John ("Rick") Krone:
CLASS OF 1964
North High SchoolClass of 1964
Torrance, CA
West Coast UniversityClass of 1986
Los angeles, CA
Carr Elementary SchoolClass of 1959
Torrance, CA
John ("Rick")'s Story
Life
The picture below is of me (John, but actually I prefer 'Rick'), and my middle son Andy (21). Andy is in the Marine Reserves and is currently a student at UCSB. I was a cub scout leader at the time of this picture (1998). My wife (Valerie) and I have two other sons: Tim (age 12) and Jeff (age 24). Am interested in making contact with any former North High classmates :-). 9 October 2017: Our home in Santa Rosa, Calif completely burns to the ground!! The culprit was the Tubbs Fire which has burned over 25000 acres!!:;(
Update (June, 2003): My son Andrew just returned from two months in 'beautiful' IRAQ. He was part of the Operation Iraqi Freedom' group being with the 2nd battalion, 23rd Marines--he saw lots of action! (and even brought back some Saddam posters!). Tim is now 15 and has created several web sites and Jeff is a Lieutenant in the Navy stationed at Pax River, Maryland. Jeff also served in the Persian Gulf as an S-3 NFO on the U.S.S Constellation.
Update--February, 2006: I am planning to retire in 4 more days. 35 years in aerospace is enough!! I want to do some volunteer work now. The secondary credential work did not work out for me. I am going to New Orleans in March to work on Hurricane Katrina rehabilation. I have also starting training for the mountain bike unit (MBU) in the Santa Monica Mountains near our home in Moorpark. I have entered a 50 mile bicycle race in Solvang on March 11. I also plan to backpack down (and back up) to the Grand Canyon's colorado river, in late April, before I get too old (anybody interested in joining me for the hike?). We have a motorhome now and we traveled to Alaska last summer and joined an RV group for a two month vacation (wow!)-after doing a Princess Cruise on the Inside Passage in 2004. Tim is 18 now and will start college in the Fall and Val continues as a kindergarten teacher. Andy is out of the marines and owns a condominium in Ventura. Jeff owns a house in Alexandria, Virginia--Val and I visited him in Jan, 2006.
Update--December 28,2007. Val and I are visiting Jeff in Alexandria, Va. I did retire in Feb, 2006 and then drove a school bus for special ed students beginning in Aug, 2006. Because of expenses, I am now back at my old job at P&W as a contractor--I work about 25 hrs a week. I am planning a mountain bike ride in April on the White Rim Trail, near Moab Utah.
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Update--May 1, 2008. I am back working at my old job as a contractor (since July, 2007) at P&W Rocketdyne, but I can work my own hours--from 20 - 40 hrs per week. Andy has married and is living in San Rafael, Ca.--a beautiful (but expensive) area. Tim will be going to college at UCI next winter and Jeff is flying out on 10 May from Alexandria for a surprise birthday party for Andy (and mother's day) at Lake Arrowhead.
Update--August 10,2009. I was laid off 31 July and am currently visiting my son Andy in San Rafael, Ca. My wife will be joining me shortly and we plan to visit Alcatraz. My oldest son Jeff now has a girlfriend and they visited here from Alexandria, Va several weeks ago. Tim is now 21, has a car, and plans to attend UCSB in Sept, 2009.
Update--Nov 11,2013. Both Andy and Jeff are now married and each has presented us with a grandchild (Andy, girl Nadine, named after my mother, now deceased; Jeff, boy Cooper). We just got back from San Rafael where Andy now owns his own home. Timothy, now 26, has a girlfriend, Sara, and he has a job and lives in Long Beach. We are planning to move up north sometime next year. Val is flying out to visit Cooper this Tuesday.
Update--May, 2016. We are now grandparents (for the 3rd time). Cadel Griffin Krone was born to middle son Andy and Mary on May 1, 2016. He is brother to sister Nadine (born August, 2013).
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I am looking forward to retirement, IF I can afford it! haha Seriously, I have a 15 yr old that will need some assistance at college, plus I am paying on a loan for my son Andy's UCSB experience.
I always wanted to be a rock star when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a stupid idea. As it turns out, they were right!!. 10/24/2014: Am fully retired now and all sons are out of the house--recently moved to Santa Rosa where we can be near our granddaughter in San Rafael. Now have a cabin in Soda Springs (near Lake Tahoe) where we can be together as a family--Ted, Andy and Tim were up
at cabin in July, 2014 for July 4th celebration.
23 Aug 2018--On 14 August our dad, John, passed away at the old age of 97 years. He insisted up to the end that he wanted to die in his home in Kerrville. My sister Judy will live in his house for a maximum of six months. Val and I will miss him and our yearly trips (since 2011) to Kerrville. Our mother, Nadine, passed in 1999.
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