Steve French looked at our Class of '62 as part of his family. Bob was the same way. He'd engineered a get together at Hoffman Park last spring. The Borlaugs, Elmas, Tribe, Ahlquist, Lemon ... I'm probably leaving someone out because I didn't get to talk to everyone ... and it was laughing about ourselves and old times. Bob called me that night. "What did you think?" I told him it was so much fun. He said that he was going to have an operation and after he recovered he wanted to do it again as soon as possible with anyone else we could get. After high school we've accumulated a lot of junk but underneath we're all still us. That meant everything to him. I told Ahlquist, "When he talks about you it's "Johnny Ahlquist" like you're his brother." Kris Kristofferson said that Waylon Jennings had a good old lady (Jessi Coulter). Bob had a "good old lady" too.
Bobby Ferguson and I were off and on sweethearts from about the Fifth Grade at Marymount until the time our family moved to South Pasadena, Christmastime, Fresman Year at El Camino. I had just been elected VP of the Freshman Class, was getting back together with Bobby, then was swept away to LA for my Dad's new job.
My sister, Charlene, was allowed to stay to complete her freshman year.
The horrible part was that I was put into a very conservative Junior High which was a 7th,8th and 9th Grade school---where WE HAD TO WEAR UNIFORMS !!!!!!! It felt like prison. "Oh,Donna" by Richie Valens was the hot song at the time, and it made me think of Bob who sent me a bracelet with Bob on one side and Donna on the other. My thought was: As soon as he gets his drivers license, he'll come and rescue me from the junior. high prison. Well, I decided to run for Social Chairman, who is in charge of the school dances, made some more friends, and became less lonely. Bob will always be a good memory of the past.
Some anecdotes: Bob had a little gang and a reputation for being a little of a bad boy. One time he did lie under a school bus until I would agree to go out with him. In order to get to know him better, my parents invited him water skiing on Folson Lake. That was a fun day. Bob could dress up--i.e. for Cotillion in 7th and 8th grade. Before that, at Marymount, my mom and dad coordinated the 6th and 7th grade dances, and made sure that the boys would ask every girl to dance. There was a big dance the day before we moved to LA, Bob's parents invited me to the Country Club for dinner. Neither Bob nor I said three words---shyness. We only went to the movies one time, and I believe some of his gang went along. At Starr King, Bob was transferred to my Home Room in hopes that I would have a good influence on his behavior and study habits. He was a beautiful. young man who looked a lot older than he was. I never saw him when he was fully mature, but I bet he was a delight. Donna Gilliss Crocker
Richard Davis
Steve French looked at our Class of '62 as part of his family. Bob was the same way. He'd engineered a get together at Hoffman Park last spring. The Borlaugs, Elmas, Tribe, Ahlquist, Lemon ... I'm probably leaving someone out because I didn't get to talk to everyone ... and it was laughing about ourselves and old times. Bob called me that night. "What did you think?" I told him it was so much fun. He said that he was going to have an operation and after he recovered he wanted to do it again as soon as possible with anyone else we could get. After high school we've accumulated a lot of junk but underneath we're all still us. That meant everything to him. I told Ahlquist, "When he talks about you it's "Johnny Ahlquist" like you're his brother." Kris Kristofferson said that Waylon Jennings had a good old lady (Jessi Coulter). Bob had a "good old lady" too.
Donna Gilliss (Crocker)
Bobby Ferguson and I were off and on sweethearts from about the Fifth Grade at Marymount until the time our family moved to South Pasadena, Christmastime, Fresman Year at El Camino. I had just been elected VP of the Freshman Class, was getting back together with Bobby, then was swept away to LA for my Dad's new job.
My sister, Charlene, was allowed to stay to complete her freshman year.
The horrible part was that I was put into a very conservative Junior High which was a 7th,8th and 9th Grade school---where WE HAD TO WEAR UNIFORMS !!!!!!! It felt like prison. "Oh,Donna" by Richie Valens was the hot song at the time, and it made me think of Bob who sent me a bracelet with Bob on one side and Donna on the other. My thought was: As soon as he gets his drivers license, he'll come and rescue me from the junior. high prison. Well, I decided to run for Social Chairman, who is in charge of the school dances, made some more friends, and became less lonely. Bob will always be a good memory of the past.
Some anecdotes: Bob had a little gang and a reputation for being a little of a bad boy. One time he did lie under a school bus until I would agree to go out with him. In order to get to know him better, my parents invited him water skiing on Folson Lake. That was a fun day. Bob could dress up--i.e. for Cotillion in 7th and 8th grade. Before that, at Marymount, my mom and dad coordinated the 6th and 7th grade dances, and made sure that the boys would ask every girl to dance. There was a big dance the day before we moved to LA, Bob's parents invited me to the Country Club for dinner. Neither Bob nor I said three words---shyness. We only went to the movies one time, and I believe some of his gang went along. At Starr King, Bob was transferred to my Home Room in hopes that I would have a good influence on his behavior and study habits. He was a beautiful. young man who looked a lot older than he was. I never saw him when he was fully mature, but I bet he was a delight. Donna Gilliss Crocker