STEPHEN WALTMAN:  

After leaving Chadron for UNL and leaving UNL before Graduating I roamed the country for a few years spending some time in Montreal, British Columbia, and New York City before landing in Grand Island where I met Mary. We were married 6 months later. Mary gave us three great kids-2 daughters and 1 son. They have given us 4 grandchildren. Sadly Mary died after we were together for 40 years. She had always told me that we would never make our 40th anniversary and she was correct. She died 3 months prior to it./ We buried her on our 40th. We had moved to Lincoln after 10+ years in GI and a try at living in Chadron for a year. In Lincoln I finished a BS and a MS in Education. I retired from UNL after 341/2 years as maintenance manager at the student union and teaching Industrial Technology Education. Since Mary died I have been spending time working on our '51 Studebaker truck and riding to places around the country that we had planned to see together. I am still in the house that we purchased 35 years ago and intend to be there until Bright Eyes (cat)...Expand for more