, I quit. Never being one to be idle, I went to work part-time for the City of Albany in their pre-school program. That was so rewarding and enjoyable that I have stayed in that type of w...Expand for more