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Fremont High School |
Class Of 1959 |
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Esther Morphew (Saunders)
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Last Updated: |
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November 5, 2009 |
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Residing In: |
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Wayland, MI USA |
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Children/Grandchildren/Great-Grandchildren/???: |
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Two children, Larrry and Dena, grandchildren are Heather, Amber, Ryan, Alec and Lillie. Ony one great grandchild, Ethan. The latest born are Lillee who is one year old and Ethan two years old. |
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Birthday: |
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February 25, 1942 |
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Comments: |
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Such a blessing that all are well and happy. |
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School Story: |
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Have good memories from our high school days in Fremont. Memorable teachers such as Mr. Kraai, Ms. Orr as well as Mr. Fosheim were such dedicated teachers as well as just good people. Can't recall at the moment the owners name for the icecream store downtown, but I do remember the butterscotch sundae we ate while also eating our packed lunches. I can still picture the husband and wife who owned and operated the shop. We certainly knew to behave ourselves in there or else. |
| 50 Years of your Life in a Capsule: |
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Marriage followed graduation with two children soon thereafter. Dave joined the military so we lived in Texas for several years. Came back to Holton to live. We separated about two years later and I then moved to Grand Rapids for more jobs opportunities. Raised the children, continued my education and work as accountant for several different firms until I founded Benton Tax Accounting in 1984. My daughter, Dena, joined the firm as full partner in 1992. I remained single during these years. I met Ron in 1996 and we married in 1999. Ron had just taken his retirement following 35 year as a Doctor in Education at Eastern MI University. We both loved the traveling we did until his terminal cancer was diagnosed in 2004 which he fought hard for three years, but passed away in October of 2007. I'm still working the business but hope to retire in the near future. I have a year round cottage in Irons that I would love to spend more time at with my family. I'm very proud of my two children; Dena is of course my business partner and best friend. She and her husband Duane have three children, Heather who is in nursing with one son, Amber is in her 4th year at Western for a degree in education, and son Ryan is in his first year at a science engineering college in Colorado. My son Larry has a very successful business and he and his wife Heather live in Byron Center with Larry's son Alec who is 12 and daughter Lillee who just turned one. Heather works for Steelcase as a design engineer. Larry's business is a large trucking firm with warehousing facilities.
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| In which cities have you lived? |
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Muskegon, Fremont, San Antonio, Texas, Holton, MI, Grand Rapids, and Wayland.
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| If you could build a second house, an ideal home, where would you build it? |
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No other place. I love my farm land.
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| How many family members still live within 50 miles of Fremont? |
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All except grandson attending Boulder, CO university.
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| Most interesting job: |
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In 1971 I went to work as Office Manager for Kawasaki Midwest.
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| Most boring job: |
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Accountant for Sales Organization in Grand Rapids.
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| Should you live elsewhere, would you consider moving back to the Fremont area? |
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No
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| What do you do in your spare time? |
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What little time I have, I still travel at least two times a year. Have various time shares so most travel is to Florida, Hawaii, So. Carolina, Mexico, Vegas, etc. I also spend a little time in the summer at the cottage.
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| What did you "always want to do" that you have not (yet) done? |
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Travel abroad
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| Favorite teacher(s) at FHS: |
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Mentioned earlier...Mr. Kraai
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| Favorite sport(s): |
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Our (family & friends) annual backyard olympics.
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| Favorite music: |
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Jazz & classical
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| Interesting people you have met: |
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Dean Rockwell a university member who passed away a couple of years ago. Dean was a very brilliant man who is very well known for many of his life time accomplishments but is also mentioned in many history books for his military roll as a lead commander during World War II and D-day. In his later life he resided in Ypsilanti and would drive over to see us occasionally or we would meet with him there.
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| Number of pairs of shoes in your closet? |
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Well, Ron would always say that we needed an extra suitcase for my shoes alone.
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| Number (approx) of emails that you receive in a month? |
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10-15
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| Who do you think the next presidential/vice presidential candidates will be? |
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A few seem to be grooming for this next one, but I really do favor Obama at this point.
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| Have you ever seen anyone born? |
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No
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| Have you ever been on television? |
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No
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| Can the car(s) you drive be described as "SUV", "Hybrid", "Sports Car" or "Sedan"? |
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Cadillac CTS sport version
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| What inscription would you like on your tombstone? |
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Known for kindness of heart & spirit.
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Blast from the past
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