Elaine Adele Saenger Gampp:
CLASS OF 1951

Smithtown High SchoolClass of 1951
Smithtown, NY
Endicott CollegeClass of 1954
Beverly, MA
Nesconset Elementary SchoolClass of 1947
Nesconset, NY
College Point Public School 29Class of 1945
College point, NY
Elaine Adele Saenger's Story
Life: From College Point and 6th grade at PS29, I went to Nesconset Grade school from 7 to 8th, then 9 to 12 at Smithtown Central HS. From Smithtown High I went to Endicott College in Beverly MA. Worked as a seating hostess at the Three Village Inn in Stony Brook, LI until becoming a TWA Hostess just before my 21st Birthday. Flew out of Newark NJ, for just under 2 years, married a TWA ground personnel person. Moved to Revere MA, had a child, was in an fatal auto accident which ended that phase of my life. Spent the next 5 years in a wheelchair and on crutches relearning a new life. Visited my parents in Nesconset and met Bob Gampp from Centerich LI. He moved to Boston and joined the Staff at MIT Draper Lab and we were married and had Lorrie and Terry (boy). When the kids were in their early teens, Bob was traveling to CA for MIT, met new people in CA and traded us in for a new life for himself in CA. The kids are now in their 40's. Lorrie is married and lives 1 hr from me. Terry is married and lives in Redlands CA. After the kids finished college and no longer were living at home, I went to Las Vegas to work for a couple of years. The game plan was to teach desktop publishing, but ended up with my managing an office and showroom for outdoor lighting and furniture. Now I support myself as an office manager for a small civil engineering office in A...Expand for more
rlington, MA (2 miles from my home). When not working or on the computer, I like to go dancing. Swing, ballroom, but mostly ethnic dancing, with Scandinavian being the favorite. Also took up badminton at 65 yrs and now manage 3 different town recreational evenings a week of badminton. I keep wishing to be able to retire, I'm tired of working--maybe will be able to do it when I hit 79 or 80... Well I am 79 now and was forced retired by a small stroke in 2010. So instead of going to work each day, I now supervise badminton sessions 3 evenings a week--even get to play some. Can't dance any more and still have a little weakness from the stroke along with some memory loss. If you did not know me before, you would not know I had a stroke.
Found 3 old Smithtown friends via classmates and have been having a fun time with exchanging emails for the past decade. Sadly Naomi Cannon died a few yrs back and now am down to just emails with Tom Christensen. In the winter of 2007, I had the chance to meet with Tom & his wife Babe in FL--last time I saw Tom was graduation 1951--56 years earlier--sorry to say, but he got to looking old! Found another old friend from Nesconset via a Classmate but she isn't into emails.
Just heard via classmates,from a College Point PS29 person that knew me back when (k-6), hope to hear back from her again via my live email.
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