Gary Coole:
CLASS OF 1968
Wayne Valley High SchoolClass of 1968
Wayne, NJ
Pasco - Hernando Community CollegeClass of 1982
Brooksville, FL
Manchester Regional High SchoolClass of 1968
Haledon, NJ
Morris Hills Regional High SchoolClass of 1968
Rockaway, NJ
Gary's Story
I joined the USMC in 1969 and got out in 1976. By then I was already married for 4 years with 1 son (Tommy). My last duty station was Marine Barracks, NAS Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Florida. Since my mom & dad had already moved to Florida I decided to stay as well and moved to Spring Hill, Fl and have been here since. I worked as a cop for while but the pay was horrible. I had a knack for plants so I got into the landscape design & installation business and did that for 30+ years and finally retired in 2010.
In 2001 I started organizing an 8th Grade Reunion... WHAT??? 8th grade???.. (YES 8th grade). It was for the Dennis B. O'Brien Elementary School in Dover, NJ. We held it in 2004 and had a huge turnout. And I can thank being a member of Classmates for a head start in finding the first 23 of the 214 classmates. Those 23 snowballed into over 175 classmates attending the reunion at the Craigmeur Resort (former ski resort) in Newfoundland, NJ.
I had a couple of bad incidents in 2004 (Hu...Expand for more
rricane Francis) and an auto accident in 2009 (T-boned at 65mph) so now I am permanently retired. However, I still manage to keep busy doing karaoke shows (coolekaraokeDOTcom)and also designing and maintaining websites. (gtcwebdesignDOTcom)
I do know of a few people from another school I went to that also live in this area and would love to hear from some alumni also in this area. You can email me at: gtcoole AT tampabay DOT rr DOT com.
UPDATE: My wife and I are on Facebook and are listed as "MARY GARY COOLE". If you are on Facebook you can drop me a message there as well. My wife rarely goes on it so if you're an old flame, drop me a message. But don't worry, I am harmless (almost) as we are about to celebrate our 48th year of marriage and we bought a new house (in 2015 which is shown on the FB page) and I am on YouTube as Gary Coole. So, if you want to hear me sing (or squawk) and see if being in choirs helped me or not check Yahoo out or go to my karaoke site with your speakers on.
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