Marlene Beggin:
CLASS OF 1960

Central High SchoolClass of 1960
Sioux city, IA
Pacific Lutheran UniversityClass of 1997
Tacoma, WA
Central High SchoolClass of 1960
Sioux city, IA
Everett Elementary SchoolClass of 1954
Sioux city, IA
Everett Elementary SchoolClass of 1953
Sioux city, IA
Marlene's Story
Life
After CHS I went to Sioux Valley Hospital and recieved an RN diploma. Moved to Seattle and worked at Harborview Hospital for 3 years. Then moved to Tacoma and worked 30 years in Inpatient Pschiatry at Madiagan Army Medical Center, Ft Lewis, WA. In 1997, I got a BSN from Pacific Lutheran University.
In 1998, I retired and love it.
I am married to a Fed Ex engineer who is also retired. We have one adult daughter who has a BA in chemistry. She is engaged and will get married this coming June.
I now work for the elections dept. I stuff ballots, collect them at an absentee voting booth and then help get them ready for the computer tabulation. It's a fun job about 3 times a year for 20 days.
We travel about 3 times a year...both in and out of the USA.
In 20`0,The night before our 50th reunion, I was to catch a plane for the SC Central HS 50th reunion. I contrac...Expand for more
ted MRSA...systemically. And was critical for 15 days and seriously ill for the next 15 days. The second MRSA attack was in my hip on my birthday. The 3rd time the leg pain from MRSA in my hip was so excrusiating, I asked the doctor to just kill me and get it over with. Instead he ended up taking out the head and neck of my femur. And the pain stopped....but I am in a wheelchair for the next year til he puts in a hip replacememt. Or two.
I am doing as well as can be expected living at home.
April and June 2014 my doctor put in a hip replacement for each hip. And since that April I have been learning to walk again. I am almost there. I use a cane now. My life has come almost full circle.
I am looking forward to see you all again. I hardly know most of you but I want to see you and learn where life has taken you.
See you 26 June 2015.
Marlene
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