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Sharon (Heise) Magnusson 

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Sharon & John
After graduating from Lincoln, I spent one year at the University of Wisconsin Extension Center in Manitowoc.  A year later, I moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where Bill Ohde was attending the Cooper School of Art, and where I attended secretarial school.  I worked as a private secretary until Bill graduated from Cooper.  We were engaged that year and moved back to Wisconsin; Bill to Shorewood where we planned to live after we married and I to Manitowoc.  We married in January of '64 and when I became pregnant with our first child in 1966, we bought a home in Mequon where I was a stay-at-home mom.  Subsequently, we had two more children, all boys.
When Bill and I separated in 1975, I worked as a hostess and waitress.  During this time, I decided to go back to college for a teaching degree.  I began that venture in 1977 at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. 
 
In 1979, I married John Magnusson and dropped out of school for a couple of years to help him with his practice.  I was John's receptionist, chair-side assistant, bookkeeper, and cleaning lady.  
 
In '81, I returned to UWM.  It was there that I graduated with honors with a double major in biology and earth science in 1986.  I taught middle school science until I retired in 1997.
 
I am currently involved with the care of my grandchildren during the summer months and drive them to school each morning during the school year.  When I'm not doing that, I enjoy photography, my pets, and traveling.  I'm very much enjoying my Coachmen status!