JOYCE LYLE HASKITT and DICK


My Biography

After graduating from John Burroughs in 1955, I attended Glendale College for two years, then, took a secretarial job in Glendale. After going with Dick Haskitt for 5 years, we were married in Burbank in 1958. Our first son, Bruce, was born in Glendale in 1961 and our second son, Bobb, was born in 1963. I quit work shortly before the birth of our first son to become a stay-at-home mom.

Dick's job moved us to the Bay Area in 1972. I worked at Saratoga High School while the boys were in attendance there. After they moved on to college, I became a secretary again and did temporary jobs. At my last assignment, my boss was going to become president of Revo Sunglasses and asked me to go with him as his secretary. In a short time, I was given the responsibility for human resources for the Revo division. Eventually, I ended up as manager of the Customer Service Department. I retired after my boss left Revo.

My husband, Dick, was employed by Syntex Laboratories for 30 years. We lived in the Bay Area for 22 years until he retired. After searching for a long time for the place we'd like to live after retirement, we decided upon Tucson, AZ. We have a lovely home in the active adult community of SaddleBrooke. We've made lots of friends here and there are always plenty of activities.

Our older son is Los Angeles District Manager for Pfizer Labs. He and his wife live in Huntington Beach. Our younger son, his wife and our three grandchildren have just relocated from the Seattle area to the Boston area. Bobb is vice president of a communications company called Fast Channel Network.

Dick and I are celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary in February 2003. I have been very blessed with a wonderful life. If I had it to live it over again, I would hope for much of the same. God has been very good to me and I count my blessings every day.


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