Tom Wimmer

After High School Bob Clark and I went on a road trip /adventure to Florida.

I worked for several years with SCS Engineering that did work for the EPA and traveled around the country.   Later went into the automotive business and retired about 8 years ago from being a General Manager for and Olds/Buick dealership.

Debbie and I have had 33 wonderful years together and we raised 3 lovely children, Jessica, Tom and Patti (See family) and put them through college at William & Mary and George Mason Universities.

I've been to all the reunions and keep in touch with Bob Clark and Tom Buckley.
My travels have taken me to Australia, Alaska, Hawaii and the midwesten states.

We have a nice garden out back where I relax and spend time with my Gnome collection.
If anyone would like to contact me my email address is tomwimm@gmail.com

Best regards, Tom Wimmer

           Kathy Pazanowski Estep

Hard to believe the year is almost at an end, and even harder to believe that 35 years have gone by since we were all in high school together!!!   I enjoyed the reunion and promised that I would get something together for the website when I got a chance.   So here goes....

I went to George Mason University right out of high school and graduated four years later with bachelors in Spanish and Latin American Studies.   I also earned a Virginia high school teaching certificate.   As some of you may remember, at that time there was a huge glut of teachers, and I had trouble getting a teaching position.

During college I met my husband and was married the autumn after college graduation.   We had one daughter, Kristi (28), before were divorced in 1981.   I am still single today.   I focused a great deal of my effort at raising my daughter and going back to school.   I earned an MBA in 1984 from George Mason University.   I live in Centreville, Virginia which is out near Dulles Airport.

I worked for a couple of years in the beer and wine industry doing purchasing, and developed an appreciation for wines.   Most of my family is spoiled now also, and only want me to buy the holiday selections.

Currently, I am in the middle of a twenty year career with the federal government.   Most of the time has been spent at the Department of the Treasury.   I work in federal contracting.   I am actually starting to think about retirement, but it is still several years away.

Since turning fifty, I’ve developed the travel bug.   Kristi and I have been traveling overseas each year.   We have been to Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Germany and most recently England.   The picture I’ve enclosed is me with my “knight in shining armor” (Click here to see) that was taken in Warwick Castle England in October 2008.   Not sure where 2009 will take us, but we are starting to think about it!

Paz

                    Tom Buckley & Joni Lyon Buckley

We never had any classes together all through Whittier or Falls Church High School.   We did, however, meet daily in the same stairway by the front office at the end of each school day during our senior year.   We just celebrated 47 wonderful years together in July.

Tom retired from IBM after 30 years, they were rewarding in many ways and he was associated with some of the best people.   We adjusted easily to getting sleep through the night without him getting called out.   After trying out some of those "Golden Years", Tom went to work for a Spanish gentleman and spent 3 years assembling lab equipment.   He developed 3 HVAC related patented inventions, but the partnerships weren't as proposed and the dreams never materialized.   Since then he grows tomato's, takes walks on the beach and bike rides.   More recently he spent Saturdays with a former coworker from IBM repairing, building and flying drones.   Next is a refurbishment of Joni's parents home that is a very short commute (just around the corner).   We plan to move there as it's single story, on a larger lot that's higher in elevation.   Tropical Storm Idalia just came through and it just cleared some tree debris.

After high school, Joni graduated from The Washington School for Secretaries in 1974.   She went to work for the Department of Defense, MTMC.   Worked there until our move to Myrtle Beach, SC in 1978.   From there it's a longer list than we realized, but Joni was a stay at home mom for 3 years with son, Brian.   Then she took reservations for the Sea Mist Resort.   Worked for a real estate business broker.   Next a legal secretary, then for a graphics artist, then an office manager for land planners and civil engineers.   Receptionist for an Endocrinologist, Admin Asst at EXIT Coastal Real Estate Pros, retired, recruited by a neighbor to answer phones on Friday for Property Mgt. Co. to earn some butter and egg money.

Our son, Brian, (See us) is living in the Atlanta area and is on a team handling the remote mainframe support on the latest of IBM computers.   He came over and spent last Christmas with us and we had a really nice time.

We've been to most of the reunions.   Joni really loves finding classmates and giving Amos some help.   It's a lot on his shoulders and he's putting together a wonderful 50th Reunion, Tom is still doing the website.   It's nice to see what classmates have done since 1973 and it was high time we put up our latest plus a recent picture.

See ya'll at the 50th!

Tom and Joni