Joan Carbonaro

Where do you live currently?  Living in The Villages in Florida

Married Name:  Wetzel

Known In Hicksville High as:  just Joan

Spouse/Partner...  Bruce

Were you classmates at HHS? No!

Where did you meet? How long ago?  At the 1890's club with the Grumman Group in the early 60's

Married How Long? Date Married:  will be 45 years on July 30 (married in 1966)

Children/Grandchildren:  2 Children a boy and girl; 5 grandkids 4 boys 1 girl

Occupation/Trade/Profession:  Last job held was Assistant Tax Assessor

Education Beyond High School :  Certifications in many areas of business

Military Service:  no service time

Hobbies/Pastimes:  Golf, Cooking, Exercise, Card Games, Travel to Foreign Countries

Now, the hard one. Tell us what we need to know. Give us 50 years in the space below:

Met Bruce when I was 21. Got engaged at 22. Built our first home while engaged. Moved after eight years with two children to Syracuse , NY , then after five years to Pennsylvania , then to Cincinnati , Ohio , onto Rochester , NY . Transferred to New Jersey after living in Hong Kong . NJ was our longest home stay. I retired from municipal government as an Assistant Tax Assessor (almost 15 years).

Finally, if I had to do it all over again, I would...do it all over. I loved being in the International Corporate World of Business (in which I participated)