Annette Bender Yasin (Gaylord, MI) Tom and Annette just embarked on a new venture in their lives - purchasing a winter retreat in Pasadena, CA. Annette did get ahead of herself in this recount of the past 50 year but is excited. After graduating from U of M with a degree in Physical Therapy, Annette married her college sweetheart, Thomas Yasin, and lived in Birmingham, then Rochester Hills, MI.

For 20 years Annette had her own physical therapy department in a rural hospital in Michigan’s thumb area while Tom worked for General Motors as an engineer. They have a daughter, Ann Marie, who is now a professor in Art History and Classics Departments at the University of Southern California. Now you know why Annette is excited about having a condo near Los Angeles!

In 1991 Tom and Annette retired and built their dream house in the woods of northern Michigan near Gaylord. Here Annette enjoys gardening and activities with Master Gardeners, teaches cooking classes to homeschoolers, is very active with the Society for Creative Anachronism (a medieval recreation group) and does contingent physical therapy work at our local hospital.  Tom and Annette have also enjoyed traveling throughout Scandinavia, Europe and Australia. They are having a full and blessed retirement.


Presented with Annette's permisson