Sue 'Susie' Creswell Walling

2014
Still have Lost & Found Antiques, but it's a lot smaller. Loving the art collecting & researching part ! Volunteer for the Mesa, Police Dept. Finished my taxes !!!!!!:) :)

Santa Barbara,San Diego, Hawaii, Corpus Christi, TX., Long Beach, Monterey, CA., Coronado Island, Washington D.C., Albuquerque, Irvine,CA, Vandenburg Village, CA., Santa Ynez, CA, Solvang CA, Stanley, KS., Stillwell, KS, Colorado Springs, CO, Gilbert, AZ, Mesa, AZ..

Maternal Grandparents were from Boston. G.M.'s family, (the McDonalds), made carriages , and G.F.'s family bought them ! They lived on Milan Ave. (Sperling's house on Milan was the garden, just w. of their home.), ended up on Fletcher Ave - Mother - Catherine Salinger ,"Sally", born in Pasadena Huntington Hosp. - .11/1914 - 11/1985

Paternal grandparents moved from Ill. - Lived in Pomona, Where G.F. was Minister of Pomona Presbyt. Church, ( where Pop, Thaddeus Thacheray III -"Bud" was born - 2/1912), moved to Eagle Rock where G.F. was the founding minister of Eagle Rock Presbyt. Church and a founding member of Occidental College, G.F. died, family moved to San Marino. Pop passed away 2/1980

Parents met at SPHS, Pop, (Bud) class of (1930), and Mom, (Sally) class of (1932).

Married 4/1937 in Pasadena Presbyt. Church.

Pop. - Thaddeus, "Bud", Creswell - 1930
Mom - Catherine, "Sally", Salinger Creswell - 1932
Me - Susan, "Susie", Creswell - 1956
Cousin - Elizabeth, "Betsy", Birdsey - 1956
Sister - Cynthia, "Cindy", Creswell - 1964
Sister - Mary Creswell, 1966

Bob Sutherland (AZ) Betsy Birdsey Fraser-Smith,(cousin),Les Thompson ,Barb Wilson (Amber Starr),(AZ), Gerald Gause, Tony Turpin, Betsy Yarges, Jack Hartman, Bergy Bergren, Ann Tait, Ann Kuhlmlan,

I had the privilege and the fun of speaking with many of my classmates, as I spent several yrs. finding them for our 50th class reunion & helping Bill Peters '53 with the Alumnae Volumes

So.Fletcher Ave., where I grew up had a big share of SPHS Grads! The Ottos, the Bullocks, the Whitehouses, the Jahiers, the Cariffes,the Smiths,the Bertches, the McDonalds , the Buckleys, the Kennans, and the Whipples the Goekins,and the Snyders, and that's just off the top of my head !! I'm sure I've missed a
bunch!

My great memories of SPHS start with my parents and the classes of'30 & '32 right on thru to '56. I had some of the same teachers as my parents had, and also had some teachers that went to school with my parents !

To this day, (and I've lived all over), I've never met a more supportive group of people than SPHS ! Parents, teachers, and students !

I loved the way my parents stayed in touch with their SPHS classmates all their lives !! They stayed the very best of friends literally forever !

Rosie Distefano Gardner's Mother used to babysit my Mother !!

Ann Kuhlman Moats's grandparents were my
grandparents best friends!

I loved the Pep Club activities, painting posters, being involved in HS elections, the Senior Play, Dance, etc.

With 4 children I was involved in so many diverse things through the years ! Because we moved so often I kept getting "tagged" by the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4H, PTA, Athletic Boosters, Debate Boosters, Band Boosters - you name it !! :) :) I think "I've raised more money than the law allows !"

Now I live in a 55+ golfing village in AZ, and am having fun !

2014 - youngest Grandchild, (Sarah's Christopher), graduating from HS.


Sam's daughter, Michelle, getting married this summer.

Bob's wife having kidney transplant in May. Her bros. kidney lasted for 30+ yrs. & she is about to get one from her younger sister.

2011
I still buy and sell small antiques and art .With the market as slow as it is, I have had more time to enjoy the art I've bought to sell :):) :)

2014
Lost & Found Antiques is coming alive again ! The market is finally improving & I'm having fun w the art side of it ! Loving buying & selling & researching artist's bios !!

Enjoying my kids, grand kids, great grand kids !!!!!!!:) :)

Jan. 2015 - First great grand son - Zane Walling - son of Jon Walling, & grand son of Bob Walling !!

2017 - Feb. - Another great grand son :) Michelle & Jeremy Holman had Tyler. Michelle is the daughter of Sam Jr.#2 son.

2014 - Enjoying my kids & grandkids (all in CA), my art buying & selling, Arizona weather, my Meet Up,( East Valley Solo Seniors), my yard, my convertible, my independence, my health. my books, my friends & neighbors, my time to myself, my newly found cousin, Suzanne, & my little white puppy !

My all time favorite has to be John Denver !!! I "feel" his music, and loved Colorado !

I love classical music, jazz & some country

Read any & everything & am delighted to have the time & the eyesight !!

The longer I live, the luckier I know I am to have gone to SPSMHS !!