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Pamela Melton White

Profile Updated: June 16, 2022
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Residing In:
Alamogordo, NM USA
Spouse/Partner:
Husband - Jim White
Children:
Two daughters:
Heather, who has also given me a wonderful son-in-law, Josh, and now three precious More…granddaughters - Riley, Kendall and Harper. Heather is a nurse practitioner in the bone marrow transplant unit at the Seattle VA Hospital serving our Nation's veterans. Josh is a research scientist for a the pharmaceutical company Cepheid. They live in Bothell, WA.
My youngest daughter, Hilary, recently married (2019) and we have been blessed with another lovely son-in-law and a 'bonus' grandson. Hilary is a GIS (Geographic Information System) specialist for the Dep't of Interior, Office of Emergency Management; Nick works for the National Park Service at Glen Canyon Recreation Area.
Yes! Attending Reunion
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Career
After one semester at UNM in the Fall of 1971, I discovered college was not for me . . . at least not at UNM. So, I was off to Hartford, CT to attend an airline training school and three months later I began working for Combined Airline Ticket Offices in Washington, DC; specifically their offices at the State Department, Department of Agriculture and the Pentagon. Before leaving Washington, DC, I also worked with American Airlines in their Reservations department at National Airport.

After leaving Washington, DC, I continued to work with travel companies while living in Mesa, Albuquerque, Denver and Seattle. In 1989, I began my own travel agency, specializing in group travel, meeting and convention planning. I continue to sell travel, although on a part-time, semi-retired, basis now. During the ‘90s, I also developed a travel curriculum and taught numerous travel classes.

In addition to my training and experiences in the travel industry, I have worked as a full-charge bookkeeper for law firms; a risk manager and property administrator for a large commercial real estate company; and as an executive administrative assistant at American Home in Albuquerque.

In early 2014, Jim accepted a Director's position for Hyundai Capital Insurance in Irvine, CA. Now, I'm a very happy 'kept woman' with time to work on projects I have saved over the years. The only career I ever aspired to was that of a wife and 'stay-at-home' mom (just as my very talented mother), which unfortunately was never to be. Now however, I am loving the role of 'stay-at-home' wife!

Relationships
Once I was settled with a new job at CATO (Combined Airline Ticket Office) in Washington DC, I married classmate, Steve Ulrich. Like many of us at that time, we married much too young. We moved to Arizona in 1976 where I continued to work in the travel industry, and was blessed with my first daughter, Heather, in 1979.

By 1981, I began my new life and the struggles of being a ‘single Mom’. Except for a brief marriage in 1988, and another blessing - daughter, Hilary in 1989, I was a ‘single Mom’ for most of 30 years.

After surviving two bad marriages and divorces, I chose to remain single. Then, right in the middle of my ordinary life, I was given a ‘fairy tale’. I finally found my soul-mate; my one-true love! And, it just so happens he was my first boyfriend, from 7th and 8th grades at Chaparral! Jimmy (Jim) White!! Jim’s father was transferred to El Paso and later to Roswell where Jim graduated high school. We last saw each other in May 1971.

I began looking for Jim in 1981, and found him in late 2008 via Classmates.com. Finally, our timing was right and our lives are forever changed. These past few years have been the happiest of my life . . . filled with love, joy, excitement, respect and peace!

Jim moved to Albuquerque from Virginia in May 2010 to be with me, and on December 11, 2010 he proposed to me on the steps in front of Chaparral Junior High School, where our relationship began back in 1966. On October 11, 2012, we were married in Costa Rica (non-legal ceremony) with our immediately family attending, and then traveled to Alamogordo for a legal ceremony on October 26 attended by Rick and Tonya Williamson.

Miscellaneous
I am a cancer survivor. In January 2004, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma - the beginnings of stage four. I went through six months of chemotherapy, and have been cancer free now for 16 years.

In Feb. 2020 when very little was known about Covid, Jim and I both contracted the virus. Jim was well within 4 weeks; I was a long-hauler with symptoms for about 10 weeks. Then in June 2020 while we were visiting Alamogordo, I became sick and after 4 days, Gerald Champion Hospital found a brain tumor and I was immediately helicoptered to UNM Hospital for surgery. Many blessings during that time, among which - the day after my arrival, the hospital began to allow 1 visitor per day; the tumor was benign; and I did not require any additional therapies after being discharged.

Interests / Hobbies
I enjoy traveling and have been fortunate to visit Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji, all 50 of the United States and taken numerous cruises.

Since junior high days, I have been tracing my family trees, and especially enjoy it now with all the documents and information available online. Interesting tidbit . . . Jim and I discovered we are 'first cousins' about 11 generations removed, dating back to the late 1600s.

I also have many special memories of the years spent working with the ‘missions council’ and as a ‘youth coach’ with teenagers in our church in Mesa, AZ.

Now, my ‘special interest’ is my family – Jim, my daughters, two sons-in-law, three beautiful granddaughters; one grandson; two step-sons and wives; two step-granddaughters and two step-grandsons! Life is so good!

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Happy happy birthday and many more! Have a fantastic year!

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Welcome Albert! Glad you found your way to this website! So glad to see you’ve been doing well.

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Posted on: Jun 15, 2022 at 10:43 PM

David, while I can understand you have a 'passion' regarding your stance on politics, this is NOT the venue to discuss these things!!
When I created this website back in about 2008-09, the intended purpose was to reconnect with classmates and to promote news of the upcoming Reunions, share photos. We made it clear from the beginning that this group site would NOT be used for political rants and it would NOT be a venue for promoting one's businesses. Last Fall, prior to the 50th Reunion, some may remember a few unnecessary and rude attacks thrown back and forth between a handful of classmates which resulted in at least one asking to be permanently removed from this site. This is not welcomed on our Class site . . . there are plenty of other sites one can go to vent and / or share their personal, political opinions; again this is NOT one of them.
I, for one, would like to see this 'closed' website group protected from all unnecessary negativity and just to be used solely as a nice, FRIENDLY place to reconnect with old friend!
To ALL members using this website, I would appreciate that, going forward, everyone make a concerted effort NOT to discuss 'trigger points' that divide us so deeply today. Try instead to embrace the old courtesies of the 50s-60s when it was not considered polite to discuss politics, religion, income, etc with mere acquaintances.
If this 'Class of 71' website is going to become just another political ranting site like so many others that exist today, I propose we shut it down! Yet, when I think about the thousands of hours spent developing and continually updating this site; the thousands of hours Susan Deese-Roberts spent searching for 'lost' classmates and uploading their information; the thousands of hours many of you have spent sharing news and birthday greetings with each other, it would be sad to see it come to an end and loose all the information we've managed to gather here.
Perhaps it time to create and POST a paragraph for the front page providing a statement of 'common sense' rules for using this site. Anyone violating those agreed upon terms of usage will be given a warning and if it persists, will be removed from the site so that all others may continue to enjoy the site as it was originally intended.
Respectfully,
Pam Melton-White

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Apr 13, 2021 at 11:02 AM

Steve and I followed each other in the AHS ' 71 alphabet - Melon, Melton - next to each other in the yearbooks and sat next to each other during graduation!  A special memory - one FUN evening of country-western dancing someplace in Tularosa . . . he was a fantastic dancer!

My sincerest condolences to Steve's family and friends!

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The first thing I remember about Becky is her sweet laugh!  She had a distinct laugh I would have loved to hear again!

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Posted: Dec 16, 2013 at 11:13 PM
Posted: Dec 16, 2013 at 11:13 PM
Remember Jimmy White?
Jim attended Heights and Chaparral (7th-8th grades) before his father's job moved them away. This was taken in ca.1966.