Kathy Sheppard Huskey
Leavenworth, KS
Last updated:
03/10/2007
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After LHS
I earned a bachelor's degree in teaching from KU. I also have
a master's degree in curriculum and supervision from Emporia
State.
Employment
I taught at Ft. Leavenworth for 26 years and just retired. It
feels strange not to be at school, so I am doing some
substituting just to be around kids. It is hard to go
cold-turkey! Since I was single for so long between marriages,
I always had other jobs to support my sons and put them
through private school and college. I taught water aerobics
for 10 years, was an adjunct professor for St. Mary's
University, managed rental properties, and sold jewelry to
keep them both in braces!
Hearth & Home
For the past five years (in November), I've been married to
Rod Huskey. I was single for 15 years and had a great
time! Just when you aren't looking, someone comes along and
surprises you. I have two sons with Stan Hubbard (LHS'64), to
whom I was married for 19 years. Grady (33), my oldest, is
married and lives in St. Louis. He is a computer-assisted
artist for a surveying company. His wife. Julie, is in the
radio business. Joel (29) and his wife, Lyndsay, live in
Leavenworth. Joel is with the homebuilder's division of Bank
of America in Kansas City, and Lyndsay owns a Salon-Spa
here. My boys mean the world to me, but I don't get to see
them as much as I would like. I am hoping for grandchildren
soon and am jealous of all of you who already have them!
The Other Stuff
I have always done a lot of volunteer work in the community by
serving on boards, etc. Currently I am very involved in
Leavenworth County Democrats, am a member of
PEO, and serve
on a committee at church. My husband and I bought a house
together and just finished last summer going through and
redoing it, room by room. I would love to travel more. My
sister, Barbara (LHS'67), and I went to London; I have visited
a friend in Puerto Rico; and Rod and I have been to British
Columbia. My passion is interior design and I hope to do
something with that in the future. I recently helped a builder
with a spec home, and have helped my friends arrange their
homes for years. I would love to go into business; I guess it
is never too late!
My Memories of LHS
I fondly remember being editor of the school paper with Anita
Markley. On Fridays we'd collect for ads and take the paper to
the Journal World, after which we'd usually stop at
Sandy's for a fish sandwich. Once I got stopped by the police
for speeding in Mr. Conrad's car. (I cried and got out of it!)
I remember getting into Terpsichore and being in lots of
dances in a review we did...and my mother being amazed at
that. I remember being the (unchesty) Chesty Lion. That suit
was so hot! Once at a basketball game, I thought I was going
to pass out. Another bad memory is of Miss Ruttan. She would
watch people walk down the hall with those "headbeam"
eyes. Once she accused me of doing something I didn't do. I
finally said I did it just to get her off my back. I remember
she made me sit in her little back room, which was really at
the front of the room. She bawled me out in there until I
cried. Then I had to come out in front of the whole class. Not
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