Today's Featured Biography

 
Paula Mahnerd Utz

As I have read the stories of so many of my fellow Robbinsdale class members, I have been amazed at all of our adventures - the places we have traveled, the jobs we have held, the families we have nurtured, and the locations of where we are now living.
Following high school graduation, I attended Hamline University, where I was very active in campus life, continuing my love of choir, theatre and English. After graduation in 1964, I married my dear husband, Fredric Utz, and began the first year of my teaching career at Noble Elementary in Golden Valley. But then The Navel Air relocated us to Dallas, Texas for several years and we also lived in Tulsa for awhile.
In 1974, we traveled back to Dallas where Fred received his seminary education at Perkin's School of Theology at SMU. He became a United Methodist Minister, and I became a "pastor's wife". Through the following years, we served six congregations in the Dallas/North Texas area - with my singing in all of those churches' choirs - and I taught a total of twenty-nine years in various elementary and middle schools.
We both are retired now and we live in Keller, a suburb halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The joy of our life has been our family. We live only a few miles from our daughter's family, with two grandchildren, Elizabeth and Luke. Our son and his family, with grandchildren Rachel and Emily, live in Durham, N.C. Our grandchildren are beautiful and healthy, love reading and learning, and are precious blessings to their "Nana".
We have enjoyed traveling, especially to European castles, cathedrals and art museums, and to the Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Alaska. I now have time for my hobbies of gardening, reading historic novels, and cooking with my husband.
Since graduation, Mary Parish and I have remained close friends, but I have not seen any of our classmates since our 20th Reunion. So now I send "Greetings" to my fellow members of the Class of 1960. I wish you all a very happy 50th Reunion. And let us not forget those dear class members who have passed away, and our fine teachers who did so much to guide our lives. 8-11-2010

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ROBIN'S SCHOOL SONG

THERE’S A YELL FROM THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

AS THE TEAM GOES MARCHING BY.

THERE’S A CHEER FROM THE STANDS AND THE BLEACHERS

AS THEY PLAY TO DO OR DIE.

AT THE HALF YOU CAN TELL WHY THE GANG CAME

WE’VE A TEAM THAT CANNOT FAIL.

WHO’S THE WINNER OF THE BALL GAME?

IT IS GOOD OLD R O B B I N S D A L E !