Lee Russell Hamel

Profile Updated: April 30, 2010
Class of 1973
Currently residing In Scottsdale, AZ USA
My Website & Facebook/Media www.linkedin.com/in/nancyhamel
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twitter.com/nancyrhamel
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Spouse/Partner Dennis Hamel
Children, Grandchildren Sons: Joss Rogers, Dan Rogers, Cody Raskin, Alex Raskin. Stepson: Christopher Hamel. Stepdaughter: Meghan More…Hamel Carchide. Granchildren: Austin & Tanner Rogers, Kate & Reagan Rogers, Madeline Raskin, Ryan Hamel, Trey Carchide.
Occupation Title Marketing Management
Current Paid Member of SPHSAA

Through 2023. See Home Page for easy payment options.

Occupation(s), Career Details

Executive administration, legal assistant, office manager, marketing assistant & manager. All pretty boring stuff... except that I am a published author for articles and editorials written. Still hoping for the novel to be published...

Other South Pasadena schools I also attended

Las Flores Elementary
Marengo Elementary
South Pasadena Junior High

Different places I have lived

South Pasadena, Pasadena, Glendale, Santa Monica, Woodland Hills, Agoura Hills. Moved to Scottsdale Arizona in 1993.

Family history living in South Pasadena

Grandparents on both sides moved to SP when my parents were very young. My father and his family lived on Orange Grove, at the northwest corner of the Pasadena Freeway. My mother and her family lived on Marengo, next door to the Marengo Elementary school auditorium. When the school expanded they bought my grandparent's property and tore down that house.

My grandfather on my mother's side was drafted into the Army Corps of Engineers in 1942, and moved to South Pasadena from Santa Cruz to work for Monitor Electronics, building radio components for the Army. He remained at Monitor after the war and worked there until he retired.

My grandfather on my father's side owned an Auto Repair company named Russell's Garage, in Bell, CA. After selling the business he went to work in the insurance industry and worked as an adjuster until he retired.

Both grandmothers were stay-at-home moms.

My parents were married in 1949 and moved into an apartment over the garage of my father's parents home. They lived there until 1955, when I was born. They then moved to a small duplex on Pasadena Avenue, and about a year later purchased our home on the southeast corner of Mission and Garfield, where we lived my entire childhood. My parents moved to a house on Columbia, across the street from Grace Terrace in the 1980s.

My oldest son Joss moved back to South Pasadena after he finished college and lived in the Grace Mansion (now split into separate apartments) for a few years. His apartment was the original dining room of the mansion and was quite spectacular. Joss and his family now own a home on Grand Avenue.

Family members who also went to SPHS

Mom and Dad both went to South Pas Jr. High and High School. Met at a High School dance and were married in 1949. Both my brothers and I went to Las Flores, Marengo, SPJrHS, and SPHS. My oldest son, Joss Rogers now lives on Grand Avenue, and his daughters, Kate and Reagan, are attending elementary school in South Pas.

Other SPHS graduates I keep in touch with are:

Whoever I can find here and on Facebook!

School Memories

Ooooh...have to think about this one.
Cornuts in class (try eating them quietly), and warm butter cookies at brunch. Hamburgers out of the vending machine in Junior High. So nutritious....HA.

Milestones & Epiphanies

I am most proud of my four boys and their accomplishments. Joss is the Director of Product Development and Creative Services for Sony, Dan is a Firefighter and Paramedic in Big Bear, CA, Cody is just completing his doctorate in AstroPhysics at ASU (Google Cody Raskin... he owns the first two pages), and Alex is an artist, landscaper, aquatic designer, and home remodeler in Seattle, WA. I'm also pretty proud of the fact that after raising my four boys I returned to school and graduated from Arizona State University in 1998 with my Bachelor's in English. I then continued with my education (while working) and finished my MBA in Marketing in 2006.

Pastimes & Hobbies

Anything with art - drawing, painting, scrapbooking, card making, rubber-stamping... Also love to sew, crochet, knit, quilt. Latest hobby is social media, which is also supposed to be my job...but it is just too much fun to feel like work. Love to read.

Favorite Music, Songs, Bands

The Beatles (forever). Like all kinds of music from classical to country. Favorite song of all is Claire-de-Lune. Always has been, always will be. Especially when my Dad (SPHS '49) played it for me. (Miss you, dad.)

Favorite Books, Magazines, Movies, TV, Websites, YouTubes, etc,

Movies: Avatar!! What could be better than to be transported to another world for three hours? I just keep wanting to go back.

Books: The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, and The Girl Who Knew Too Much. Soon I will add The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest to that list. Too bad we lost Stieg Larson so soon.

TV: Bones. House. NCIS. Two & a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory when I need to laugh.

[Date] What's happening in my life now

I am enjoying being a grandmother most of all! However, I also love my job with Signature Technology Group in Phoenix. It is very diverse and gives me the opportunity to be creative as well as all professional and businessy. I am becoming very active in social networking for my job, which is kind of like playing at work... I just graduated from the Social Media Marketing University and am a "Certified" Social Media Strategist (woo-hoo). I love where technology is taking marketing these days!

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With family in Isle of Palms, 2009. I am second from the right. My husband, Dennis, and his identical twin, Don, are the bookends.
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My granddaughter in the costume I made for her. She has Grama wrapped around her little finger...