Jeanne (DAVEY) Senger
Family:
Husband – Robert
Daughter – Lonnie, husband Rob and grandson, Shane – Kelowna
Daughter – Dina, husband Lawrence, step-grandchildren, Brad and wife Tracy, Kelly, Chris – Kelowna
Son – Dave, wife Lisa – Prince George
Present Activities:
Family, friends, reading, movies
Work Before Retirement:
Bank of Montreal; Nelson and Victoria, Child Care
Some Favorite Memories:
The most vivid memory for me was the complete sense of security. I still get glimpses of that feeling each time I return to Nelson.
Hume School:
Shuffling through the leaves on my four-block walk along Third Street to school, realizing I knew everyone in the homes on my route
Junior High:
Meeting all the other students from the area; Getting the streetcar to school and being thrilled when it couldn’t make it up the hill in winter, making us late for class
Joining the Bugle-Band and confirming that I am musically challenged; the romantic wedding of two of our teachers
High School:
Facing the fact that we had all fallen into divisions – popular, studious, athletic, in-betweens and out!; Track meets; Walking over to the Junior High for Home Economics; Heading over to Mr. Naka’s class for senior matric
General Memories:
Swimming in the lake; Sleigh riding down Elwyn and stopping just short of the streetcar tracks; Crossing over the train trestle in Fairview; Saturday afternoon movies; Hiking up to Pulpit Rock; Biking out to Taghum and needing a ride home; Going to Camp Koolaree; Listening to the train whistle at night; Great birthday parties at Alyse Mathisen’s and Marion (Rolph) Taylaur’s houses; Skating at the Civic Centre and sometimes on the lake; Playing scrub ball, kick the can, hide and seek with the other kids in Fairview
All in all, great childhood memories of Nelson, with lots of freedom to do as I pleased, and making many life long friends.
