Joyce Renner

Jim & Joyce - 2010

Sorry I will not be able to attend the 45th reunion but  "Hello" to everyone.  I have not attended Moscow's reuinons because the dates have never worked for us. As some of you may remember,  I attended Moscow schools 1-3rd grade, 4th grade in Spokane and then Bonners Ferry schools 5th grade through my sophmore year before moving back to Moscow.  I have been attending all the reunions in Bonners Ferry.  Who knows maybe I will make it to Moscow's 50th!  I have enjoyed reading all about everyone on this site.

After graduation I married my childhood neighbor from Bonners Ferry.  We lived 3 years in Moscow and I worked at the University as a secretary for awhile and then attended classes for 1 1/2 years while my husband, Jim, finished his master's degree.  We moved to Redmond, OR for 1 year and then moved to Battle Ground, WA.  We have lived in Battle Ground for 41 years on 5 acres. 

Jim taught band at Battle Ground high school and then the grade schools for 30 years.  He retired in 1999 and bought a music store in Battle Ground.  Then a few years later he opened another music store in Hazel Del, a suburb of Vancouver, WA.

I was a stay-at-home mom until my daughter was in high school.  Then I became a secretary in the Counseling Office at BG high school and was there for 17 years.  I retired three years ago.  Now, I am enjoying family, traveling, biking, yoga, scrapbooking, crafts and friends.

Our three children are all married and we have 4 grandkids.  Their ages are 10, 14, 16 and 19.  They all live within 10 to 20 minutes from us. One of our sons is a foreman and the other one organizes the job cities for Commercial Construction Companies and my daughter is the Office Manager for our music stores.