John Schatzman

30 years at twin disc,ret age 48 ; 18 yrs in transportation, 15 with milw co transit . Volunteer vet ,1966-1970 including one vol tour in viet nam . reunited with high school " schatzie " and fellow classmate darlene morgan . We married and soon after I began college while working 6 days a week ;fast track-6 years grad with b.s. in bus.mgt/ uw-parkside . The true love of my life , Darlene as a registered nurse , allowed me extra time on alternating weekends with our kids . I've had grandkids living in our home for most of the recent 21 years so , though difficult at times , there were special bonds made to cherish . Until retirement again at age 66 after 48 straight years I actually have a life.The last 17 years kept me away 14-16 hours a day . Also I now have some time to pursue my passion for the family tree work (genealogy ) that was derailed so long . The average person may have zero interest in his roots nor know grandma's maiden name yet find a mild interest in my findings of my relationships to 19 u.s. presidents, Walt Disney , Wright brothers , Amelia Earhard ,John Wayne ,12th cousin to Elvis ,Mark Twain , declaration signers ,Mayflower , Charlmagne , Royals and kings of Britt isles , france, spain ,norway, sweden , germania in 1st century and King of Jerusalem during the crusades for a few examples .Cool as these are , I honor the many volunteers in wars to establish and preserve our country ; I honor those 10's of thousands of forebears who were non-famous but worked,struggled,raised families,gave up the "old country " for this new one of ours . Without just ONE of those ancestors, I wouldn't be here ! I cherish the ever growing love of Darlene, the greatest of all my blessings !

low key ; industrial arts that led me to 30-yrs with twin disc,inc retiring at age 48 .I loved going for perfect attendence ;Excelled where I made effort but, more so outside of school . some funny stories to me are :1st in telling to my kids and grandkids that gauls Darlene yet is how hard she worked for her "A" in senior english while had 3 straight "F" quarters and raised mine to a "B" after Mr.parker let me know that to pass the class I'd have to pass all the work of the 2nd semester ! Well I got crackin' . A second humorous ,again to me, in welding class at "Con" school on center st. I accidentally turned the torch on my hand , turning it to what looked like jelly after I shoved my hand into the cooling tank and causing a stench of burned flesh . I walked home where mom gave me a home remedy of hydrogen peroxide and no bandage .I walked back to Park in time for 3rd hour (told you above I tried for perfect attendance) So I showed some girls my "owie" who "ewed", "yukked", and one nearly belched her breakfast !

Keith Tschumper who appreciated my tallents

I don't leave it .I would miss shoveling snow.