Home - Klamath Falls,
OR
541-850-0777
University of Iowa, BA,
Feb 5, 1967
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Married Lynne Sausser-
Peoria, Feb 11, 1967
Daughter-Ali Claire,
Des Moines, 1970
Son-Timothy William,
Minneapolis 1975
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67-73-Peace Corps
Service-Brazil volunteer to Washington D.C. manager
74-97- Portland Cement
Industry General Management career
98-08-
semi-retired-adviser to construction materials and start-up
companies
Lynne and I share
family and the outdoors when not doing business or remodeling our mostly older
homes. Winter horseback rides when I sold feeder cattle in North Liberty,
camping in Brazilian "matto", and with our children- spending Thanksgiving
climbing in the Cascades, and Christmas sailing the waters of Puget Sound on
"Wings of the Morning".
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Daughter, Ali Hooper-
lived next door with husband, Patrick (high school sweet heart, Annapolis grad
and MBA) and granddaughters, Michaela 12,Hana 10, and Laine 6, but job as Vp-GM
took family to Shanghai in 2006 so now we see them several weeks annually on
U.S. visits and our trip to China. We celebrated her 1994 wedding with a route
on Mt Baker.
Son, Dr Timothy Wilkins
is a resident M.D. in Redding, CA.- Parent's day with Tim was climbing the third
flatiron, and spring break was an ascent of Pingora in the Cirque of the Towers.
We now climb and boat near Mt Shasta, Castle Crags, and Crater Lake on days he's
not working. He and fiancée, Heather will marry in July after reuniting at
ten-year high school reunion.
We enjoy sisters, Holly
Stork (born in my sophomore year) locally and her husband, Dave and their 4
sons, and Linda (class of 1963) in Bend (2 daughters & 5 nieces and
nephews), and Bill Jr. (class of 1959) in Spokane (daughter, son & niece).
Lynne's mother, Lois and niece, Grace reside in St Petersburg.
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We have visited Latin
America, Europe and Asia on business and pleasure, and enjoyed the spectacular
beauty of these United States. We appreciate early lithographs of the west by
Carl Bodmer, George Caitlin, and A.F Tait, along with wood cuts of Norwegian
artist Gustav Vigeland and a Milford Zorne's watercolor. We're still hiking and
canoeing in our 38-year-old Grumman despite Lynne's total knee replacement.
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We attended the 15-year
reunion. During 1990s visited Tom Clapsaddle, Peta (Baskett) Ressler, Nancy
(Baum) Crosby in San Diego, and Joan (Brownstone) DiAntonio in St Louis, and a
few others when I worked for Northwestern States Portland cement. We intended to
make 45th, but Lynne had knee surgery in February so we opted for China in
October to see daughter's family. Hope to make 50th.
If heading this way,
let us know. Crater Lake is spectacular, and near-by Ashland has excellent
Shakespeare Theater. View thousands of Tundra Swans, and waterfowl during
migrations.
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Lynne has been wife and
true companion 41 years. My dad, Bill Wilkins Sr. said," are you crazy," when I
asked her to marry me, and several years later said, ".she's one in a mill. no.
she's one in a billion, son!" She might have left me in Paraiba do Sul, Brazil
in 1968, but the bus only came every three days, so we made up and now it's
2008.
...
Nat King Cole, "Nature
Boy".
