Classmates

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Betsy Carr (Moran)

Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Professor
Comment:  Hi Everyone!  I look forward to seeing my dear friends from Sylvania class of '78.  What a wonderful event and special thanks to all of those who have worked so hard to plan and organize our 35th reunion.  



My husband, John, and I have lived in Aurora, OH for the past 25 years and love the Cleveland area despite 'Le Quit' James.  We will survive.  After 30 years working in the garment/fashion industry and owning a business for 15 years, I am now employed by Kent State University and teach in their fashion school. I thoroughly enjoy the students and having the opportunity to 'give back' and share my knowledge and experience with them as they strive and work toward their dreams and ambitions.



John and I have two children:  Alex, 24, our son, is a soon to be third year law student at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland; Emily 21, our daughter, is entering her senior year at Miami University in Oxford, OH and is majoring in architecture.    ...we owe.. we owe so off to work we go!!!  John and are have been truly blessed. 



We enjoy gardening and time spent at a family home on Burt Lake in Michigan.  Go Blue!
What would your friends be the most surprised to know about you now?: I fought 2 year battle with cancer: Hodgkins lymphoma. Later treatment included a radical stem cell transplant at the Cleveland Clinic. The blessing is that after 10 years I remain cancer free. The 'journey' was life altering.
Share a favorite memory -- something that made you laugh or cry or feel pride in your school...share: The "Pub"
Who was your favorite teacher?: Oh..... Mr. Townsend and Mrs. Hutchinson...the best!!!
Share an embarrassing moment or a prank that was played on someone else or on you...: Never!

Bobbi Case (Dewey)

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Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Court Reporter
Comment: (Comment on picture:  Taken at a recent party where we had to dress up as we were in high school.  Notice the Sylvania Shirt!)



I've been living here in the wonderful city of Virginia Beach since '79 (wow, didn't realize how long I've been here!) 



I'm a court reporter and have my own business,  Case Court Reporting.  I also have another small business, One for the Thimble, where I make quilts, bags, and longarm quilt. 



I have two grown sons -- one in the Navy who is married (made me an instant grandparent to four boys) and the other, an Internet Customer Service Rep for a local Ford dealership and  aspiring musician. 



My husband, Rob, is a civil engineer who works with the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission. 
What would your friends be the most surprised to know about you now?: That I look as young as I did when I graduated high school?

Pam Casper (Christy)

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Now
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Marital status: Married
Children: 3
Occupation: Commercial Real Estate Appraiser
Comment: Its so amazing that some of you haven't changed one bit!!!!!!  Here we are grandma's and grandpa's and I bet we all pretty much still feel like we are 21!!



All three of my children graduated from Northview and we are so proud!   One grandchild and one on the way in December!
What would your friends be the most surprised to know about you now?: We won't go there...
Share a favorite memory -- something that made you laugh or cry or feel pride in your school...share: Bonfires, need I say more...
Who was your favorite teacher?: Mr. Lechlak

Kay Chapman (Portale)

Marital status: Committed Relationship
Children: 1
Occupation: self employed
What would your friends be the most surprised to know about you now?: definitely lesbain, or maybe that's not such a surprise.
Share a favorite memory -- something that made you laugh or cry or feel pride in your school...share: I had a great time in high school, but it is all a blur.

Ted Charter

Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Professional Counselor
Comment: Wow, those were the days..
Who was your favorite teacher?: Mr. Betinger
Share an embarrassing moment or a prank that was played on someone else or on you...: greased pig....

Carol Chiantis (Falcone)

Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Comment: I'm enjoying life in the slow lane in Sylvania. I've been married to my husband John for 22 years. We have two children, Max - who is studying architecture at Kent State and will be spending the fall '10 semester in Florence, Italy. Hmmm....might just have to pay him a visit. Our daughter Ella is studying to be a teacher at BGSU. Life is good!!
Who was your favorite teacher?: Mr. Townsend

Michael Cooper

Marital status: Married
Children: 3
Occupation: Optometrist
Comment:

Here's my story ... for anyone's that's so interested.  Married nearly 28 years.  3 grown children - all Sylvania School System products.  Oldest is a producer for NBC in LA - alternative entertainment media development.  Daughter, middle child - business to business direct sales assoc. in Chicago.  Youngest is an aspiring comedian and was recently selected for a leading role in new Warner Bros. picture 'Project X'.  No grandchildren to report (specifically, none that I've been told about).





Wife Wendy is a successful sales associate at Brown Honda (and previously a realtor).  I am an owner optometrist here in Toledo at Westgate Vision Center.  Additionally, there are 3 other Toledo area practice affiliations and 1 in Ypsilanti, MI.  I live less than a mile from my childhood home (boring...) and still hang out with classmates Joel (Linda Katz) Beren and Fred Treuhaft.  LOL. 
What would your friends be the most surprised to know about you now?: Hair is real - not a toupee
Share a favorite memory -- something that made you laugh or cry or feel pride in your school...share: Girls I lusted after and never pursued...if I had only known then what I know now...LOL !!
Who was your favorite teacher?: Ms. Graber & Thad Abel
Share an embarrassing moment or a prank that was played on someone else or on you...: Jeff Denny decided one day to go into the men's room, removed his clothes and streaked. Got caught. Got suspended. Enlisted in the Navy. Married a gal from the Phillipines. Got divorced. Grew nine or ten inches. Finished his education. Went to work in Washington, D.C. as a key staffer for a member of Congress. What might have happened had he not streaked that day??

Anne Crawford (Schnitker)

Comment: Doug (a Whitmer kid) and I, after 34 years of marriage, are grandparents of four wonderful children. We both

work as teachers now, and keep a simple shack

in the woods of Michigan for breaks from suburbia. 

Memories of choir music are the most indelible, thanks

to both Mrs. Vance and  Mr. Davis, and Mr. Kocher's

weird science humor was always appreciated.  I hope to

make the reunion, but if I seem to forget who you are, just

give me a few cues and the light will come on!



 
What would your friends be the most surprised to know about you now?: The peace/love hippy married into the military, and my children served, too.
Share a favorite memory -- something that made you laugh or cry or feel pride in your school...share: I confess, high school memories are a bit foggy... go figure.

Anne Crawford (Schnitker)

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Then
Now
Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Assoc Director, Mecosta County Conservation District
Comment: Retired. Spend winters in Alaska with grandchildren, summers farming the floodplain of the Chippewa River. Jam and dance at Wheatland.
Who was your favorite teacher?: Mr. Kocher

Karen Creller (Smith)

Then
Then
Now
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Marital status: Married
Children: 1
Occupation: Self Employed
Comment: I have one Son who is 31 already and married to Tara, also 3 beautiful Grandchildren, Brittany 7, Nicole 4, and Kyle 2. My husband and I spend much of our time during the week enjoying them! I have always loved kids! I cannot attend the reunion, so HI to everyone that knows or remembers me.
Who was your favorite teacher?: Mrs Vaznelis (home economics)