
Family Cruise
New Years 2007 |

Diane and Bob
in Fall 2004 |

Brian and Kris
at ages 3 & 2 |

Meagan with
Brian & Kris |

Son Colin
Graduates |
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In
Jan 2008 Bob was elected to three-year term on
the Vestry of
Church of the Redeemer, where he is
Jr. Warden, involved again with Eastwood Civic Association.
Bob turns 60
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Fall 2005: after the move of two families from DC to Texas, then
evacuating four families to Fort Worth
during Hurricane Rita,
Bob was more than ready to get back into his
Engineering!
Next hurricane
threat we just might stay: per
TSARP,
our home sits above the 500-year
flood plain. See zoomed-out and
zoomed-in FEMA-approved flood plain maps for our area.
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Summer 2005: after a decade in
Foxhall
Village, DC with CSC & Mobil, Bob, Diane, & Shih Tzu's
Sutzi & Tchai relocated
to
Clear Lake,
Houston TX to be near Diane's extended family.
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Bob was born in
Auckland, moved to
Waikato region at 9, earned
scouting's highest award the
Queen's Scout, and
NZ Universities "National Scholarship" by nation-wide exam
ranking. (See career web-page for chronology of all places
Bob worked after graduate school,
and homes web-page that has photos of places we
have lived)
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Diane does ongoing
cardiac rehab
after 7 stents in a collapsed coronary artery in Jan 2008
She was an international traveling
singer
and composer before we married, later graduated from
Westminster Choir College, and taught
music in elementary schools, Now retired from teaching, she works Mon-Thurs
part-time as Admin. Assistant at Church of the Redeemer Episcopal,
also does classes on writing Life Stories
and writes
music for church choir.
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Daughter Meagan went to
UDC, has a five-year old son, Brian. She supports
Corporate
Corrupt Practices Compliance for
Weatherford and
evening law student at UH Law Center.
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Son Colin attended
Duke Ellington in DC,
later graduated from U.
Maryland Eastern Shore.
Colin & Bob remodeled a
basement into an efficiency for him to live in DC on
the weekends.
His four-year old son Kris lives nearby in Baltimore with mother Tracy
Smith.
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Bob's family -
his sister Heather Parker and
brother Don - live near
Hamilton, NZ
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Bob's father David
died June 11, 2008 after 3 months
at
Tamahere Eventide
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Bob's mother Mary died Oct
29, 2006 in Morrinsville: 'SimplyReading'
is her legacy She was the youngest of her siblings,
Peter and John Gamlen, and Marge Williams
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Diane's family
(aunts, siblings and cousins) all live
in/near Houston/Galveston
See visitation photos of
deceased mother Joan
Davis, also photos from her life
Diane's father-in-Law John Davis
also died in La Porte, TX - he died in
May 2007
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Sold our recreational vehicle lots
at "Latitude 49
Resort Park" in Birch Bay, WA
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Click
here for past Bob & Diane's annual
newsletters and photos (1999 - 2005).
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