New Years Eve

After graduating from PHS, I started my nursing studies at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor but quickly realized I did not like being that far away from home and dropped out to begin the second semester at Indiana University.

In the fall of 1963 my brother, Bill, introduced me to David Klipsch, a fraternity brother at IU. We were married in the fall of 1964 and while David worked at American Fletcher National Bank, I finished my BSN at the Medical Center in Indianapolis and began my nursing career at the VA Hospital. A call from an old friend soon led me to John Marshall High School where I was a school nurse for a year. It was quite an experience as 'boys will be boys' and many came to the nurse's office with vague symptoms in hopes the nurse would let them lie down for a period or two. It usually worked!

I left nursing to become a full-time mother, first to Kim (1968) and then to Mark (1971). We lived in Indianapolis until 1971 when David was offered a position at Winter's Bank in Dayton, OH. We subsequently moved to Louisville, KY in 1975 and to Omaha, NE is 1982.

Dudley

I had thought Indianapolis would remain our home forever since at that time, bankers were not transferred. However, he was recruited to these cities to assume better positions. We thoroughly enjoyed whatever city we happened to be in, but Omaha became our real home. What a delightful place! We lived very close to the University of Nebraska at Omaha where I began taking courses in accounting ( just for the fun of it) but soon was asked to volunteer and did not pursue any more classes.

The volunteer experiences I had were varied and enriching. When we had our 25th reunion, I was active in a drug and resource information organization for parents and youth. After that I volunteered for everything from helping clothe children for school to helping animals at the humane society (where we adopted our wonder dog, Dudley) to working as gift shop chairman at the medical center plus serving on many committees for our church.

Christmas - 1999

One of the most rewarding experiences, however, was my involvement with the Alzheimer's Association of Omaha and Eastern Nebraska. Not only did it raise money for education and respite care, but also it helped me through my mother's 12-year battle with the disease, which ended in February 2000. (Dad passed away in 1992.)

David retired in 1995 on his 54th birthday and started enjoying life to the fullest. His one complaint about Omaha was that he couldn't play golf all winter. Since I can quilt anytime of the year, we decided to look for a winter home. We found Ft. Worth, TX and did not look any farther. It is a warm, caring city and our home is only 20 minutes from downtown. I volunteer at the Harris Methodist Hospital as the gift shop chairman and at Rocky Top Therapy and Recreation Center. Rocky Top provides horse therapy to people of all ages who have a multitude of problems. Horses seem to instinctively know what is required of them and certainly are one of the noblest beasts on earth!

Chase (3 1/2) and Tate (1)

As you can see from the pictures, I also have two adorable grandchildren (from our daughter) who live 30 minutes away. (Maybe that had some bearing on our decision to retire here!) Mark and his beautiful wife, Rani (her parents are from India but she was born and raised in Indiana) live in the New York City area and are hoping to start a family soon.

I am looking forward to our next reunion and am delighted that we will be keeping in touch in the meantime.

Terry (Bally) Klipsch
6316 Estates Lane
Ft. Worth, TX 76137
(817) 847-6657
tklipsch@hotmail.com