terry miller:  

CLASS OF 1978
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Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Springfield, OH

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HELLO I'M TERRY MILLER First I am from Springfield Ohio,, I went to Lagonda Elementary on old RT 4,,The school has since been torn down..To bad so many wonderful memories and so many great friends there where I ment the love of my life RONDA RILEY who after mom took me to chicago I was never to marry as I had dreamed ,,, she passed away in the year 2000 from health problems Lord I miss her she was the most wonderful woman I had ever met ..While going to school there my grand parents were raising me and most people and friends knew me as TERRY VANCE or as people called me Vancso... my grand fathers last name,,,Thus the reason for post name here on memory lane TERRY MILLER VANCE.. My then yound mother having become a widow after her husband WILLIAM (BILLY) STRAIGHT died in a horrible car accident on Lagonda rd in town killing him and my uncle CHRISTOPHER (CHRIS) MILLER in the year 1964..She then moved to Chicago to find work to enable her to raise my sister BILINDA STRAIGHT and me in the big city with hopes of a better life..Sorry Chicago you ruined my chances of ever having the LIFE I had dreamed of having...!!!! My mother took me from my grand parents home and the town I loved so dearly in the summer of 1969.. I first went to a catholic school for a year which I cant remember the name of and then we moved to Ravenswood where I went to Bartellme elementry,after that I went to Stone elementary grammer school where I graduated from the eigth grade making many great friend there who i would love to see again.. I also went to Hayt elementry for 6 months while mom was in hospital from an accident we lived with a foster mother Shirley Vandiver my sister and I ,,,boy was she mean.. And then I attended Lane Tech for one year where I just couldnt stand the strict rules there,,so I transfered to Sullivan HIGH where I was with many great friends who I miss dearly ..At the end of my junior year there the school informed...Expand for more
me I did not have enough credits to graduate next year so they were going to put me back to a freshman,,,.. I still want the graduation ring I payed for ,,I had aced most of my tests wich allowed me to progress thru the years but the school said I never did my home work and the overall grade was 75% home work,,I was screwed .. So I left and went to a vocational school where I learned Auto Body Repair ,,My family moved to Georgia in the town of Lafayette where again I made many new friends ,,I continued doing and learning auto body work ending up doing custom work and painting tractor trailers for good money at 20yrs old... Again my family moved back up north to Ashtabula Ohio close to home but no cigar...There my sister went on to college finishing with a Doctorate in anthropology ,,She teachs at Michigan West in Kalamozoo Michigan with her 3 sons 1 daughter and 2 grand children and shes having a wonderful life there... While in Ashtabula I met my now wife TARA SCHWARZ and acquired a job as a meter reader with the Cleveland Illuminating Co. Where I eventualy became a Trouble Line Man senior leader...I have come to love this job though I'm presently on a Disability Leave from Injuries sustaned in a 55ft tall bucket truck when boom and bucket freefell with me in it severely damaging my pelvis,hips and entire spine..Now in 2011 I am just getting back on my feet and hope to be back at work before May 2012 .... D YEAR... My wife and I have 3 wonderful children and 2 grand children..I have another son Christopher (big chris) Mucky with Patrica Muckey in Chicago,,He gave me my first wonderful grandson who ironically is older than his aunt Crystal our 9yr old daughter...And with me 7yrs from retirement ,,,,oh well so much for retiring... I've recently taken up a new hobby in astrography and luving every minute of it.... WELL THATS MY VERY ABBREVIATED SHORT STORY WHATS YOURS,,,,,,........TERRY .
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