Vella Graeber:
CLASS OF 1974
Stayton Union High SchoolClass of 1974
Stayton, OR
Rogue Community CollegeClass of 1979
Grants pass, OR
Leslie Middle SchoolClass of 1971
Salem, OR
Central Coast Seventh Day Adventist SchoolClass of 1968
Newport, OR
Yaquina View Elementary SchoolClass of 1966
Newport, OR
Vella's Story
Life
Most of the people I was in school with were not aware that my home was extremely abusive. It made me someone that people really didn't want to get close to. It caused some emotional and mental issues that took a lot of time to deal with. It would be nice if they would overlook my childhood issues and see who I became. Life has not been very good to me and I lost my husband of 22 years in March 2006 to brain cancer. I am now a widow living in Phoenix, Arizona.
I have a great job as a Front Office/Admin Assistant in a company that provides instruments and implants for arthroscopic surgeries and total joint replacements. I have my own home with a p...Expand for more
ool. I have done extremely well considering that I grew up in such an abusive home.
I hope to be reunited with caring, loving people that were in school with me. I graduated in 1974. My family moved to southern Oregon after graduation. I met my husband in 1983 and we were married in 1985 and relocated to Phoenix in 1986. I love living here and don't want to move back to Oregon.
February 2008
I am livig alone since losing my husband in March of 2006. It's been almost two years and I am having trouble getting my life back on track. I am hopeful for the future at this time, however. I still have my own home with a pool so I guess I'm doing alright.
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