Kathleen Susan Kinberg Wilson

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Retired from 25 yrs as medical administrator 2000; worked 3 yrs construction in Louisiana on Katrina devastation; returned to medical billing and coding at FRRH in Eagle Lake, ME Mar 2012 (am loving it!); lived in Walla Walla, WA; Anchorage, AK; Portland, OR; Sitka, AK (again, 1984-1989); Chepachet, RI; Lincoln and now Eagle Lake, Maine; grandmother for 22 yrs; living 17 miles from Canadian Border in Northern Maine near youngest daughter Morgan and grandchildren Payton and Paxton; addicted genealogist. Visited Sitka in 2010 for the first time in 8 yrs and was amazed at all the changes while so much still remains the same! Go by the name Kaycie.

I always have such a feeling of nostalgia when I return to Sitka (which is about every 8 yrs). It lives in my heart everywhere I live (and I've moved often). There are too many gray days for me, but I love the small town community. I believe that I will never feel truly at home anywhere else, but I keep moving and looking. There is nothing like being on the waters around Sitka and fishing!

My first marriage to Rick Coyle lasted 7 yrs (with 2 sons) mostly in Anchorage (Rick died in 2011). When that waned I move to Portland, OR and met my 2nd husband who has put up with me for 35 yrs! (He has awards for that!) He had two children that filled the 3 1/2 yr gap between my two boys. At 24 I had 4 children 7, 6, 5 & 3 and loved every minute of it. 10 years later it seemed appropriate to have another (daughter). I wish I had 5 more! I am so proud of all of them (as all parents are!). Losing Paul 10 years ago was the toughest test I had to pass. Praise God for faith! My extended family of grandchildren (who mostly live way too far away from me) are my joy. They appear to think I'm special; that sustains me. Living a mile from my youngest daughter, Morgan and her 2 children has been an unexpected adventure and blessing.

I miss Sitka and old friends, but life is extremely good!

I remember the first day of school for Mike Yoder, but smiled to be reminded (on his profile) of the makeup demo in Ms. Shuster's class! I had a good time growing up in Sitka and going through the school there, but could hardly wait to grow up and move away . . . to see America; which I have ~ all 50 states! There were tight "clicks" in high school and I never wanted to be in one of them (I wanted to be in ALL of them!) Fell in love with Rick Whitson and hated him moving away to Missouri with his sister, and my dear friend, Kay, before senior year. We all got together with many sitkans on a cruise to Mexico in 2007. What a blast . . . and we stay in touch now.

Had the best time in Mr Peterson's Biology class (sophomore) with Mike Yoder and Rick Whitson; loved being in the band with Jack Lee, Pat Stengl, Murph, and Alan Pederson; laughed so much at the antics of Fred Stratton, Rick Whitson and Lee Goodwin; Dennis Murphy sat behind me in 5th, 6th, and 7th grades and played with my hair; thought we had the BEST class ('70) that Sitka had ever seen! Could understand why Gary Constantine got the "Most Dramatic" male award, but could never figure out why I got the female counterpart (hmmmm....my classmates knew me better than I knew myself!) Felt like I knew every classmate and found something special about each one. It was sad to read about those that have passed away, but is nice to catch up with others who have posted here.