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  • October 2024: Volume 25 - Issue 1

    newHickLogoNewsletter for the Alumni and Friends of Hicksville High School - Hicksville, New York

    Dear Readers,
    We hope you enjoy our latest HixNews issue. As you read Wendy Elkis Girnis' article about Military Nurses,  you will notice she did not include Vietnam nurses or those who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. We hope our readers can supply first-hand accounts of those military heroes. If you were a military nurse or wounded or served in Iraq or Afghanistan, please send us some memories for our November issue. We will publish after Veterans' Day but we would still like to include those memories. Article contributions, suggestions, and news are always welcome. We would love to hear from you, too! Don't hesitate to get in touch with us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
    - Your HixNews Team

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After graduation in 1961 I worked for a sales representative and HIP of Greater NY.

In 1963, I married Al Dethlefsen, who was in the Navy at the time. He was stationed in RI and we lived there for several years.

When he was sent to Vietnam, I moved back to Hicksville and when he left the Navy we moved to Medford, where I still live.

We divorced in 1975. We had three children, who are all married and I have three grandchildren.

I attended Suffolk County Community College part-time for many years and have Associate Degrees in Business Administration and Paralegal Studies. I began working for the Suffolk County Dept. of Social Services in 1974 and retired after 33 years in April 2007 as a Senior Assets Analyst.

My interests are family history research, organizing and copying old family photos, reading, film, art and music.

I did not remarry, but have been living happily with my male partner for more than 20 years.

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