Merilee Hargraves Trudel

I WORKED IN THE MEDICAL FIELD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS THEN WHEN TO WORK FOR THE SCHOOLS AS AN AID. RETIRED IN 95' WISH I HAD CONTINUED WITH THE MEDICAL FIELD.

SOUTH PASADENA, ALHAMBRA,GRANADA HILLS, WEST PALMDALE.

MY FAMILY LIVED AT 740 GARFIELD ST IN SO PAS. WHEN WE CAME TO CALIFORNIA IN 1941 WE MOVED TO FAIRVIEW NEXT DOOR TO THE TELLISONS FIRST BEFORE MOVING TO GARFIELD ST. LIVED NEXT TO MARGIE SWENSON AND JUDIE SWINK AND ANDY STAPLES. UP THE ST WAS DANNY WILSHIRE. HAD LOT'S OF MEMORIES FROM SO. PAS. MY BIGGEST REGREAT WAS NOT FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL. I WENT ON TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE MY TWO BOYS THEN DIVORCED AND REMARRIED AT 26 YEARS OLD TO GAETAN. HAVE HAD A GREAT LIFE WITH HIM AND HE HAS RAISE MY BOYS LIKE HIS OWN. I AM NOW RECOVERING FROM OPEN HEART SURGERY AND DOING GREAT.

I HAVE FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR GRADUATED FROM SO.PAS HIGH. JACK, BOB, BILL, AND JIM HARGRAVES. SISTER PATRICIA 1956 THEY ARE ALL ALIVE AND WELL. MY BROTHER JOHN ROBERT LIVED IN NEW YORK FROM MY FATHERS FIRST MARRIAGE.

SYBIL RASKIN 58 JESSIE HUEHN`58 SUE VAN HOUTON 58 RITA FLOREZ 57 TOM CORSO 60 ROB CLYDE 1959 AND MANY MORE.

I HAVE SO MANY. MR TEWKSBURY WAS MY FAVORITE TEACHER. I THINK ALL THE GIRLS HAD A CRUSH ON HIM. LOL FUNNY MEMORY WAS I HAD TO TAKE SOMTHING OVER TO THE BOYS GYM FROM MY CLASS ROOM AND SAW MR GREEN NAKED WEIGHTING HIMSELF ON THE SCALE. I RAN BACK TO CLASS AND IT'S HAUNTED ME EVER SENSE. LOL

MY ACCOMPLISMENTS IN LIFE WAS FIRST BEING A MOM AND I HOPE A GOOD WIFE. LIFE CHANGING WAS MAKING IT THROUGH OPEN HEART SURGERY. LIFE IS GOOD.

I LOVE WALKING AND GARDENING AND BEING ON MY COMPUTER IS FUN. GOING OUT WITH OUR FRIENDS AND BOATING. DECORATING THE HOUSE. CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DR TO LET ME GO BACK TO THE GYM. I LOVE THE TREADMILL AND BIKE AND DOING SOME WEIGHTS. DOESN'T HELP THOUGH. LOL

I LOVE MUSIC AND IT'S A BIG PART IN MY FAMILY. MY SON SINGS AND I SING AROUND THE HOUSE AND MY NEHEWS PLAY GUITAR AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER JORDAN SINGS IN SCHOOL PLAYS. SHE IS TAKING AFTER HER DADDY. MY BROTHER JOHN HARGRAVES MEHUE HAS BEEN PERFORMING IN NEW ORLEANS FOR MANY YEARS AND ALL OVER THE WORLD PLAYING THE CLARINET AND HAD A STROKE TWO YEARS AGO SO HIS CAREER ENDED.

MY FAVORITE SHOWS ARE DESPERATE HOUSEWIFE'S, DEXTER, AMERICANS GOT TALENT, AMERICAN IDOL, AND GLENN BECK... BOOKS I HAVEN'T READ ANY LATLEY. RATIO...I LOVE 640 AM JOHN AND KEN...AND OLDIES BUT GOODIES AND COUNTY WESTERN. AND JAZZ.

WORKING IN MY YOUNGER YEARS AND TAKING CARE OF MY FAMILY AND GOING TO CAR SHOWS. WATER SKING UP UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT STILL TAKING OUT OUR BOAT TO THE RIVER. MY HUSBAND GATE JUST WON AGAIN FOR BEST 60 CORVETTE. HE NEEDS A EXTRA ROOM FOR ALL HIS TROUPHY'S.