Featuring Four: ADELA

The Clock 1968,
Adela tells people where to go

ADELA

Name: Adela Rosca Seal

Where do you live now? For how long?

Evanston, IL for seven years (We have also lived in Charlottesville, VA; Norman, OK; El Paso, TX, and Ft. Worth, TX.) All of our moves were job-related for Bob, who is now Dean of Libraries at Loyola Univ. Chicago.

 Employed or retired? At what or from what?

Happily retired after 25 years of teaching and 9 years staying at home to raise our two daughters.

Any hobbies or activities outside of work you want people to know about?

I enjoy water aerobics and yoga every week. Also, I love flying to Texas 3-4 times a year to visit our daughters and their families: Katee (35), her husband  David and 4 children (Shelby Leigh, 12; Reese Anne, 8; Joshua David, 6; Laney Kate, 2) and Corrie (33), husband Brendan and 2 children (Isabelle Catherine, 4; Connor Patrick, 2). Bob and I love to travel, and I think Paris is my favorite city, but Prague, Buenos Aires, Madrid, and Barcelona are also fabulous.

Bob & Adela with the Grands

Who or What is the best part of your life these days? 

Being retired and enjoying life every day. Bob and I had our 42^nd wedding anniversary on July 10 (began dating in February of 1966 when he was a senior at PHS). Being with our daughters, their husbands, and 6 grandchildren. Having such a close relationship with them all is such a blessing.

Have you attended any previous reunions? If so, which and if not, any particular reason? Why have you decided to attend this reunion?

[No, except for the 50^th birthday party in 2000.] Bob and I have lived so far from Ohio. Now that we live in Illinois, it is much easier.

Best and/or worst high school memory?

Best, meeting Bob Seal and going to sock hops and out on dates with him. Mr. Featheringham’s “Advanced Psychology Class,” going to speech tournaments and being in plays, the way Mr. Perez would roll the “r” of my name at the beginning of roll call rrrrrrrrRosca! and Louie Mattachione, my all-time favorite teacher ever!

 

Worst…after I bombed out on the ACT, the counselor (name withheld) looked at the scores and under his breath said, “With these scores, you couldn’t  even get a job as maid at the Holiday in.”  I attended Akron U and graduated with a B.S. cum laude in 3 years. It was tempting to take this degree to Perry and ask the counselor if there were any jobs available at the Holiday Inn.  

 

Teacher of the District at a Rangers game

Anything else you want your classmates to know about you?
 

In March 2006 I was named the Teacher of the Year for the Crowley Independent School District. All the teachers in the district were honored at a Texas Rangers baseball game. What a thrill to walk out from the outfield to all the cheering fans. It is a night I will remember always.