John Heise:  

After high school I attended one year at Racine Tech for electronics. While there I tried working one night in a foundry for extra money,found out foundry work was not for me . I decided not to attend a second year at Racine and the summer of 68 got a job at Parks Engineering in Milwaukee as a material handler .I worked there for a couple of months and then was hired by Sears to repair home appliances. I had a low draft number so I enlisted in the Air Force leaving Jan 1969 for boot camp at Lackland AFB Tx . I attended aircraft radio school at Keesler AFB Miss from March through August of 69. I married Kathy Condiff (Franklin Class of 68) at Keesler in July 69 and we rode out hurricane Camille in Aug 69 before leaving for California. I was stationed at Norton AFB in San Bernardino Ca from Sep 69 through Jan 73 working primarily on C141A aircraft.I had a trip to Okinawa Feb 1972 when Nixon went to China. Our oldest son Matt was born in 1971 at Loma Linda Ca . We returned to Wisconsin in March of 1973 and I went back to Sears having had a leave of absence . We lived in Wind Lake for a couple of years and our second son Warren was born in 1975 .We bought a house in Muskego on Jewel Crest Dr and have lived there since. Our youngest son Nate was born in 1986 . While I...Expand for more