Jeanne traveled 500 miles to attend the 50th class reunion. She has three children, one stepchild and five grandchildren. Her favorite teacher at WPHS was Mr. Weisenburger because he made history fun. Her hobby is making semi-precious jewelry. Her favorite sports are basketball and football. She has a miniature pincher named Scooter. Jeanne's favorite vacation spot is Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Jeanne is proud to add that her jewelry was recently featured in Southern Distinction Magazine. Her favorite memories of WPHS are the "...sock hops in the gym, Daytona Beach, Oklahoma, hanging out with Lynne Ricks, Mary Carter and Connie Shoup and the Miss Winter Park Contest of 1961."
Source: WPHS Class of 1961 - 50th Reunion Questionnaire

Update August 1, 2017

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From: Jean Stanley [mailto:jstanley21062@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 9:50 PM
To: webmaster@wphsalumni-1961.com
Subject: Jeanne Williams Stanley update

Hi Anne:Here's a quick update. In August 2015 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. They did a lumpectomy and treated it with radiation. PTL, I'm cancer free. With all those treatments I decided to retire from selling real estate. My energy level was low for several months so it proved to be the right decision. On September 1st, 2016, our house in Keaton Beach got flooded when Hurricane Hermine swept in off the Gulf. We lost everything in the house. Unfortunately we couldn't afford flood insurance so it was a devastating loss. We've been working with FEMA for some financial help but it's not nearly enough to repair and replace everything that was damaged. Roy is doing most of the repairs himself so it's going pretty slowly.

On a sunny note: when it's finished, we will have a "new" house. In the meantime we are living with our daughter in Athens (GA) until we can move back in our home again. Tell everyone I said hello. Love, Jeanne

Terry and his wife Nancy live in Oviedo, Florida, so their commute to the 50th class reunion was very short. Terry has two children and three grandchildren. He told us his favorite WPHS teacher is "...Bill Gordon - made it possible for me to go to college. Paid my SAT fee." Terry lists his hobbies as sports, TV, reading and fixing things. His favorite sport is golf. (We were all very happy to see Terry and Nancy for the 50th class reunion weekend.)
Source: WPHS Class of 1961 - 50th Reunion Questionnaire

Richard traveled 600 miles to attend the 50th class reunion. He has two children and no grandchildren. Richard told us his favorite teach is Ed Hotaling - because of his love of literature and sense of humor/irony. His favorite hobby is hiking. He told us that his favorite vacation or vacation spot is the U.K. Left on his bucket list is to travel northern Italy and New Zealand.
Source: WPHS Class of 1961 - 50th Reunion Questionnaire

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DID YOU KNOW? (as of 2006)
Husband: Tracy
Children: Todd & Laura; 1 granddaughter
Present work and/or activities: I currently work in home health.
Bio: After high school, I attended Salem College (a women's college in Winston-Salem, N.C.), Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and graduated in 1965 from the University of Florida. I earned a B.S. degree in Nursing. I was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority at SMU and the University of Florida (along with Pat Stephenson and Susan Chase from our WPHS class). I was honored to be Sweetheart of Kappa Sigma fraternity at Sewanee: The University of the South. After college graduation, I obtained a job as a nurse at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Grady Hospital was a large, inner-city hospital/trauma center and teaching hospital for Emory University School of Medicine. I loved my job--and loved Atlanta--a stunningly beautiful city! I came back to Winter Park, got a job, and in 1969 met and married my husband, Tracy. We have lived in several cities in the Southeast, including tiny St. Cloud, the community near Kissimmee. We have two children. Our married son Todd (no grandchildren yet) works as an Assets Allocation Analyst in the financial industry. Our daughter, Laura, formerly a student, is married to a PhD candidate at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy. Her husband aspires to be a pharmaceutical research scientist. His research work to complete the doctoral dissertation involves Alzheimer's disease. They have one toddler, a little daughter who is 1 1/2 years old, and expect a second child in late spring.
Future plans and goals: I hope to be able to retire some day---and learn quilting. Additionally, I would like to get back to oil painting which I so enjoyed years ago. And----I would like to raise roses!

Nancy lives here in Orlando. She developed 'shingles' just before the reunion and was unable to attend. She did have her 50th reunion questionnaire completed and on file, however. Nancy has two children and two grandchildren. She told us her favorite WPHS teacher is "...Mrs. Blickman as she encouraged my interest in reading Russian novelists such as Dostoevsky, etc....and indeed in being a life-long reader. I wish to add Mr. Creech as well for his being responsible for my interest in government and the history of our nation...." Hobbies include cross stitching, needlepoint, reading and would love to get back to oil painting. Her favorite vacation spot is the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina - her home state - as I am a "Tar Heel". Nancy told us that she was chosen to be Sweetheart of Kappa Sigma fraternity at Sewanee - the University of the South. Nancy has added the following...."I recall being so moved and emotional on that hot, humid evening at Mead Gardens when our class, the Class of 1961, graduated. To see all of our classmates with whom we had been friends and acquaintances for many years - and now moving on in life - was very, very poignant and deeply affecting."
Source: WPHS Class of 1961 - 50th Reunion Questionnaire