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Actually, they have moved over twenty times since
their marriage thirty-one years ago. They met when she was fifteen and
he seventeen. They married two years later when she had graduated from
high school.
Rick immediately went to Viet
Nam and Bonnie stayed in San Jose, California, with her parents.
Wilcox’s have three grown children: Tiki, a daughter, who has two
children and lives with her husband in Medford. Jory is their son,
married and living in Salem. Kami is the youngest daughter with a new
baby. Her husband is in the AirForce and they live in Spokane. Kami
was in the Air Force herself when the met.
Bonnie works for the YMCA at
Forest Grove High School as a teacher’s aid in a sense. She takes care
of babies while their Mom go to school (and you might say she takes care
of Moms, too). She loves her job. Bonnie loves children and she and
Rick have helped raise other children along the way.
In the process of moving
twenty times Rick has done four years in the Air Force and four years in
the Army. In between the two “hitches,” he went to college and got a
degree in Criminal Justice, although he does not work in the field. He
worked ten years in Santa Clara, California in electronics and then
moved to Eagle Point near Medford and drove truck for twelve years long
haul. He now works for Stuart Stiles Truck Line locally.
Bonnie’s hobbies are
gardening, sewing, babysitting, (at home and at work), and singing. Her
favorite hobby is “cooking dinner”. We will all recognize Bonnie
singing in morning Church.
Rick’s hobbies are
motorcycling, books (Military history, and history, and science
fiction), and golf.
When they visited Mt. Olive
Church, they found it very comfortable and were surprised at the “low
gossip factor”. The size was very similar to their Church at Eagle
Point. They especially enjoy Pastor Dan’s bible classes.
(prepared by Annie Jarrell) |
