Dutton,+Richard

16547 N 152nd Ave Surprise AZ 85374 rich.dutton@msn.com
 * Richard and Janet (Watkins) Dutton**

**1969:**After high school graduation, I (Richard) attended Skagit Valley College for 2 years, graduating in 1961.Janet lived and worked in Mount Vernon until our marriage in Dec. 1962.In 1963 we moved to Pullman where I finished requirements for a B.S. in Agriculture at WSU, majoring in Poultry Science.Following this B.S. degree, I was accepted into the school of Veterinary Medicine and completed course work toward a DVM in Feb. 1969.During our marriage, Janet has worked at the telephone company, as a bank teller, as a Prudential Insurance secretary and as a day care parent, to help us accomplish this goal.When I graduated in 1969 she received a PHTVS certificate (Putting Hubby Through Veterinary School) in recognition of her support.I am now an employee of Washington State University, a veterinarian at Western Washington Research and Extension Center in Puyallup.This intern position, which is unique in the West, has been established for graduates of Veterinary Medicine for further study and experience in the area of ploutry diagnostic work.We are looking forward to public service with ‘Uncle Sam’ in the unknown future and then possible work in the commercial poultry industry.We have 2 daughters: Susan Yvonne and Julie Christine, born Sept. 1, 1967 and Sept. 4, 1968 respectively.By the time of this reunion Janet will have given birth to our (Son???)!!!

 **1979:** From the shores of Washington we moved to the plains of Illinois, then to the hills and deltas of Arkansas, and now to the long snow and cold of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, the home of 14,000 busy beavers!!! Richard works for American Scientific Labs, a subsidiary of Schering Corp, as a Veterinarian in the Technical Service Dept. Research, field testing of poultry biologicals and technical service to the US poultry industry and an occasional international trip are a few of his activities. A counselor to the Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to which we belong takes him from home some too but also brings many blessings to our home. Rich still loves to swingstep, bowl, swim, basketball, and eat (though he rarely gains enough to notice!) Janet finds motherhood and being a wife to Rich an exciting, fulfilling, challenging, and sometimes trying experience. Busy in the past with roommother and Brownie troop. Presently busy with handicrafts herself and teaching two religious classes at church, she is always busy and interested in Rich and the children. Piano lessons, dance lessons, love, swimming lessons, love, school lessons, meals and house and flowers, love, confident, organizer, and sergeant (up-in-arms a lot of the time!) keeps her happy. Our family has grown to three girls and three boys; all good students. Susan is 12 and begins junior high next fall. With long blond hair and a great love for all animals, she just passed to the flying fish class at the YMCA. Loves girls' basketball. Julie is age 11, just had her first babysitting job. She is a whiz at handicrafts and loves ballet. Julie caught a goldfish at the YMCA pool at Funday. Debbie, age 10, is loving her first year of piano. She has orthodontist work coming up in June. Nathan Paul is definitely a car and truck man. Adores his dad. Has snapping eyes and an engaging smile. Age 8 in the fall. Jared Lee will be 7 in July. He dearly loves ball of any kind. Loves footraces and is a forceful swimmer. He just got a new beach towel but dried on his undershirt last week to save the towel. Then he put the undershirt on! Benjamin is a great tease, with a great giggle, who loves to box and rassel. Thurns 5 in June. We live right in town a few blocks from two schools, the City Park, the main street of town, the public library, and the YMCA. Sorry we will miss the reunion. May the Lord Bless you ALL.

**1999:**Since 1990 Nebraska has been our home.Yes, we have adopted the red and white although still have many memories from the red and white of Wisc. And the maroon and white of WSU, all of which were in bowl games the same year.Wisconsin, where we had lived for some 13 years, was the high school graduation home of our first 3 girls and 1 son, Susan, Julie, Debbie and Nathan.Jared and Ben and our junior, Richie, all will have graduated from Wakefield, Nebraska, a town of about 1200 some 35 miles south of Sioux City, Iowa. As you may or may not remember, we were married in 1962, some 36 years ago.Rich went to school at WSU in poultry science and vet medicine.Feathers have been good to us, as he has worked for WSU in Puyallup and for companies in Illinois, Arkansas, Wisconsin and now Nebraska.Michael Foods, based in Minnesota, is our current parent company.It developed the original pasteurized liquid egg marketed as Easy Egg.M. G. Waldbaum produces eggs from about 13 million laying hens, mostly for processed egg products.The 13 M hens and pullets are a full time job and then some. Janet has parlayed 1 individual to 8 with full time home employment plus overtime and a few fill-in jobs at a bank or two, microswitch production company, and in a lab.The fruits of her labor are daughters in San Francisco, Germany and Hillsboro, OR, and sons in Lincoln and Wakefield, NE.Our heartbreak is a son who passed away in 1992 in Wisconsin.We have no Einsteins but they have their individual accomplishments and have pulled themselves up with their own bootstraps.As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rich is serving as a branch president on the Omaha and Winnebago Indian Reservation and Janet as Primary president and anything else necessary.Ben and Jared have served Spanish-speaking missions in Ecuador and Washington, DC, respectively.Sue, a single mom, is an executive for Providian.Julie graduated from BYU in fashion merchandising, married a pediatrician (now in the service and finishing Air Force help for school), is a mom and works part-time.Debbie loves art and has a secretarial degree and 2 livewires just starting school.Jared is in Wakefield in school and has 3 children.Ben is just married (to a Janet) and in school in finance and business management.Richie is our fun high schooler and keeps us young. Life has been good to us and we remember the “good old days” and wish everyone the best.

We regret that we will not be able to attend the reunion this year.We hope that you have a great time together.Thanks for keeping us informed.Until we meet again-many blessings to all of you.
 * 2009: ** We are both still working at Michael Foods and intend to retire in 2 years when we are 70.We feel blessed to be able to continue to work.We have been blessed to visit our children regularly who live in a variety of places, attend some of their activities, and are so thankful that they are happy, well, and productive, in this trying time in our society.We are active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Sioux City, IA.Janet’s dad lived with us during his last year.Riche’s dad is a healthy 90 and we keep a close contact with him. Rich has traveled to Mozambique, Africa several times on humanitarian work for the Regeneris Foundation for work with chickens. These few things alone seem to keep us busy and stimulated.
 * Update on our children and grandchildren: ** Susan is still a junior executive at Ebay and is now married to Jeremy Sorenson who has been in law enforcement in Salt Lake City for 20 years.Son, Brad, also works at Ebay, Katlyn and Kyle are in Junior high.Our second daughter, Julie, and her husband and 3 sons live in Eagle River, Alaska, where Eric is a radiologist in the Air Force, and Julie does contract work from the home. Our third daughter, Debbie, and husband Ken Bauman live in Portland, Oregon.Ken has been a Junior high math teacher for 18 years. Debbie is a professional organizer and an executive assistant to the President at Northwest Evaluation Association.They have 2 college students and 2 high school students. We lost our oldest son in 1992 and he is buried in Wakefield. Our second son, Jared, lives in Phoenix, AZ and works for EnviroSafety Technologies.His wife Yolanda is a public librarian.They have one in college and 2 high school students.Sixth child, Ben, is a school superintendent and lives in Peetz, CO, with wife Janet and our youngest grandchildren, Bryce, Emma, Sienna and ? (March). Richard Mark graduated from BYU with a teaching degree in biology. He teaches Junior High in West Valley, UT.

**2014:** We received notice of the 55th reunion. Thank you. We wish we could come but we will not be released from our mission until late in the year of 2014. In August of 2012 my dad, Chester, died in Mount Vernon at the age of 93. He is buried at the Milltown cemetery. A cousin bought his place on Dike Road. In December of 2012 Janet and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary at Hillcrest Park Lodge in Mount Vernon on the same day, December 29 , when we had our first wedding reception in 1962. The children planned an afternoon of fun and food. We had about 100 friends and family there. The day before we rented a school bus and gave a tour of where we met, the school, where we lived and worked etc., and then we all went bowling at Riverside Lanes that was there when we were young. We retired in October 2012 from Michael Foods in Wakefield, NE after some 40 years of chicken fixing and fowl talk (as a veterinarian). Our eldest daughter, Susan, is married to Jeremy Sorensen and their home is Eagle Mountain, UT. Susan works at EBay and Jeremy has been in law enforcement for many years. Julie, is married to Eric Hoover, a radiologist who retired from the Air Force in June 2012 and is in a private practice in Ann Arbor, MI. Debbie and Ken Bauman live in Portland OR. Ken is retired from teaching and Debbie is an executive secretary and professional organizer. Nathan passed away in 1962 in Wisconsin. Jared and Yolanda Dutton live in Youngtown AZ where he is working for GoBoy and sells insurance, and Yoli is at the public library. Their daughter, Samantha and husband Anthony, just gave us our first great grandchild. Benjamin and Janet Dutton live in North Platte NE. Janet is at home and Ben works for the University of Nebraska as a business manager of agricultural property and products. Richard M and Michele Dutton live in West Jordan UT where he teaches junior high science and just received his masters. He and Michele are expecting their first baby. Among them all we have 18 grandchildren and Richie’s 1 on the way will make 19. We are looking forward to reading about everyone! We wish so much we could be there having been out of school so many years. It would be fun to touch base again. Warmest regards,