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Gloria Peterson Livingston

We can’t believe it is our turn to celebrate 50 years since high school! It’s hard to put down 50 years of life in less than a page, but here goes. After high school graduation, Gloria attended the College of Southern Utah for a year and then moved to Salt Lake City where she worked five years for the director of research and development at Hercules Missile Plant. During this time, she took evening classes at the University of Utah and happened to bump into Bob again, who had transferred from the Church College of Hawaii. We were married in l965 at the start of his senior year. Bob went on to graduate school and received his PhD in chemistry in 1970. Following graduation, Bob took a position with the National Bureau of Standards in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Bob worked for the US Government for thirty years followed by ten years as Director of International Affairs at the Animal Health Institute in Washington, DC.
Gloria enjoyed being a stay-at-home mom until our youngest started the 6th grade. She worked for Montgomery County Public Schools as the financial accountant and principal’s secretary to four principals. After 20 years she retired, but not from the many friendships and wonderful memories she made at Stone Mill ES.
We are the parents of three children. Michelle graduated from James Madison University in Virginia, John graduated from the University of Maryland and Michael graduated from BYU. Like many of you, our early days were filled with church callings, soccer, baseball, and basketball games until the kids went off to missions and college. We are the proud grandparents of five grandsons and two granddaughters.
In Gloria’s retirement and Bob’s semi-retirement, we have come to enjoy the fun of visiting children and grandchildren who live in California, Texas and Spain. We have rediscovered the amazing museums and
fun places to go in the Washington area. Bob only wishes he could have played professional golf and then life would have been perfect!
We have never forgotten our days living in Springville. The life-long friends
we made and all the fond memories we have of growing up in a small town have been priceless. After living on the east coast for over 40 years, we are getting back to our “roots” and moving to Mapleton this fall. We will miss the east coast beaches but look forward to seeing mountains again!

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