Donald Kimmel

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Residing In:	Chesterfield, MO USA

Spouse/Partner:	Christy

Occupation:	Computer Consultant, Real Estate Broker, Investor

Children:	Tracy - Currently living in Okinawa, Japan where she is a church office administrator. Her husband Christopher More…

Military Service:	Missouri Air National Guard (1966-72)

School Story:

Percia Amedee and I were chatting back & forth in Mr.True's Missouri History class, and back in the left rear of the classroom Earl Simpson (from Arkansas) was cutting up & Mr. True had had about enough of it - I musta turned around to say something else to her (I think she were showing me pictures of her drop-dead-gorgeous friend in San Diego and Mr. True told me "I had three strikes - you're out - report to the principal's office". So I marched down to the principals office & his secretary was Mrs. Irene Swan who knew my mother. She asked what I was doing there - shouldn't I be in class & I told her what happened. She said go on in, Mr. McMahon was in his office. When I walked in there I noticed he was watching TV and I made some kind of joke about watching the three stooges or something like that. He told me to sit down - that Kennedy had been shot in Dallas. A couple minutes later, Walter Cronkite announced that he had died at Parkland Memorial. Mr. McMahon told me to return to class. When I opened the door and walked back into class, Mr. True asked me what I was doing back & I told-em that Kennedy had been assassinated - I'll never forget his exact words in response: "you better hope that's not true because Lyndon Johnson is the biggest crook this country has ever seen".!!!!!!! He then told me to sit down and shut up. Mr. True came to our 40th reunion and I asked him if he remembered that - he said he did but didn't remember which student it was that he kicked out of class that day. He was retired to a farm where he grew up, just north of Springfield, MO - and was raising cattle.

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Best wishes on your birthday. You and I are maybe the only one's in our class born in 1947 - but you are exactly 6 months older than me - I was only 16 at graduation....... so I think I gotta be the youngest class member. Hope to see you soon, Don

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Best wishes on your birthday, hope to see you this fall at 55th reunion, if not sooner - Don

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Jan 12, 2019 at 10:58 AM

Are you making out with your snow shovel today? Best wishes on another birthday! Call me when you have finished ALL the planning of out 55th reunion this fall, ha!

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Jan 06, 2019 at 11:29 AM

Kathy, very best wishes on your birthday, hope to see you this fall at 55th PHS reunion.

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Wishing you and Jim the very best on your birthday, look forward to seeing you at the fall 55th PHS reunion.

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Jan 04, 2019 at 9:10 AM

Bob, best wishes on your birthday. We will have a 55th PHS reunion, similar to our 50th, this fall - hope you will be able to attend. Hope all is well with you and family, Don

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Oct 20, 2018 at 8:29 AM

Best wishes on your birthday, wanna meet at Milo’s one day next week? Tue or Wed?

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Darrell, So sorry to hear of your wife's passing. I'm sure all of your classmates join me in celebrating all the many good years you had together.
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I missed your birthday post, Don. Happy Belated Birthday to you, looking forward to the 55th!

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Best wishes on your birthday, hope to see you and all our other classmates at 55th reunion next year - say "Hi" to Warren if you see him, I know it's such a small community down there...…..

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Jul 16, 2018 at 9:22 AM

Bobby, best wishes on this your birthday!!!!! We need to get together and swap lies again, last time was fun.......Don

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Best wishes on your birthday. We are starting to think about 55th reunion next year - stay tuned.....

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Let me first to wish you a very happy birthday, my friend. I happened to drive by your house on Taylor - still looks good. I'll never forget being there for your birthday party, being outside playing ball, of course, and the wooded pitching rubber turned upside down and the nail went thru my foot, happy birthday - in spite of that!!!!!!!!!

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Darrell, best wishes on your birthday. We will have a 55th reunion next year - stay tuned!

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Don & Christy Kimmel - 2009

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Hitch-Hikers Band - 1965 - Left to right: Mark Woodson (PHS-64), Don Kimmel (PHS-64), Ed Baker, Gary Smith - both Ritenour (BOO!!), Milt Fosterling (Hazelwood), Gerry Wintrode (dropout), and Lee Johnson (PHS-Jan-65) - we felt we would give another up and coming band by the name of The Beatles a run for their money, but, they had a better manager than we did!!!!!! We played school dances (PHS included), teen towns, CYC's, and smoke-filled bars for four years - what a ride!!!!!!!!