Monte Vista High School
Class of 1966 Bios
Go Monarchs!!!!
Kathy Wood Warwick~ San Marcos, CA
I was married for 25 years and was a co-owner of a general contracting company. I
designed two homes that we built for ourselves, and I also designed re-models for
clients. I have two children, my son lives in San Diego and works for Pardee Const Co.,
my daughter lives in Melbourne Australia and has been modeling internationally for 12
years-no grandchildren! We moved to Coeur d' Alene Idaho - twice! Divorced after 25
years, and five years later I married a retired Santee principal and we have been married
for almost six years. I currently work for a tax and financial planner in San Marcos, and
plan on retiring in 3 years to do the fun stuff like traveling to Italy.
Mary Alice Wooldridge Kessler ~ Spring Valley, CA
After high school, I went to San Diego State.  But after a year or so I thought that work
looked like an easier option. Little did I know.  I went to work as an Electronic Assembler
where I met my first husband.  We married in 1969 and in March 1974 had our first
daughter Jamie.  In November 1975 we had our second daughter Laura.  I was a
stay-at-home mom but decided to work at home doing Electronic Assembly.  I was able to
get contract work, enough to keep me busy in the evenings while the kids slept.  In 1980,
my niece, Ronda came to live with us. Now we are 5. By 1985 it was time to go it alone
with my 3 kids.
In 1990 everything changed, I became reacquainted with a Classmate from Monte Vista
High School Class of '65, Phil "Butch" Kessler, tackle for the MV Football Team in 1964,
we soon married.  He came with a good heart, 2 boys Robert and Paul, (a few years
older than my girls) and a house on San Miguel Mountain.
We have 7 Grandchildren, 4 girls and 3 boys.
Butch is retired and I go to work at the
San Diego Natural History Museum every day, in
the
Botany Department. I dearly love my job and everyone that I work with.