Bios - Tarkio College Alumni Association

Name: Rayma (Ricker) Brown
Favorite Tarkio Memories:
Sneaking out of Marshall Hall (in order to be part of the “in crowd”)
and getting called in by Ms. Parrish - the Gestapo-because my partner
in crime blabbed about it :o)
Family (Spouse, Children, etc....)
Husband– Howard (Bud) Brown, deceased
Children – Shaunna Duly, deceased, 4 children
Bradd Brown, architect, 2 children
After Leaving Tarkio:
I taught English in Glenwood, Iowa and Millard, Nebraska. A job
change for Bud resulted in a transfer to California and after enjoying
the sun and culture for a couple of years, I started graduate school
at Cal State-Fullerton. Soon after I started classes, we were told we
would be transferred again to Ohio, and I finished my graduate degree
at Bowling Green State University. I was a guidance counselor at
Sylvania High School (Ohio) for 3 years. Another job change for
Bud took us to Chicago, and I was fortunate to obtain a counseling
position at Naperville Central High School where I finished out my
35 years in education, I still continue to be involved with the high
school, filling in for extended faculty leaves, supervising the AP
exams and working summer hours.
Hobbies: Family, socializing with friends, travel, cruises, golf,
reading , bridge, coffee groups, walking & exercising, lunches with
friends. My friends also say I run the “Rayma-da Inn”, since I have
so many visitors to the Chicago area.
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