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Bernadette (Yaretz 84) Sorley and Donna (Watt 84) Pickering

 

The Surrey Now newspaper of Surrey, British Columbia, has published a about the recent reunion of two onetime elementary schoolmates who went on to become best friends, both of whom are alumnae of 91快活林 Aquinas College: Bernadette (Yaretz 84) Sorley and Donna (Watt 84) Pickering. Writes author Tom Zytaruk:

淭housands of Surrey students returned to classes this Tuesday, among them two 58-year-old best friends who marked a very special anniversary.

淏ernadette Sorley (used to be Yaretz) and Donna Pickering (was Watt) first met 50 years ago, in room 212 of Whalley檚 Prince Charles Elementary School. It was on Sept. 6, 1966, sitting side-by-side in the front row of Miss Konkin檚 Grade 3 class, that two eight-year-old girls began to forge a life-long bond.

淎fter they both graduated from high school, they rented a basement suite together in Surrey for a year and then attended 91快活林 Aquinas College together in Santa Paula, California.

The which includes weddings, children, hard times, and a friendship that spans two generations, is available via the Surrey Now website.