Oak Park River Forest High School

Ellen Starkey (Ribe)

Birthday:June 20, 1952 City:West Chicago State/Prov.:IL Occupation:Chaplain Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3

From Ellen:It's been a wild ride. Armed with a BA from Kenyon College, went to teach math at Episcopal High School in Florida. Married a guy from Alabama, moved into the exciting world of IT and back to River Forest and Oak Park, then out to the hinterlands. Had 3 kids along the way. Got my MDiv from Northern Seminary and ordained in the UCC in 2007, did a chaplain residency at Loyola University Medical Center...and am now working as the chaplain at the DuPage Convalescent Center...7 minutes from home. Kids are far afield: Christopher (32) in Florida (IT, wouldn't you know), Elizabeth (28) in Germany working on her PhD in Computer Science, and James (20) majoring in Computer Science at St Olaf in Minnesota - and singing in the choir. Oh! and 3.4 grandchildren.

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Dean Sterling

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Birthday:April 13, 1952 City:Walnut State/Prov.:CA Occupation:Sales Website:www.velocityvehiclegroup.com Marital Status:Married No. of Children:1

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Gerry Sullivan

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Birthday:January 15, 1952 City:Chicago State/Prov.:IL Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3

From Gerry:Along with my husband Gerry Sullivan, hello and enjoy the reunion! Gerry wishes he could join everybody but health issues preclude him from attending.
Gerry Sullivan & Liz Nicholson Sullivan

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Eric Swanson

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Birthday:April 07, 1952 City:Oak Park State/Prov.:IL Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Married No. of Children:5

From Eric:I stayed in Oak Park after graduation and attended UIC completing at Bachelors degree in Biology in 1975. While in school I started working at M&M Mars in 1972. It was a great place to work and I grew with the business until my retirement in 2007. In the meantime I married my high school sweetheart Peggy Edwalds (OPRF '69) in 1974 and we had 5 kids who are all graduates of OPRF. We are now grandparents of 6 beautiful children and are lucky to spend quality time with all of them. We also love to travel and volunteer our time to local organizations.

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Janet Swenson (Rubin)

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Birthday:May 24, 1952 City:Hemet Occupation:Retired Oncology Nurse Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

From Janet:

It is amazing to think that it has been 40 years since graduation. After raising our children in Libertyville, IL my wonderful husband of 38 years and I have retired and moved to sunny Southern California. Life continues to be good ... :-)

Elizabeth tieman (anderson)

Birthday:April 07, 1951 City:Lake in the Hills State/Prov.:IL Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3

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William Till

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Birthday:November 06, 1952 City:Lake Havasu City State/Prov.:AZ Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Married

From William:After graduation I served a 5 year apprenticeship in moldmaking and machining, and went on to work 42 years in the die cast mold and aerospace machining trades. I got married to Melanie in 1983, and we will be married 38 years this coming December. We never had children, and after living 38 years in Illinois, we both got fed up with the lousy weather and high taxes in Illinois, and moved to Arizona in 1991.

We spent 6 years living in Lake Havasu City, then moved to the Phoenix (Glendale) area in 1997. I retired in December 2014, and have not woke up to an alarm clock since. In July of 2019 we purchased a home, and moved back to Lake Havasu, where we both continue to enjoy retirement. It was really nice getting away from big city living for good. Especially today with the way the large cities are getting so crazy. We both really love the desert Southwest. We spend a lot of time on the range shooting most anything that goes bang. Hard to believe I'm 68 years old. Time really flies.

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Jim Tondelli

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Birthday:February 18, 1952 City:San Diego State/Prov.:CA Occupation:Retired traveler/winemaker Marital Status:Married No. of Children:1

From Jim:I moved to CA in 1986, started a mortgage company my son now runs. I have a small vineyard wher I grow Italian varietals and spend a few month a year in Italy with the love of my life.

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Steven Weinstein

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Birthday:May 27, 1952 City:Highland Park State/Prov.:IL Occupation:Investment Adviser Website:www.altairadvisers.com Marital Status:Separated No. of Children:2

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Susan Wiedow (Giorango)

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Birthday:November 10, 1952 City:River Forest State/Prov.:IL Occupation:Homemaker Marital Status:Widowed No. of Children:3

From Susan:Lots of names of people I can't wait to see! I'm sure Claudia Nelson Frey and I have the best situation, as our kids are married to one another and we share 2 beautiful grandchildren! We all still live in the area so I'll have 5th generation oprf graduates in the next 15-20 years.

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