Patricia Murrish Wright) (OHS '68

pmmurrish@gmail.com

I never left Oroville. Although I no longer have any family here this just seems like home. My daughter, her husband and their new baby live in Chico as does my brother, Mike, and his wife Karen.

I got married in 1973 to my first husband, who was from Stockton and divorced in 1977. I met Lonnie Wright and we got married in 1978. We had our daughter, Lori, on St. Patrick's day in 1979. After we divorced I went to work for Butte County; first at the D.A.'s Office and then the Sheriff's Office. I was the secretary in the narcotics unit for 5 years and then in the Investigations Unit for 8.5 years. I have been the coroner's secretary for 1.5 years. Great job with no two days alike. Plus, I can keep track of everyone....they either die or they contact our office because a relative has died.

My boyfriend my junior and senior year was from Richvale so I didn't really hang around with anyone in my class at OHS. I still keep in touch with my friends in Richvale though.

I don't know how I got into it but I started doing counted cross stitch. It sounds like such an old lady hobby but I have created some beautiful pieces and have taken nothing less then blue ribbons home from the county fair.

I also love to enter 5Ks. I doubt that I will ever win any but at least I finish.

I did go whitewater rafting on the American River a few years back. That was a lot of fun except when I went head first into the river at 0700 hrs. It was freezing. Don't know if I would do it again or not.

Basically anything to do outdoors I'm up for. From flying kites to hiking, snowboarding, fishing....anything outdoors.

Probably everything I've done would surprise a lot of people.