Margaret Sterlin:
CLASS OF 1961
San Juan High SchoolClass of 1961
Citrus heights, CA
Oakland High SchoolClass of 1961
Oakland, CA
McChesney Junior High SchoolClass of 1957
Oakland, CA
Joaquin Miller Elementary SchoolClass of 1955
Oakland, CA
Glenview Elementary SchoolClass of 1955
Oakland, CA
Margaret's Story
Hi everyone,
Here is a fast catch up on almost 50 years--how can you do that in a nut shell? And how can that much time have flown by so quickly?
I attended Oakland High School from 1958 to 1960. After my junior year my family moved to Fair Oaks, California. I really missed my old friends from Oakland but soon met wonderful new friends at San Juan High School. Yes, I agree, high school can be the most wonderful time of your life but the most trying also. Have been having fun in the last few years catching up with old friends from those high school days.
I went on to college, first at University of the Pacific for two years where pledged D.G., transferred to University of California at Davis for one year to catch up on chemistry and the sciences and then went to the University of California Medical Center in dental hygiene for two years.
I met my husband on Balboa Island in Newport Beach. What fun we had in a beach town! I lost Larry after 38 years of marriage 3 years ago. We had two daughters together. One was a professional athlete after college and the other turned out to be quite a business woman. I have a grandson now who is 21 months and all boy. Can't wait until he is just a bit older to take him fishing, hiking, biking and don't forget sledding. Our favorite places together are the zoo and anywhe...Expand for more
re that has trains.
Larry, my husband, was in oil and gas production and alternative energy so he worked all over the world. My girls and I were fortunate enough to travel with him to places like China, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos and Burma to name a few. We all developed the traveling bug. I still travel back to Thailand at least once a year to visit all our friends there. What a wonderful group of people.
I am retired now from dental hygiene but still stay busy. In fact, looking back I am not sure when I found time to work. I took up golf again after 38+ years and am loving it. Also, as mentioned before I travel a lot. My sister-in-law and I find time to get into a lot of fun ( and a little trouble) traveling with just the two of us. Last year was Ireland, and, of course, back to Thailand with a bit of Maui thrown in. We both enjoy photography so we think a lot alike and enjoy spending the time to take pictures everywhere we go.
I live in Evergreen, Colorado now but have lived in Canada, Texas, California and spent parts of several years in Singapore and Thailand. It's been a good life and I certainly plan to enjoy much more of it.
Hope you all are well and happy. I look at both year books occasionally and think fondly
of the times we spent together at Oakland and San Juan High Schools.
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