Sheryl Pearson Chaffey

Graduated from San Jose State (1970), Married (1971),Stay at home mom until 1990, Taught school for 20 years - 3rd and 4th grades, Retired 2010, Traveling between grandchildren and enjoying every minute of it. Moved to Chico in 2016, and built our home right behind our daughter’s home.
Mark is working as a technical engineer. Danny is a pharmaceutical rep. Jenay is an RN 8 years in oncology & med surg. She has been in labor and delivery since 2016.

I loved attending high school, but if I could change one thing, I think it would be to worry less about thinking I had to get all A's. Sharon and I had two brothers who attended SRHS. They were amazing students, and we thought that our parents would be sad if we did not receive comparable grades. I loved being head song leader in my senior year. Best of all though, would be that I have stayed dear friends with Denny Mahan Hall Dorr, Rosie Clark London, Gin Denner Cambou, Sharon Pearson Goslovich, Sue Soso Gutzman, Kathy Sprague Nattkemper, and Judy Garloff Bastoni. We have met the day after Christmas for the last 40+years. We have also gone on some amazing trips together!! For our 50th birthdays, we celebrated up at Sue and Myron's house in
Lake Tahoe. For our 60th birthdays, we went to Hawaii and had a blast. We took turns, in pairs, creating a dinner much like what we ate in the late 50s and early 60s. Do you remember sliced pineapple with a dollop of cottage cheese and a cherry on top? For our 70th, we are either going on a cruise, or back to Hawaii.Due to some health problems, we never were able to celebrate our 70th birthdays. We still have 2 young ones that haven’t turned 75 yet. Sue will be 75 late June, and Gin will be 75 in August. So, we still have a year to plan and to do something. One thing very special about our friendship is that every night, at 7 pm, 7 days a week, we text each other on a strand with all 8 of us. We’ve been doing this for several years. I can’t tell you how much support we receive from one another. Also, I started a Zoom meeting for all of us. During the Pandemic when we couldn’t see each other, it was so helpful. Some of us are still meeting on Zoom every Monday night at 5:00 pm. Since we can get together again, we have decided to Zoom the first and third Mondays of the month. This friendship means so much to me. Sharon and I went to kindergarten with Denny. We met Sue and Judy in 6th grade, and Kathy, Rosie, and Gin in high school. That means that we’ve know each other for a minimum of 57 years, and a maximum of 70 years. That is a true lifelong friendship. ❤️

Just Santa Rosa, San Jose ( college years), Modesto and Chico. When we moved to Modesto for Randy's work, I was asked many times why I would ever leave Santa Rosa. After 26 years in Modesto and 6 years in Chico, I still say that Santa Rosa is my real home. My 2 grandchildren, that live right behind us, are one of my greatest joys. My oldest son, Mark, moved to Chico with his wife less than a year ago. We are thrilled to have them just 5 minutes away. Our second son, Daniel, lives with his wife and 3 children in Newcastle. They have a lovely ranch with lots of animals, so I doubt that we will ever get them to move to Chico, but they are a mere 1 1/2 hours away. Randy and I feel so blessed.🙏❤️

My favorite thing to do is to babysit my grandchildren and to travel. Randy and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary, last June. Our kids had a fabulous party at the Villa Chanticleer in Healdsburg, the same place we had our wedding reception. Then, in August, Randy and I went on a 14 day European River Cruise. We started in Amsterdam and ended in Budapest. It was a trip of a lifetime. We would love to do another river cruise. They are fabulous!!!

I worked in the Santa Rosa Junior College Registrar's Office for about 3 years, the SRJC Dean of Instruction's Office for 2 years and then, 1 year in the SRJC Health Occupation's Office. I then, taught third and fourth grades in Modesto for 20 years. I loved teaching!! I retired in 2010, and I still miss teaching!!

Playa del Carmen

Maui is my favorite place to go!!!!!

Hopefully, I will be living comfortably with my husband where we can share the activities of our grandchildren.m