BRENDA GORDON

Brenda Gordon is someone I don't believe I had any contact with whatsoever - zilch, nada... nothing. Oh wait, I remember that she wore glasses.

I think she was there with me all four years of high school. I don't think she was at Clarke, which leads me to believe she was a product of the catholic schools.

At some point in high school, she began to go out with fellow graduate Jeff Gordon. Perhaps they met in homeroom. They no doubt shared homeroom for four years.

I believe Brenda was friends with fellow graduate Becky Monka. In fact, as I recall, the two of them were both going to go on to college in Minnesota - probably to be roommates. I assume Brenda went. But I don't think either one of them stayed in Minnesota for too long.

When my friend Dave reconnected with Becky in 1992, she was still friends with Brenda. I heard a voicemail she left on Becky's answering machine. In fact, Dave referred to her as an "airhead." But in Dave's defense, I think what he meant was that she was "book smart" - but a little ditzy as well. I don't know. I never knew her enough to judge. She seemed pleasant enough to me.

Eventually Brenda and Jeff got married. What's so cool is that she didn't even need to change her last name.

I don't recall if I ever ran into her at the video store. But I did run into Jeff once or twice over the years. I believe he mentioned that they were living in Cedarburg at the time. But since then, they have moved back to Two Rivers. They have at least two kids. And if I'm not mistaken, Brenda once worked at our old high school. I don't think she's there now though. But she may still be in the teaching field somewhere in the area.

As a last bit of trivia, I can say that I have been in her current residence on several occasions. That might shock her to know. But she shouldn't be. The house she and Jeff live in was in fact owned by the grandparents of my friend Meff (Jeff Messerman) - a regular contributor on this blog. Small world.

UPDATE - 2/16/06 - The Gordon's have sent a group photo of class of 1989 offspring. From left to right are the children of Jeff & Brenda Gordon, Paula Jonas, Erin Hynek, Paula Jonas, Jeff & Brenda Gordon, Lisa Koch, Lisa Koch, Paula Jonas, and Erin Hynek. Call them the class of 2013-2019. All is well, save for that Chicago Bears helmet. What the hell??? (Click it for a larger version).



UPDATE - 7/20/06 - On July 15th, Kevin Dehne and I stopped in to see Brenda and Jeff. We caught her just as she was leaving for an in-home party - candles or Mary Kay or something. It was the first time in my life that I'd ever spoken to her. A picture from that day is below.



UPDATE - 11/23/06 - Here is some video from that July 15th visit.



UPDATE - 6/18/07 - Thanks to Shannon Koch for providing these photos of Brenda from graduation day - June 4th, 1989.







UPDATE - 10/4/07 - Back in July, Erin Hynek visited Two Rivers. One night she went out with Paula Jonas and Brenda. While they were out, they ran into Mark Gordon. The results are the picture below.