Mary Shubert Bennett
Louisville, KY
Photo - 1969
Information - 2000
High School Activities - Library Page, Future Teachers of America, Dramatics Club, Geology Club
I want Bill Lowe's bio! Steve, just copy his here and change the names where appropriate, okay? Then, change Colorado to Key West where we last saw Mary sipping Margaritas and listening to a live Jimmy Buffet concert. You might want to add a little something about how I invented Post-It notes or my mother invented White-Out (feel free to employ literary license here). What, you don't believe me?!
Okay then, I have three sons (Chip, Robbie, and Ernie) and a dog named Tramp. We all get along wonderfully well and never let conflicts enter our home. Of course we owe that in large part to the constant care given by their Uncle Bud ....
Oh all right! I was divorced with three daughters, and met this man who was divorced with three sons and we knew that somehow we would have to form a family. Thank God for Alice the cook! No ... huh?
In reality, I do have three sons, who are 22, 20, and 9. They are pretty great kids, much smarter than I ever was, but don't tell them that. The older two guys and I pretty much grew up together and have gotten along on mutual respect and love. Although Polish people "love loud", a fact to which our neighbors can probably attest, we have tried to always keep our lines of communication open and inclusive of all topics. I've had more than my share of personal experience proving how tough life can be, and always want to be there to guide, but not judge.
I'm currently the assistant to the Corporate Medical Director for Health Care Excel, which holds the government contracts in Kentucky and Indiana to assure Medicare quality of care, for however long Medicare funds hold out. It is a position that I enjoy, and for the first time I feel I'm where I want to be, not just where life has placed me. And since AARP has decided it's almost time for me to join, can Medicare be very far behind?
So, no castles, or mansions, or fortune. Only the realization, with the help of a few very good friends, that the "joy is, in fact, in the journey". That wasn't just something written to sound good on a greeting card. I'm beginning to sound like my father ... when did that happen? I think that means it's time to stop.
Thanks, Steve, for providing this site. It's fun to read about everyone and get in touch with them, renewing old friendships. Including other classes, and teachers has also proved interesting. I've made contacts with some of the people who graduated with my brother and sister in the late fifties and early sixties who have provided some really great memories.
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