Michael Duane Stafford

    From 50th Anniversary booklet  May 29, 2011

  Spouse:  Marina

Children:  (3) Vicki, 41; Michelle, 40; and Brittany, 25

Grand Children:  Jon and Tama

Interests/Hobbies/What I've been doing the past 50 years:  I've been a school teacher, Worked in Retail Business, Manufacturing Business and I've been a developer and  in Real Estate Management.

I love to fish, hunt, ski and Christian Music.

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From our 2008 get together

 1.  Name and city/state where you live - Oakhurst, CA but moving to Donnelly, Idaho (population 138).

        2.  Spouse's name and where he/she was born - Marina was born in Burbank, CA

        3.  How/where did you meet your spouse - On the beach in Manhattan Beach, CA

        4.  Your occupation before retirement - In Order: School Teacher, Sold Ice Cream at the beach, Did people's laundry, Bought and Sold used furniture from a rented garage, Retail Antique Store, Mail Order Business, Built and Installed wrought iron gates, Another Retail Store, Furniture Manufacturing, Horse Breeder, House Trader, Ski Patrol, Operated Heavy Equipment, House Builder, Vinyl Fence Business, Real Estate Developer, Church Piano Player, 

        5.  Did you attend college or special schooling - Dana until the savings ran out then Univ of NE at Lincoln.  UCLA

        6.  Your spouse's occupation before retirement - housewife

        7.  Favorite place (city/state) where you have lived and why - Manhattan Beach, CA: Huge Eucalyptus Trees, close to the beach, never hot.  OR  Palos Verdes, CA: horses and swimming pool with ocean views  OR Oakhurst, CA: Moderate weather with easy access to the 14,000' High Sierra Mountains

        8.  How many children, if any - 3

        9.  Grandchildren - 3

        10.  Special hobbies - Traveling, Hunting, Fishing, Missions.  Keeping track of Jary Morgan and Joe Butts.

        11.  Any other details you care to share - I do not believe we evolved by accident from monkeys; therefore, we must have been created for a purpose.  Seeking and fulfilling that purpose is a full time endeavor.  Once discovered, peace comes with that knowledge and the fulfillment becomes the only reason for life.

 

 

 

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