Custer High School Alumni
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI)
Diane Lee (Diane Reddeman)
Custer High School
Class of 1963
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DIANE'S PROFILE
| First Name | Diane |
| Last Name | Lee |
| Maiden Name | Reddeman |
| Graduation Year | Class of 1963 |
| Gender | Female |
| City | N/A |
| State/Province | WI |
| Country | United States |
| Occupation | Retired |
| Married | Widowed |
| About Me | Immediately after graduating from UWMadison in 1967, I spent a year as an American Red Cross volunteer in South Vietnam—nothing like a war zone to jump start life as an adult! I returned to grad school at UW in 1968, and then took a job with Headstart in Washington, DC. I found living in the inner city of DC in 1969 was like being back in a war zone, but I loved the kids and families I worked with and would have enjoyed continuing, but my new husband, Will, was a career military man, and for the next ten years we moved at the pleasure of the Pentagon. My son, Mark was born in 1972 and daughter Jenny in 1976. Will retired from the army and started a consulting engineering and surveying firm back in WI. I traded in teaching for working with our new company, and kept very busy with kids and community activities. When Will died in 1995, both Mark and Jenny were students at UW Madison and I went back to school to update my teaching credentials. I started working for Headstart in Madison just as both my children graduated-Mark with a law degree and Jen with a degree from the School of Human Ecology (my alma mater!). I felt like I had come full circle, and was back where I started, older and wiser, but doing what I love! I spent 15 years working in the Allied Dr neighborhood Headstart agency, working with a family literacy and ESL programs. I was there long enough to see many of my preschool students grow up, enter college and start families of their own. I can’t imagine a more gratifying job, and only stopped working because of a near-fatal auto accident in 2014 that left me incapacitated for over a year. I feel blessed to now be walking again. I feel like I have a second chance at life, and am spending as much time as possible enjoying grandchildren, Cora (12) and Soren, (6), my wonderful extended family and dear friends. I volunteer at my grandkids’ schools and a Madison childcare center for homeless kids. Have been enjoying continuing education classes—latest one called The Muslim Experience in Madison. It is wonderful to have the time and the health to pursue the things I love. I am especially thankful that after my parents passed, my siblings and I were able to keep the 80 acre Reddeman homestead in Sauk County in the family! My grandparents acquired the land in 1904 and though it was never a very productive farm, it occupies a lovely spot surrounded by the Baraboo Hills yet only 40 minutes away from Madison. The retirement home built by my parents on the land is where we gather for holidays, family reunions etc. What a joy to see the fifth generation of our family enjoy exploring the trails and woods of land filled wit...(read more) |
Class of 1963 Alumni
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Michael Nord
Class of 1988
David Hernandez
Class of 1982
Deliris Brown
Class of 1989
Kevin West
Class of 1973
Lazette Chambliss
Class of 1992
Joey Hall
Class of 2003
Patrick Walter
Class of 1980
Curtis Jenkins
Class of 1983
Trina Eaton
Class of 1989
James Bomm
Class of 1965
Curtis Johnson
Class of 1965
Rachel Spalda
Class of 1962
Cynthia Bruss
Class of 1980
Betty Williams Williams
Class of 2000
Debbie Hanke
Class of 1976
Robert Bahr
Class of 1964
Nadia Gladney
Class of 2009
Jesse Small
Class of 2001
Recent Class of 1963 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1963 Reunion for Free
50TH REUNION
Invited Classes: All Classes
Date: Jun 29, 2017
Description: Thursday, June 29, 2017 Location: Twisted Fisherman, 1200 West Canal Street, Milwaukee Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Com...(read more)
MPS All Alumni Reunion. All Schools. All Classes
Invited Classes: All Classes
Date: Feb 23, 2016
Description: MPS wants to celebrate our alumni as part of our MPS Forever Family by recognizing your successes and your contributions...(read more)