Donald Kimmel

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Residing In:	Chesterfield, MO USA

Spouse/Partner:	Christy Knoesel - PHS Class of 1967

Occupation:	Computer Consultant, Real Estate Broker, Investor

Children:	Tracy - Currently living in Sneeds Ferry, N.C. Her husband Christopher is a Navy Doctor - currently 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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Attending PHS - Class of 1964 - 55th Year Reunion (09/28/19)

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Tess, best wishes on your birthday, picka day and we'll come on down to the Hill & visit........

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Marsha, best wishes on your birthday today. Hope all is well with you and family way out west! Say hello to Bigfoot!

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Gary, best wishes on your birthday from one ex-Monsanto guy to another!

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Judy, Best wishes on your birthday. Hope all is well with you and family out west!

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Best wishes on your birthday. Hope all is well out there on the left coast for you and family.

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Kent - best wishes on your birthday. Hope all is well with you and your family.

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Lela, best wishes on your birthday. Say "hi" to Fred for me...... Don

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Kendall, best wishes on your birthday. I remember meeting you in Ms. Chedester's 5th grade class - she retired after that year - hope it wasn't either of us that led her to that decision..... Don

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Rich, Happy early birthday, I thought I'd beat the rush of well-wishers...... Don

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HEY, young lady, best wishes on your birthday - hope all is well down yore way !!!!!!!!!!

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couple day'z late - but, HBD!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sandy - best wishes on your birthday - see you in 2024!

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Sue, best wishes on your birthday! I hope your inbox is flooded with birthday wishes as you are the most prolithic sender of birthday greetings known to the Class of 64 - keep up the good work!
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Joe, hope you have a great birthday - we need to organize another happy hour at The Sports Cafe - I'll work on that after I get back from Florida

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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!!!!!!!!