Date: Friday, June 02, 2006 9:40 PM

 

First Name       Connie

Last Name       Bernhardt

Maiden Name  George

Spouse s Name            Merle

Address           4503 Sheridan Ave.

City      Loveland

State    CO

Zip Code          80538

Hm Phone        970-667-1926

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E mail   cbernh2443@aol.com

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Narrative:

 

After spending about an hour reading everyone elses biographies, I decided to change mine. I realized I didn't give much info on what I have been doing for 45 years! After high school I worked at Johnson's Corner for two years and met my husband to be there. He was a Colo. Highway Patrolman and stopped in for coffee and lunch occasionally. We were married in 1966 in Denver at the City and County Building by a criminal court judge! He has three children from his first marriage and we have two daughters together. There are ten grandchildren (including step-grandchildren) and five great grandchildren. Each of our daughters has one son. Shelly (a homemaker who lives in Rocky Ford, CO) has Hunter, age four and Michelle (a funeral director for Allnutt Funeral Services in Loveland for 12 years) has Jonathan who will be seventeen in three weeks (June 27). I went to cosmetology school when Michelle started first grade. I graduated in 1975 from Emily Griffith and then worked for Michael of the Carlyle for almost six years as a Manager of their Northglenn Salon. I then opened my own salon, The Master Stylists Inc. in Westminster. I operated there for eight years. In 1989 we moved back to Loveland to retire, but I couldn't stand not working. I went back to work in 1990 and worked thirteen more years at Salon 1941 and Scruples salon. I then retired from there on my 60th birthday. I have been working part time at my home in a salon in my basement that Merle built for me. Merle has been retired from his last self owned business for 13 years. Last November, he was diagnosed with AML (Acute Myelogenous Leukemia) He underwent chemotherapy in December for a week in Presbyterian/St. Luke Hospital in Denver. It did not put him into remission. His options were not very hopeful for any improvement, so he opted to come home for his last months. He is still with me and doing fairly well. We have good and bad days, but are coping as well as we can. I really enjoy the opportunity to work with the reunion committee and plan these shindigs for all of our classmates. Hope you all come and have a great time!

 

I would like to share the following trivia (as described below) with or about my fellow classmates on this Class of 1961 Web Site.

 

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I have a few dear friends who come to me for their haircuts and good conversation. Sally Tretheway Moninger, Joellen Hixson Henthorn, Darla Ellis, Judy Maisch Jacobs (class of 64) and a few years ago, Betty Helzer Medina and Sandy Lange Jensen. Sally, Joellen and Darla live nearby and we have lunch occasionally. Rae Patterson was living here a year ago and she also came for haircuts and joined us for lunches. My best friend for 50 years, Phyllis Henderson, and I have taken a few trips together (Santa Fe and Tucson) and still laugh and talk on the computer almost daily. When Sharen and Karen come home to Loveland to see their Mom, we also make sure to have an afternoon together lunching and reminiscing. I also keep in touch with several other classmates regularly via the computer, Genny Marcon, Charly Bullock, Kurt Fisher, Liane Ellinoff, Nicky Davis, Bill and Diane Zeiler and my good pal Larry Harvey.