Gladys Festa Cool

Profile Updated: October 5, 2018

Residing in:

Granite Falls, WA USA

Spouse/partner:

Bradley D. Cool Deceased April 2015

Life's work after BHS:

Secretary; Clerk/Secretary, Small Aero Club; Engineering Librarian

Children & grandchildren (names/ages):

We have three children--2 boys & a girl & five grandchildren ranging from almost 16 to the youngest More…

Send Gladys a private message

Did you marry your high school sweetheart?

If YES, to whom, what high school & graduation year? Month/year of marriage.

Bradley Cool Granite Falls High School. Married 5/12/73

Have you ever been self-employed?

Current & past (Career / Retired / Volunteer) status. Tell us name of company or organization and where:

Secretary--Veterans Administration, Seattle, WA; Secretary Archivist--US Dept of State (Foreign Service--Hong Kong, BCC; Islamabad, Pakistan; Moscow, USSR). Resigned from Foreign Service. Married Bradley in 1973. Worked as Secretary to USAF Aero Club in Alaska for 4 1/2 years. My husband retired from the US Air Force in 1991 after 30 years. We then came back to his home town of Granite Falls & have been here since. In 1992 I started work for a small aircraft company on Arlington Airport & worked there for 17 1/2 years. I was retired at that time as the company was sold out from under me & shipped to North Carolina!!!

Comment

Which school(s) did you attend K-12?

Seattle--K & middle of 1st grade. Thomas (between Kent & Auburn)--rest of 1st grade & all of 2nd grade; Bothell--3rd grade through 12th & graduated class of 1961. 1962 Auerswald Business School, Seattle, WA 1961-1962.

Comment

How many Class of 1961 reunions have you attended?

Four

Other types of reunions I've attended/organized? (groups of 20 or more people)

Civic, nonprofit, other My husband's; His school, Granite Falls High School, has a breakfast/reunion The morning of the first Saturday in October every year. I Have always attended that & still do.

What were you in high school?

Add Your Answer Here Bookworm

Of which clubs and committees were you a member?

None

Did you attend junior/community college, a four-year college or university?

Yes

If YES, names of colleges and/or universities. Did you earn a degree? If so, what kind(s)?

Auerswalds Business School/College, Seattle, WA

Comment

Pets:

Cat--Kitty

If you currently live more than 25 miles from Bothell, what year did you leave?

1966; now living in Granite Falls, WA

Any time in your life, where is the SINGLE furthest place away from Bothell you have lived for six months or more?

1963-68 Hong Kong, B.C.C.; 1968-70 Islamabad, Pakistan; 1970-73 Moscow, U.S.S.R.

Any state where you have spent seven or more consecutive nights:

Washington, D.C; Nebraska; Alaska; Texas; Alaska Husband was career US Air Force

Comment

Any country where you have spent seven or more consecutive nights:

Hong Kong, B.C.C.; Islamabad, Pakistan; Moscow, U.S.S.R

Comment

What about hobbies or special interests? We'd like to hear about them.

Reading; gardening

Comment

Gladys' Latest Interactions

Hide Comments

Gladys Festa Cool