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Dolores Palata Vician
Dolores Palata Vician was born in Chicago. She lived in Portsmouth, Virginia, for six years during World War II. There she attended fifth grade through her junior year of high scho...показать большеDolores Palata Vician was born in Chicago. She lived in Portsmouth, Virginia, for six years during World War II. There she attended fifth grade through her junior year of high school before moving back to Chicago with her family. After completing high school, she attended Wright Junior College and Northern Illinois State Teacher's College. She graduated with a teacher's degree in Elementary Education in June of 1951. In August 1951 she married Ed Vician, before beginning her first year of teaching in Park Forest, Illinois. After completing the school year, she joined her husband and moved with him to San Luis Obispo, California, where he was stationed in the Army Signal Corp. Their oldest son, Glenn, was born in California in 1953. When Ed left the service, they moved back to Illinois where their family grew: Gary, born 1954; Gregory, born 1956; Gale born 1958 and Gordon born 1961. Traveling has always been important to the Vicians. Therefore, the family spent time in all fifty states, including a summer in Hawaii and a year living in Alaska. Dolores received her Master's degree after returning to teaching in 1967. She taught fifth grade in Villa Park, Illinois, until her retirement in June of 1986. Dolores' hobbies include photography, sewing, reading, as well as writing. Her first poem was written in fourth grade. She wrote poems while in high school as well as college. Some were published in the college newspaper, as well as the college literary pamphlet published each year. Her book, An Alaskan Adventure, was recently published by Trafford Publishing.
When Dolores and Ed are not spending time with their children and grandchildren, they continue to travel, They have enjoyed their visits to all the world's continents, enjoying the experiences of different cultures, cuisines, and exotic sights and cities.показать меньше