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Our relationship has grown & strengthened through the
good times as well as difficult ones through our almost 12 years, and continues to blossom in positive ways through our
experiences together. We recognize our friendships & family as having a
strong influence on our positive progress & the path we are taking.
This page offers major highlights of our past 12 years
together in reverse chronological order.
- 2006:
- 2005:
- Gary steps away from California Bio Mass to place
his skills/talents & experiences full time with
Golden Age Services (our business)
- remains partner with John Beerman in the organics
biz
- We attend Michelle Dunbar (Jeanne's sister) & Andy Vogel's
wedding
- Michelle's new & happy husband!
- We attend Lindsey Knouse (Gary's niece) & Tony
Fowker's wedding
-
Jeanne deploys to Louisiana with Red Cross for
Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort
- Jeanne resigns from US Airways
- Trip to Puerto Vallarta
- Marjorie passed on to her golden life
on the eve of Easter, she crossed through the golden
gates by Easter day, after 82 yrs. with us.
- Co-Founders of ACT II (Aging Community Team): Yucca
Valley Chapter, a non-profit organization. ACT I founded
in Palm Springs about 10yrs prior.
- Learn of Marjorie's (Gary's mom) illness.
- 2004:
-
Purchased condo w/a friend in Puerto Vallarta
- Jeanne begins to launch our Golden Age Services
business, by introducing it to Senior Living Facilities
in Palm Springs, CA, & surrounding areas
- Move Gary's parents into their
new home
- Jeanne goes to Disney World with Newsome family
(Jeanne's sister Kathy's family) & Nancy (Jeanne's mom)
- Ben Lake (Jeanne's grandfather) passed on to his
golden life after 91 yrs. with us.
- 2003:
- Zion (rescued doggie) at 2 yrs. old, becomes part of
our family.
- Plans developed on a senior friendly home on our lot
next door for Marjorie & Charlie
- Jeanne takes 2 yr. voluntary furlough from US Airways
- Jeanne & Gary help Marjorie & Charlie
(Gary's parents) sell
their home by auction, lease a truck and move them out to California from York, Pa after 50+
years in the same home. They live with us at this point.
- Jeanne begins the "Optimizing" segment of Golden Age
Services our business
- Dunbar/Moran (Jeanne's side) family re-union in Sequoia
National Park
- We attend Sandra Parmelee & Kelly Connor's wedding in
Las Vegas, NV
- May: Move into our Yucca Valley-desert home
- January: Purchase a lot & our 1st home since being together Yucca Valley, CA
(1/4 mile from Joshua Tree community). Sellers Shirley & Al
have since become good friends.
- Get a P.O. Box in Joshua Tree, CA planning to move to
area
- 2002:
- Gary leaves Phantom Fireworks to work outside sales for
California Bio-Mass, a composting company. Befriends John
Beerman. Becomes good friend & business partner with John in
the organics biz.
- Trip to York, PA for Gary's golf tournament & visit mom
& dad (Nichols)
- April: Move from the cabin into a leased hexagon home "The Tree
House" in Moonridge, Big Bear, CA
- Attend Rita Casey & Chris Haines' wedding celebration in
Leucadia, CA
- 2001:
- Jeanne surprises Pam (her aunt) for her 50th birthday
celebration in Milwaukee, WI
- July: Gary resigns from Seychelle to work outside sales
for Phantom Fireworks.
- June: Move to humble vacation/rental cabin by Bear Mt.
ski slope, Big Bear, CA. Owners Tracy (same birthday as
Jeanne) & Larry have since become good friends.
- Tom Moran (Jeanne's uncle) passed on to his golden life
after 68 yrs. with us
- 2000:
- November: tired of the congestion, we move to a quaint
cabin, owned by Marie, a petite independent lady at 90 some
years young. Located in Big Bear, CA. She has become a
friend we occasionally stay in touch with by mail.
- Trip to Zion National Park, UT to climb Angel's Landing
for Jeanne's birthday
- Trip to Santa Fe, NM to visit Chuck & Marguerite
- 1999:
- Kathryn Moran-Czarnecki (Jeanne's cousin) passed on to
her golden life after almost 30 yrs. with us.
- Gary begins a position as V.P. of Sales for Seychelle
Environmental Technologies, a water filtration manufacture
company. With our strong interest in the role that water
plays in health, Gary wanted to take part in the industry.
- Gary works for Mustang Industries in outside sales. The
best part of Mustang Ind.; Gary meets Gary Hess who becomes
a very good friend.
- January: Moved into townhouse rental in Encinitas, CA
- Open Health Resource Center office with Jon Jensen in
downtown Encinitas, CA: Gary's primary focus at this time.
- Meet Jon Jensen (his grandfather Bernard Jensen: world renowned in Holistic
health care ) become good friends
- 1998:
- Jan & JR (good friends) send us the first JR WWF (when
it still was WWF) doll. As Gary says "You know you've made
it when they've made a doll after you." Way to go JR!
- Derek Connor Doering (nephew) is born.
- Attend Michelle Dunbar (Jeanne's sister) & Dave
Doering's wedding
- November: Sold condo in Cardiff, CA
- Road trip to Yosemite; Lake Tahoe; Mt. Shasta; back down
the northern coast of California
- Dunbar/Moran (Jeanne's side) family re-union in Sedona,
AZ
- Be friend Chuck & Marguerite, who become good friends
- Trip to Eagle River, WI for snow mobile races, play in
snow & stay in Lake family cabin with family members
- 1997:
- September 28th: our picnic-style wedding reception
Mission Bay, San Diego, CA
- 1996:
- Jeanne is introduced to Gary's world of golf: trip
to Mt. Union for a better ball golf tournament re-union;
camping, barbeques, Calcutta, dancing, late night
glow-ball with the gals
- Jeanne trip to Milwaukee, for Nancy Sielen (Jeanne's
cousin) & Kenny Stucker's wedding
- Honeymoon in Bimini, Bahamas (50 miles off coast of
Miami, FL)
- March 9th: our wedding day: Jeanne Dunbar & Gary
Nichols , Quail Botanical Gardens, Encinitas, CA
- date was Sandra's (Gary's sister) birthday were she
still alive
- Jeanne goes with brother Peter to Eagle River, WI
for snow mobile fun & stay in Lake (mom's maiden name)
family cabin with family members
- 1995:
- Deep sea fishing with Gary's college friend George & his
new wife Faye off Pt. Loma, San Diego, CA.
- Gary catches a 34.4 lb. white sea bass, the biggest fish
of his life & a record for that year!
- Balloon rides
- September: Trip to New Orleans (Gary's stomping ground
during college days at LSU); then to York, PA for
family/friend visit.
- Jeanne goes with sister Kathy to Eagle River, WI for
snow mobile fun & stay in Lake (mom's maiden name) family
cabin with family members
- 1994:
- December 25th: Surprise Marjorie & Charlie's with
our visit on their doorstep in York, PA. During a
private drive & conversation we recognize our strong
Love, friendship, bond & common ground and we decide to
carve & walk the same path together by marriage.
- December 24th: Red-Eye; Jeanne takes Gary on her
working flight to Pennsylvania to meet his parents
(Marjorie & Charlie) while on 24hr overnight. 15 minutes
out of LAX we have a decompression. As you know we are
still here to tell about it
- Maggie Mae Dyer is born (niece)
- October confess our love for one another
- Jeanne takes on a new interest in Holistic health
and begins pursuit of more knowledge & application with
Gary
- Gary introduces Jeanne to many different
concepts/aspects of Holistic/Alternative health in which
he was primarily raised
- Gary move's to San Diego, gets to know the Real
Estate market with assistance from Gary Dyer (Joan &
Gary Dyer long time friends of Jeanne)
- Gary invited to Jeanne's 1st year
condo-owner/birthday celebration. Meets Jeanne's
immediate family & many friends
- July 1st date (a blind) date at Claim Jumper
restaurant/bar in Carlsbad, CA. We were joined by
friends of Jeanne's Ron & Annie (2 of the match makers)
along with Pete & Chris Beamer
- Meet via the phone
- arranged by Jeanne's flight crew friends while
Gary was their passenger: Annie Ashcraft (primary
match maker); Gary Sharpe & Ron Buscher
- Gary is a Real Estate Broker & owns a Mortgage business in
Downey. Living in small apartment just steps away from
his office, since leaving his Lake Elizabeth, CA home to
Jo Ann (his ex-wife). He also left his 3 dogs with her.
- Jeanne is a Flight Attendant for US Airways, based
in Los Angels & owner/occupant of condo in Cardiff, CA
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