MICHAEL KENDRICK:
CLASS OF 1971

Pell City High SchoolClass of 1971
Pell city, AL
George Washington UniversityClass of 1981
Washington, DC
Valley Forge High SchoolClass of 1971
Parma heights, OH
Pleasant Valley Junior High SchoolClass of 1968
Parma, OH
Parma Park Elementary SchoolClass of 1965
Parma heights, OH
MICHAEL's Story
Schools:
Parma Park Elementary, Parma Heights, OH, 1958-65.
Pleasant Valley Junior High, Parma Heights, OH, 1965-68.
Valley Forge High, Parma Heights, OH, 1968-69.
Pell City High, Pell City, AL, 1969-71.
Colleges:
AS/BS/MPA. George Washington University; State University of NY System; National University. Although I also attended Jacksonville St. and Alabama part-time right after high school, my degrees were earned during and after my Navy career. Late bloomer indeed!
Workplaces:
Odd jobs during high school and college. Joined the Navy in 1975 and served 22 years, After retiring, I started a second career with the County of San Diego as a Social Worker in the "Welfare-to-Work" program, focusing on case management and job development.
Ohio Childhood Memory:
Attended Divinity Lutheran Church (lived just 4 houses away on Barrington Blvd.) On a whim Larry M. and I climbed the recently completed 120 foot tall steeple. Unfortunately Mrs Schultz on the corner called the police; upon our descent a squad car was waiting. Luckily all we got was a tour of the Parma Heights Police Dept and a stern warning... that is, until we got home!
Family: Two kids, six grand kids.
Twilight
Now retired, but if the right p/t job pops up I just might take it. However, puttering around the house with a distant view of Tijuana, Mexico from the backyard is a mostly satisfying pastime. On a sad note we lost both...Expand for more
of our wonderful Pugs and sweet cat Missy May in 2021.
On a sadder note: I lost my wife Josephine in February 2022.. She had been very sick for a number of years, but now no longer suffers. (John 3:16).
Cancer interrupted my plans to teach in Japan or Korea for a year, but hey - never say never! I've seen interesting parts of the world and would like to see more..
And in May 2023, I "enrolled" six local wild cats in the County's "Community Cats Program." You take them to the Humane Society of San Diego for spaying/neutering and vaccines. Then they must be returned to the same area; this helps keep the feline population from exploding.
So far, so good ;-) In the past few months 2 more cats have shown up for dinner; now all I have to do is catch them...
Call it serendipitous - a neighbor could no longer take care of his pug Daisy. Knowing I had pugs before, he offered and I accepted. So once again I'm a Pug-Daddy! Her health has somewhat improved over the past two years, but at age 12 she's on the "home stretch."
15 year cancer survivor.👍
P.S.: The black and white photo below is Airman 2nd Class Fred Kendrick, USAF, of Pell City, AL
- my Uncle..
On October 7, 1952, their RB-29 "Sunbonnet King" was shot down by Soviet aircraft over the Sea of Japan. All eight crew-members perished. This was classified as a Cold War incident instead of a Korean War incident. Hmm..
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