I was introduced to my wife of 45 years, Judy Andrews, in 1958, by my high school best friend John Pronsky, a fellow classmate. We lived in the Cromwell, Middletown area until we relocated to Naples, Florida in 1990.
We have two children, Karen who lives in Virginia and has one daughter Katie, and David Thomas, Tommy to us but Dave to all his friends, and his wife Maria who reside in Connecticut and has 4 daughters.
As many know, I've been a Realtor since the early '70's. I continue in my work efforts, now located in Naples as the Broker for Premier Properties of Southwest Florida, Inc., located on the web at Premier-Properties.com We are the leading upscale residential broker in Naples representing primarily multi-million dollar properties. Hard to relate to from my humble beginnings in Cromwell !
Judy, now retired for over two years from her career in banking, served in multiple positions from Branch Manager to Vice President. She continually encourages me to retire and I haven't reached that decision yet, but getting closer as the time goes by.
We've been fortunate to enjoy good health thus far and have managed to get some traveling under our belt. (Judy has GREAT plans for upcoming trips which we always enjoy.) We travel back to CT usually for family functions, weddings, graduations and of course funerals, but usually don't spend a lot of time in the area. Of course we MUST drive past some of our old haunts like past homes we've owned, Marino's Restaurant, the remains of O'Rourke's Diner and Hillside Dairy in East Hampton, the home of the "Wingding" ice cream treat, to name a few.
It is certainly interesting to see former classmates [on this reunion site] and how the years have treated them. I recall my mother's 40th class reunion and as I recall, I thought she was old. Since I am well beyond that I suppose I should give some consideration to my own standing, HOWEVER, since I have yet to age, at least in my own mind................! though from my picture you can see that I too have joined the follicly challenged hair club as have many of my former classmates.