Doddie Fennen Wilson

Doddie Fennen Wilson
4748 E. 75 N. - Ririe
Rigby, Idaho 83442
208-538-7750
doddielw@wmconnect.com

What happened after graduation?
My life got off to a slow start as I took short jobs with the Internal Revenue, Wm. Volker Furniture Co. and General Truck Body Co. mostly doing bookkeeping jobs. Then, moved to Idaho. We had a mining company from which we sold Iron Ore and Gypsum to Portland Cement in Inkum, Idaho.  Later we bought a small motel so I could stay home with the kids and still keep our other mining operation going. Later we bought a small farm to retire on and raise cows.  We have a large apple orchard and do our own gardening and canning and I am quite happy with this simple life of ours.

Family...
I married John Hopkins which ended in divorce 2 years later, then in 1965 I met John Wilson on a blind date and 6 weeks later we got married and moved to Idaho. We have been married for 42 yrs.

I have three kids, Robert who has his own concrete business and my oldest daughter Tammy is a stay at home mom.  Her husband works for Bectel at the site west of here.  Finally, there is Nikki Sue who works as an Asst. Mgr. at a large store in Rexburg.  We have 3 grand-daughters, Samantha, Anastasia and Storme.

I never thought I would...
ever hear from any of my class mates since I moved so far away.  What a Joy...

Rewarding events since 1958...
Of course my family, that is the most important thing in life, second is helping others.

What I would do differently...
Life I think is an experience, I think you should go with the flow and make the best of it as you can.

Special interests or hobbies...
Right now, I do lots of genealogy, lots of canning of food from our garden and enjoying my granddaughters.

Favorite vacation spot(s)...
I think I live in the best spot.  Yellowstone is just over the hill. Moose, deer and other wild animals pass through our farm, geese and ducks fly over-head. What else could there be...

Additional thoughts and comments...
Good Luck and God Bless all of you as you journey through the rest of your lives...