Sluss Pat 2016
I met a guy from Lake City while working at Shoney's during my senior year.  We were married July 25, 1966, and started our married life in Cleveland, OH.  My husband was drafted the next June.  He became an MP and was stationed in Germany.  After his discharge, we lived in Cleveland for a few years, where our son Tim was born November 1970.  Three daughters were born at Oak Ridge Hospital: Clara March 1975, Elizabeth December 1979, and Becca August 1981.  I attended Roane State Community College in 1987 - no degree.

We moved to Asheville, NC in 1987 due to my husband being transferred to manage a new branch of the company he worked for in Knoxville.  I started substituting after we had been there about a year.  In 1997, I became a one-on-one teacher assistant for a blind student in middle school until spring of 1999.  I then became the secretary for the counselors and Administrative Assistant at Asheville High School.

I attended the 25th Reunion with my husband and went on the riverboat cruise with our two youngest daughters.

Nana is what I am called by 6 grandchildren (4 boys and 2 girls) ranging from 13 to 22 years of age.  The oldest granddaughter made me a great-nana to a little girl who will have her first birthday on June 18th of this year.

I was happy to retire on May 1, 2011 with 14 full-time years, and return home to TN but not Oak Ridge.  My husband passed away suddenly of a heart attack on June 18, 2013.

Facebook is my social media of choice, and I am on it more that I should be.  I like to sew, work in the yard, and would love to travel more.  I am currently trying to finish a quilt for the oldest granddaughter to give to her this summer.  I have a cock-a-poo named Lucy.  She is the first and only pet I have ever had.

This is one very proud graduate of Oak Ridge High School!
Posted By: NS Administrator - 04-28-2016
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