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Jerry Bishop - 1963 BIO & Picture from 40th Reunion Current picture & Jerry was 1st to take a crack at answering my 'Memory Book Questionnaire"  1. Current pic only....... 2. My mother moved
me to Columbia from San Francisco, Ca. in 6th grade.
Returned there in 1963 mid senior
year and graduated from Petaluma High School north of San Francisco 3. Joined the Navy
right after graduation.
Enlisted in Columbia and served
aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Midway during the Viet Nam
conflict.
I was a "green shirt" assigned to
the flight deck Catapult and Arresting Gear 4. Attended Los
Medanos College, San Francisco State and Santa Rosa Junior College
where I
earned an AA degree in
Administration of Justice.
My career goal was originally law
enforcement. Started out as a private investigator.
I
was hired as a Sonoma County Deputy Sheriff in 1973 then took a
position with the Santa Rosa Police
Department in 1976.
In 1978 I made a career change and
applied for and was accepted by the Santa Rosa Fire Department.
I stayed there for 26 years until
retirement as a Fire Engineer in 2003. 5 Part time Asst Manager at a Self-Storage
Facility (Petaluma Self Storage) 6. Officially retired but see #5 7. Married.
Wife Delia have been together 17
years.
(First marriage (1965-1973)ended in
divorce (2 children) 8.7 Children (4
girls, 3 Boys.
First born 1965 - last born 1992.
Grandchildren, also 7 (4 boys 3
girls) last born 2004 9.Traveled to
Australia, Japan, Canada and most often to Mexico.
10. Bucket lists
are to fatalistic for me......I want to live a regular life until
the clock runs out.
Like to do things on the spur of
the moment, travel, fish and watch my grandchildren grow 11. Yes US Navy
Active Duty (Jul 1963-July 1967) Viet Nam service 1964, 1965, 1966
and 1967.
Lucky for me on the flight deck of
an aircraft carrier with 3 hots and a cot.
God bless the foot soldier, they
truly carried the burden of a nasty war 12. Remembering our
basketball team winning the 62 State Championship.
Hated wearing the sophomore beanies
Loved day dreaming of a date with
Pam Chorlton...could never have happened but a boy could dream 13. Playboy Drive
in......greasy fries.
Weekends fishing and hunting.
Sneaking out to the Paradise club
outside town and seeing great blues groups like early Ike and Tina
Turner, John Lee Hooker and the likes. 18.Being from San
Francisco......I was excited with my first snow fall........found
out what a snow day was.
In San Francisco Fog never closed
schools.
First job at
"dog n suds" drive in.
Summers swimming at Hulens lake.
Gene Glenn Shoes,
McDonalds 15 cent burgers. Selling
Mums at Mizzou Tiger Football games
Jerry "Jerome"
Bishop - 2003-09-22 Bio: Jerome S. Bishop, age 58 Recently retired Fire Engineer for the City of Santa Rosa, CA. Fire Department (27 years) Prior to that worked as Deputy Sheriff in Sonoma County California and a Public Safety Officer for the City of Santa Rosa. (5 years) Three tours in Viet Nam while in US Navy (1965 66 67) Seven children ages 11 thru 38. Reside in Petaluma, CA 40 miles north of San Francisco Sister, Doreen Nichols still
resides in Columbia.
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