Independence High School Alumni
Independence, Kansas (KS)
Michael Keeley
Independence High School
Class of 1971
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MICHAEL'S PROFILE
| First Name | Michael |
| Last Name | Keeley |
| Graduation Year | Class of 1971 |
| Gender | Male |
| Current Location | Palm Coast, Florida |
| Hometown | Independence, Kansas |
| Relationship Status | Married |
| About Me | "I attended the University of Miami after high school on a 4-year Air Force ROTC scholarship. Played a little baseball, and received my B of Education in communication and my teaching certificate in Secondary Education. Ray Liotta (Good Fellas) and I were in several acting classes together. Commissioned 2nd Lt and slated for flight school. When the Vietnam War ended, the Air Force cancelled flight school for 1300, which included me. I wanted to fly pretty badly, so I resigned my Air Force commission and started over in the Marine Corps. I then went to OCS and then Infantry Officer School where I received my first MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) 0302-Infantry Officer. Nine months later I reported to Pensacola for Navy Flight School. One year later, I reported to Kingsville Texas for another year of training in jets and carrier qualification. I qualified in two different jets (T-2 Buckeye and T-A4 Skyhawk) on the USS Lexington. I received my Navy wings (1979) and assigned to Camp Pendleton to fly OV-10's, "Bronco" as an armed Forward Air Controller. After 3 1/2 years I was honorably discharged from active duty although I stayed in the reserves and flew C-130's out of Glenview NAS (just outside of Chicago). I flew for a small commuter named Scheduled Skyways in Fayetteville for about 1 year. I flew Sam Walton one day and we had an interesting conversation. I flew 2 years for a UPS contractor (Orion) and then hired at Federal Express. I flew 727s, DC-10's, Airbus-300/310 and retired as a Captain on the Boeing 777 after 30 years with Fedex. Along the way my current wife Sondra and I have been married for 24 years and we together had 7 children. We are expecting our 10th grandchild (Claire) in January. Our oldest is a freshman in college! We moved from Memphis 20 years ago and built a home in Hot Springs Village Arkansas. After 20 years of enjoying our home in Arkansas we recently built a smaller home in Palm Coast, Florida just south of St. Augustine and plan to move there full time. We have had one more granddaughter, Cora from our son Bobby. Independence Kansas was a wonderful community to grow up in and I miss so many wonderful friends that will always be “special”. The welcome matt ...(read more) |
Class of 1971 Alumni
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Class of 1988
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Class of 2001
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Class of 1991
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Class of 1994
Mary Lou Peterson
Class of 1970
John Smoot
Class of 1979
Jennifer Lesslie
Class of 1993
Laurie Maloan
Class of 1982
Katy Long
Class of 2008
Dana Samora
Class of 1988
Winnifer Lopez
Class of 2004
April Cessna
Class of 2008
Troy Weatherhead
Class of 1988
Jenna Rathjen
Class of 1989
Robert Bever
Class of 1994
Claudia Ausin
Class of 1963
Roger Lessman
Class of 1962
Trisha Turner
Class of 1988
Recent Class of 1971 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1971 Reunion for Free
IHS Alumni Assn AND Classes of '70 & '71 Reunion
Invited Classes: 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 197
Date: Apr 30, 2021
Description: Please register at the new Reunion Website to get the details and receive updates. NEW: you may choose pay for the re...(read more)
55th IHS Alumni Reunion
Invited Classes: All Classes
Date: May 15, 2010
Description: Saturday 9 - 11 a.m. May 15th Registration Civic Center Coffee/Doughnuts Memorial Hall. No charge 10:00 "Bus tou...(read more)