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I entered Hanley in January of 1953. It was scary to start mid-year in a new school but it turned out to be a welcoming environment. My family had just moved into our first home, on Amherst - down the hill from the library, after years of apartment living. I have fond memories of my U City High School years - long-lasting friendships with classmates and positive connections with teachers - but the two defining circumstances of those years were my mother's illness and meeting my best friend and life partner, Stan Gudder. The best and the worst of times. |
Since my Mom was bedridden during our Junior and Senior years, I was responsible for running our home, which kept me from being involved in extra-curricular activities. She passed away in October 1957. Stan and I met in August 1955 at a Camp Hawthorn two-week JYO retreat. Fifty-two years later we still like being together. We married when Stan graduated from Wash U in '58 and moved to Champaign-Urbana where our |