Joyce Iasillo Gipson

June

None

Third Tier IT Support/Business Owner

Retired

Northwestern Medicine

Yes

My late husband and I owned two businesses at one point in our lives.

August 16, 1969

No

Robert Gipson, Lane Tech, 1965 (Deceased)

No

Charlie - January, 2008. Skating since 18 months and hockey was his first word, I swear! Passionate about baseball and has exquisite social skills and love for humanity.

Budgies/Parakeets- Allergies to cats and dogs - People are my pets.

I'd have to write fiction to fill this space and be interesting. I worked at 15 and had honor classes at Austin so I was busy. I was responsible for my much younger siblings (2 brothers, 7 and 9 years younger) due to circumstances at home. No time for social events. No complaints. My brothers are fine men and my sister and I have good lives.

Singer/Band Member
A Geek
Dancer/Actor/Actress
Other Shy, GAA, American Girl

Robert Barkley - just a fun friend and his family owned the building we lived in. Great sense of humor and he had a crush on my sister, Judy.

Miss Doheny was one. She was simply fantastic at teaching math and she had a no nonsense attitude. I loved math even more because of her method of teaching.

Mr. Quinn was great, too. I was in Internediate Choir for a couple of years and he taught with such joy.

I didn't dislike any teachers but I did better with some of the teaching methodolgies than others.

I did a few things but honestly, I don't remember. GAA helped with homecoming floats.

Participating in choir and Masque and Gavel (short lived). I decorated floats with paper carnations we made for Homeconing. I remember November 22, 1963 when President Kennedy was assassinated. We had a concert scheduled but instead of cancelling, we sang only one song - "Let There Be Peace On Earth". Very moving even to this day in memory. Just a great education at a Chicago Public School. Imagine that!

Sumner Elementary School, Chicago, IL

Class Valedictorian and gave graduation speech. I sang a solo in a Christmas pageant once as well. Ms. Barry was my favorite teacher. I was painfully shy and she was so kind and encouraging. We walked to school and came home for lunch, stopping at the penny candy store on the way back. Double Dutch jump rope in playground. I was a tomboy and all the boys on our block from St. Mel Holy Ghost hung out with my sister, Judy and me. The girls from St. Mel were feminine but we were athletic and loved the boys. Alley games and kick the can. Lots of babysitting. Great school.

Yes

Triton

Some College
Associates in Computer Science

Yes

Epic University-2013 - Certifications in Op-Time Anesthesia. Also iSirona certifications for interfaces to medical devices.

Living and loving life and all it's challenges.

No. But my daughter, Heather, was Groundhog Queen in the movie "Groundhog Day" with Bill Murray. I was in an ad for a trade magazine in the healthcare field.