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Alexander,
Susan
Allender,
Joan
Aranda,
Martha
Arnold,
Donna
Astorga,
Bob
Baracz, Les
Barnard, John
Benson, Robert
Better, Barbara
Bissell, Sue
Block,
Rick
Bodendofer,
Lelani
Bowman, Linda
Brown, Barbara
Braa, David
Bryant, Dick
Burnett, Linda
Coalson, Richard
Collins, Larry
Comaty, Mike
Cornish, Steve
Cowger, Janet
Cowger, Linda
Cox, Connie
Cox, Jim
Crawford, Leanne
Cunningham, Barbara
Daugherty, Bob
Davis, Kathryn
Davis, Judy
Dayton, Marie
Deem, Sherrie
Dirschl, Darlene
Douglas, Darlene
Drinkard, Mike
Drotar, Gary
Duke, Bennie
Duran, Irma
Ebert, Susan
Eddy, Chris
Ellsworth, Bonnie
Eloe, Dean
Emmons, Carolyn
Endres, David
Evans, Jerry
Evans, Lucy
Evartz, Richard
Evertz, Karen
Eyster, Bonita Lee
Ferris, Betty
Fields, Paul
Fisher, Ronnie
Frederick, Judith Ann
Gherardini, Ray
Glass, Lorna
Gneiser, Mildred
Gregory, Russell Duane
Gueck, Barbara
Gwynne, Duana L.
Haken, Hanna
Harding, Emmett
Harmon, Don
Harmon, Linda
Hartsuiker, Roberta
Henry, Dorothy
Hauschild, Connie
Hileman, John
Hills, Max
Hines, Tish
Hooper, Brenda
Huffstutler, Sheralyn
Hurd, Ann
James, Stanley
Jarboe, Dianne
Jarboe, Joe
Jarman, Jacquelyn
Johnson, Leonard
Kahler, Ceclia
Kaiser, Stanley
Keating, Jackie
Keeling, Pat
Kerstiens, Fred
Kling, Shirley
Krems, Gale
Lay, Bill
Lay, Tom
Levine, Bruce
Lewallen, Roy
Lingle, Ross
Lucas, Luke
Mares, Josie
Mavromatis, Jean
McGrew, David
McIntosh, Steve
Medina, Evelyn
Michalow, Richard
Miller, Frances Lee
Millie, Marsue
Morrison, Henry
Neitzel, Darlene Gay
Nelson, Clint
Nelson, Steve
Niemeyer, Richard Lee
Niquette, Karen
Novosad, Bill
Orcutt, Steve
Parker, Karen
Parsons, Linda
Phetteplace, Gilbert D.
Polivka, William D.
Portice, Tom
Railton, Judy
Randall, John
Reames, Claudia
Rhodes, Dave
Leroy Richardson
Rigli, Douglas
Rowe, Rick L.
Saich, Beverly
Sandstedt, Dale
Schilling, Don F.
Schneider, Mike
Schoske, Patricia
Scholz, Bob
Schuster, Jerry
Sebern, Harry
Lola Seger
Shaw, Connie
Sherva, Kathy
Shiramizu, Gary
Showell, Glen
Sides, Donna
Simon, Deanna
Small, Jeanette
Smith, Bob
Simmons, John
Smith, Don
Spencer, Sandra
Spring, Patricia Jean
Stabler, Don
Stansbery, Carole
Steinshouser, Linda
Stiers, Philip Don
Strausheim, Retta
Sweeney, Eva
Thayer, Keith
Thiel, Mike
Tudek, John
Van der Werff, Leland
Vaughn, Judith
Warner, Ellen Dae
West, Marvin
Wetzel, Susan
White, Bob
Willis, Larry
Wilson, Dianne
Winchip, Gerald
Winckel, Gary
With, Sandy
Witherell, Jim
Wilson, Emily
Wood, Paul
Woodruff, Vandy
Wright, Diane
Wulff, Olene
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Lorna Glass
1963 Yearbook Photo |
 Photographed at the reunion dinner |
First Name: Lorna
Middle Name: Virginia
Maiden Name: Glass
Last Name: Kissinger
Current Address: 9632 E. Aspen Hill Circle
Lone Tree, CO. 80124
Home Phone: 303-290-6249
Office Phone: Same as above
E-mail address: Ripplemom@aol.com
I was very lucky to start right out of college into a wonderful job at the Governor’s Office here in Denver, Colorado as Governor’s Assistant Secretary. It was wonderful on-the-job training and also paid well. I give a lot of credit to Lloyd Campbell, Shirley Chab, Dorothy Nathan and Katherine Brogan who played extremely important roles in training me for the “real world” after leaving Alameda High School When I left the Governor’s Office, I worked for John King who was a very successful Denver oilman but ended up going to jail for fraud and is now deceased. It was great while it lasted (only a year). I got to travel around the country on the company Lear Jet and go to exciting places when we put on our seminars. When that job ended, I landed the position of Secretary to the President of a large independent oil company near the Denver Tech Center. Unbeknownst to me at the time, my boss would eventually become my father-in-law. I worked at Kissinger Petroleum Corporation for a couple of years before Gene came onboard as a landman. Gene and I worked together for a year or so before “discovering” each other and falling in love. Since we became fodder for the office gossip, “boss’s son and boss’s secretary,” I consequently lost my job but my future father-in-law found me another job as secretary to the president of another oil company. I worked there two years and then Gene and I married in 1977.
We had both a wonderful first year of marriage as well as a tragic year. I happily became pregnant with our daughter in April of 1978. Just weeks later, Gene’s 21-year old brother who was a student at CU in Boulder (smart, rich, good looking, had a long-time girlfriend) shot and killed himself. That threw the family into a whole new set of dynamics. The entire family spent much of the summer together which in itself was almost too much. Over Labor Day Weekend, Gene’s father (my ex-boss) and another brother (age 18) were killed in a deep sea fishing accident in Baja, Mexico. A surviving brother (age 16) was washed ashore unconscious and later had a stroke that left him paralyzed on one side and unable to speak. After years of therapy, he has regained some measure of speech.
Okay, speeding it up about 30 years, we are celebrating our 26th year of marriage this year and what a glorious time it’s been. We have two adult children who both graduated from small Christian colleges on the West Coast. Our 24-year old daughter Mandy graduated from Azusa Pacific University just outside of Pasadena, California cum laude with a double B.A. in Christian Ministry and English. Our 23-year old son, JJ, graduated cum laude from Seattle Pacific University last spring with a B.A. in Christian Ministry and is now a recruiter for his college. He thinks he might eventually go into “camp ministry” and was a camp counselor for two summers while in college.
No marriages yet (although one is planned for this October for our newly engaged daughter Mandy) and no grandchildren. JJ says he’s not getting married until he’s 30, so we’ll see…
After the oil business kind of fell apart in the early 80’s, my husband got involved in ministry. He started as a volunteer on the Missions Committee and eventually became an Elder in the church and then Director of Missions for the past 15 years. He earned his Master’s Degree in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. His job really relates to training and sending out both short- and long-term missionaries all over the world. As a result, we have traveled all over the world visiting our missionaries in the field which is always an eye-opener! We have stories that could take days to tell…
As far as favorite songs in high school, I remember the sock hops we had at the skating rink up by the A&W on Alameda and Pierce. I loved those “teen nights”. Also at the cabana(?) at the South Ball Park on South Harlan between Alameda and Mississippi. I remember songs like “Put Your Head on my Shoulder” and “Born Too Late.” I also remember having a birthday/slumber party in my senior year and all of the senior girls were invited. We went to Lakeside Amusement Park as I recall and had a small accident in Barbara Brown’s car. We had the radio blasting, “It’s My Party And I’ll Cry If I Want To!”
I do a lot of volunteer work for our church which is quite large. We have about 9,000 attending. I transcribe all of our senior pastor’s sermons and have done that for more than 15 years. I also co-edited a book for him last year. It’s called “The Battle Within” and deals with the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Cardinal Virtues. I also have an e-mail “encouragement” ministry to our missionaries in the field. Again, thanks to Shirley Chab, I still type over 100 words per minute.
As far as “What do I want to do with the rest of my life…” , that’s a toughie. I would have to say that I just want to “keep on keeping on.” I look forward to planning the upcoming wedding of our daughter for this fall. Gene will walk her down the aisle and then turn around and perform the service. That should be a real tearjerker in itself! I’ve said before, “If I die in an hour, I would say ‘Thank you, God. It’s been a wonderful life!’”